As an effect of the recent Reddit blackout, the company is now surrounded by disappointed investors and community. I predict that Reddit may end up facing the same fate as Tumblr: being sold to another company. Only time will tell what the future holds for Reddit, but one thing is for sure - the protest will leave a lasting impact on the platform and its users.
The way I see it Reddit will probably carry on just as most websites do, but will become the place where ‘normies’ do their thing just like Facebook has done.
I’m able to find high effort content here in the fediverse but I think there will need to be some solution to simplify things a little for the less netizen-like population to really get onboard