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As an official reddit app user who is totally frustrated by the experience and is now just learning there may be other options through this post, I'm infuriated. What, so they can generate more ad revenue on their platform? Maybe? Companies are trying to squeeze every last penny and it just seems so desperate. And pathetic.
Comment by stevedonie at 06/06/2023 at 19:08 UTC
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Yes, all of it is profit driven. See the comment in this thread about the enshittification of the internet, a term for a pattern we have all seen.
Comment by CobblerExotic1975 at 07/06/2023 at 01:54 UTC
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Just a stab in the dark without any data, but I’d guess that 3rd party app users and old Reddit users contribute way more content.
My local sub has lots of lurkers. But the regular posters I see? Maybe the same 50 users. I don’t think the lurkers will start posting, I think they’ll stop looking.
Comment by mycorgiisamazing at 07/06/2023 at 02:01 UTC
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reddit is probably jacking the api to unfathomable numbers because of companies looking to use reddit to train their large language model ai chatbots like chatgpt
I think that they believe they can get big money from AI developers, and the value is greater than the blowback and fallout of everything else
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