If you ever needed a sign to stop using reddit, this is it.

  • chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    7 days ago

    its popularity has exploded in the past couple of years. Daily active users have approximately doubled since the summer of 2023. Google searches increasingly surface links to Reddit: Organic search to the platform is up over 560% from two years ago, per data from digital marketing firm Semrush.

    So depressing, I sure hope these stats are bullshit.

    • dellish@lemmy.world
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      6 days ago

      I’m willing to bet the new daily active users are largely bots. I remember Facebook pulling this shit last year: bots will count as active users, presumably so they can just keep adding bots and tell shareholders their active user base is growing. It’s all such a scam.