User visits and time spent on the social media platform normalize after traffic to Reddit briefly dipped last week during the blackout, according to SimilarWeb.
  • foolonthehill@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I went on Reddit yesterday for the first time since the strike, whilst trying to debug a code issue. Almost every post from years old questions had the replies deleted by the users. I think the real damage will be the deletion of content and the change in tone from redditors. Most useful discourse will be gone and it will turn into a place only for arguing, memes and shit posting. Advertisers aren’t going to want to pay to advertise on low quality content like that.

  • Atxu@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I continued to look reddit for reasons, but honestly the feed is deteriorating fast, maybe traffic is back, people posting content, not so much, engagement? Even less, it’s like looking to a old mediocre Google News feed.

    • The_Vampire@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, I at least personally used to be a bit of a power user and have just stopped posting/upvoting/downvoting altogether, and I’m not even a mod.

      Just because people show up does not mean people are engaged.

  • alpacapone@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    1 year ago

    It’s going to dip again when third party apps are shut off. Personally I’m still browsing Reddit to check in on the drama on /r/ModCoord

    • iamsgod@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      dunno, but third party usage were never that high IIRC. that’s why them targeting third party apps is a weird decision

    • Dangdoggo@kbin.social
      011·
      1 year ago

      You should use Teddit, I’m using it as a mirror to wrangle in RSS feeds of sub’s. That way Reddit doesn’t get your traffic directly