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by rootusrootus 718 days ago
I'm curious how it has all played out since the debacle. Has there been a noticeable decrease in traffic? Anecdotally, the bot traffic is quite high now, but that was going up already.

I refuse to install the app. Reddit aggressively tags random posts as NSFW and then offers "anonymous" browsing if only I install the app. What? That's silly. And creepy. Going to old.reddit.com still works if there is something I want to see, but I suppose eventually they will close that loophole. And thus will end my reddit experience. I already got rid of my own account ages ago, so I only read, and that cut my interaction time way down. Force me to use the app and we're done.
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tmpz22 718 days ago
Reddit stock price has been going up since the IPO I believe not as a result of user or ads growth but because they've been selling data to AI companies for training.

IMO the quality of Reddit's product has never been a pillar of its valuation.

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BizarroLand 717 days ago
That was the sole reason why I deleted my account. I know it was too late, and there's a backup out there of everything I posted, but having the stories I wrote and the jokes I told and the essence of the communities I posted in completely devalued and turned into a quick buck broke my heart.

To a certain degree, I get it, but for a website that is built entirely on user interaction and input, not even giving the users the opportunity to weigh in?

That was despicable.

Looking back, I would have paid $5/month to own my posts and keep reddit what it was, but we never even got the option.

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hamandcheese 718 days ago
> Reddit aggressively tags random posts as NSFW and then offers "anonymous" browsing if only I install the app. What? That's silly.

"Request desktop site" setting in mobile Safari also works for me to bypass this.

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kevin_thibedeau 718 days ago
Old Reddit Redirect and Reddit Enhancement Suite on Firefox cut out all of their BS.
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Onawa 718 days ago
Only for as long as they allow old.reddit.com to exist. The rug can get pulled at anytime.
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red-iron-pine 717 days ago
once that rug is gone, so am I. I suspect several other folks in this discussion chain are of similar disposition
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