Reddit Blames Google Algorithm Changes For Not Hitting User Growth
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So after Google literally paid Reddit for its content and then ranked them incredibly well in Google Search and its search features, Reddit during its earnings call blamed Google's search algorithm for not hitting its expected user growth.
  • Troy@lemmy.ca
    81·
    9 months ago

    Or, hear me out, they went public and now they are making their product worse as enshittification takes its toll.

    • coyotino [he/him]@beehaw.orgEnglish
      11·
      9 months ago

      yeah i mean i know my workarounds like old.reddit and certain third party apps that still work, but most users aren’t doing that. Everytime i accidentally end up on the default reddit experience i am amazed by how messy, ad-riddled, and annoying it is to use. If that was the only way i knew how to use the site, I would simply open the site less.

      • Troy@lemmy.ca
        2·
        9 months ago

        I use old.reddit in desktop mode still, on occasion. Today I clicked on a screenshot of a game cause I wanted more detail. I was directed to the new Reddit interface. I right clicked on the image and chose “open image in new tab” and got the new Reddit interface. I tried CTRL-scroll to zoom in the image, and it made the UI elements larger and in the process shrunk the image. I left the site.

  • jol@discuss.tchncs.de
    57·
    9 months ago

    Maybe they shouldn’t have given exclusive access to Google. Bing and all Bing-based engines stopped being able to show Reddit results. So now Google has a monopoly on reddit results. Reddit is just learning the shitty effect of monopolies and it serves them right.

    • OmnipotentEntity@beehaw.org
      38·
      9 months ago

      “You mean I hitched my wagon to Grabthor The Wagon Destroyer, and he destroyed my wagon? This is an outrage!”

      • jol@discuss.tchncs.de
        10·
        9 months ago

        They can still show some old results, but reddit only allows Google to crawl reddit. Part of their AI deal.

  • BCsven@lemmy.ca
    33·
    9 months ago

    So their CEO is clueless to how his API changes drove people to the fediverse?

        • jarfil@beehaw.org
          6·
          9 months ago

          Heh, yeah. The 2023 APIcalypse is his last post, where he got over -20k votes, even after the downvote limiters. Before that, his record was under -10k. It’s a far cry from EA’s -667k, but still.

    • Lodespawn@aussie.zoneEnglish
      19·
      9 months ago

      Reddit’s business isn’t a forum, that’s just part of the product extraction process