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Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago

Reddit protest plunges user engagement, site activity and ad portal visits

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Reddit protest plunges user engagement, site activity and ad portal visits

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Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago

Reddit protest by its community moderators has impacted user engagements, traffic and visits to its ad portal since its beginning on June 12.

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but 10% is 60+% of actual human engagement. The rest are just bots talking to themselves and clicking ad links.
- SomeGuyNamedPaul@beehaw.org
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  And the front page is filled with trash from fringe subs.
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  Will the bots dissapear when the API becomes inaccessible?

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