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The Reddit Protest Is Finally Over. Reddit Won. (gizmodo.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.ml
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[–] 21 points 3 years ago (1 child)

The remaining users have proven they'll all willingly look at ads and suffer an inferior UX. It's a win for reddit. There's not much they can do to get rid of this core user group of... What, 90% of their users? That doesn't care if they make things worse.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Those were not the people who engaged in discussions though. Most of them are the lurkers.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    Still plenty of discussions happening. Does it matter that much of it is bots if people still read it and see the ads?

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    It matters to me, which is why I left. At the end of the day, I don't care one bit if the social network I use is financially successful, only if it provides me a good experience.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Sure, I left for the same reason. But the CEO is still laughing his way to the bank while the communities are worse off. I'd say he won this one.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    Depends on your definition of "won". I agree with the sentiment elsewhere in this thread that the real winners who were able to migrate somewhere better, and that those platforms got enough of an influx to actually become worth visiting.

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