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Not to be all the way "that guy", but in a capitalist framework, its death was inevitable.
Their only hope of staying that great platform long-term is the Jimmy Wales route, which they were not remotely prepared to go down.
If you are running it as a business, enshitification is inevitable. Sooner or later.
Meta is a capitalist social media company and they seem to be doing okay. Facebook might be uncool with the kids these days but it's still massive. And Instagram and WhatsApp are still very popular.
I think the difference between Meta and Reddit is that I bet Meta would issue some sort of apology and carefully crafted PR if they found themselves in Reddit's current situation. But Reddit doesn't even seem to care about angering its users, which just feeds the anger more.
Meta is just a shell of its former self these days. I went back a few times recently and I shit you not : 3 out of 4 posts on my feed are sponsored or suggested content. Almost nothing of my friends, it's just full of garbage people are trying to sell, or clickbait videos.
I'm more of a lurker on there, but I have the Facebook Purity extension that hides all that crap. It's a bit of a shock when FB changes their code and the author has to catch up.