- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmy.world
‘Front page of the internet’: how social media’s biggest user protest rocked Reddit::A mass user protest six months ago over technical tweaks had big downstream effects, and now the ‘front page of the internet’ is changed for ever
Dozens of us!
I wonder if thats because most of the traffic was just bots all along who obviously aren’t going to leave in protest
Same as it ever was.
I only go back to Resdit when my Google search doesn’t take me where I need to go.
Which, unfortunately, is far too often. In my recent experience…
I literally use Reddit to fix Google Search results when I actually need an answer. At the very least I’ll typically find the starting string. Though that’s less due to the quality of Reddit and more because of its longevity.
Sometimes Lemmy pops up on my google search! That always makes me smile
I’ve often found removed responses, which is a good thing, just makes my quest to find an answer harder.
At least use a redirect extension that gives you an alternative, lighter frontend. Teddit might be mostly gone, but there are still Libreddit instances alive and active. And on Android, Stealth still works.
Tried Kagi?
The data is coming from the reddit admins, they have an interest in not looking like the idiots they are. Basically I call bullshit, I think they’re lying for the IPO that’ll never actually happen.
Yep. Haven’t touched my account. Only time I go there is if a Reddit result is the only decent result of a search. But I don’t browse reddit at all.
That’s probably cause the userbase was flooded with bots to make up the difference