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Can someone still viewing Reddit explain how it is doing as of right now in terms of content quality and engagement?

I noticed I think just yesterday that r/pics was going full NSFW (tag) but didn’t see any nudity in posts.

While I fully get the expectation of “business will go back to usual”, I don’t quite think it will, Reddit is only fantastic because of the hard work people do for free. It’s not evenly distributed who does this hard work - it’s a certain small % of users, so if a large number of the hard workers leave, the site will simply just not be the same. Quality will go down - but I have noticed some communities have not migrated at all (specific Camera, and many tech communities are simply not present here - music/bands are also underpopulated.)

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Corsair expands its mechanical keyboards by acquiring Drop

I’m not sure this makes any sense. Drop is a company that doesn’t even “make” anything. Maybe their logistics department is impressive but the entire purpose of them is (or was maybe I’m out of the loop) - to bring flash/surge discounts to purchasing offers (it’s basically group-buy concept commercialized) and yes they are popular in many niche markets for bringing custom options to market- but they did this by having the original manufacturers make it for them.

So what’s the point. You’re already Corsair, you have a stronger market presence in the keyboard space? Is this going to cost all of us because they will no longer focus on other communities like headphones?

I guess I’ve answered my question, mergers always cost the consumers.

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When your son cleans out his room…

Stories like these make me think that a headphones swap community would be a lot of fun and value. I have 6xx’s (they’re my favorite daily) but I have multiple other pairs that I don’t get around to selling, and I’d probably love to try out some other pairs for a bit.