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That’s a fine claim, my friend, but maybe you don’t have the facts to support it. Who says that Reddit is more active than it ever has been? How are they measuring that? Many of us who left Reddit over the past few years did so partly because of the increase in bot traffic … And certainly Reddit corporate does not want to admit that a large percent of the posts are automated, certainly they would never want to actually measure that, because it would likely undercut the perceived value of their company to the AI folk.
Similarly, if it’s more profitable because it’s selling data to the AI people, that doesn’t actually mean the company is producing any value … I think most of us with half a brain already realized that the AI bubble is exactly that. Rich people are speculating, and they’re going to keep on doing that as long as they can. So, if I were predicting when Reddit will totally collapse, I would predict that it will when the bubble bursts.
Finally, Reddit used to be producing results that would show up on search engines, and now it’s not. In other words, they sold the medium run for the short run. That could pan out, but I don’t think it will. I think it just means they will get fewer people crawling to their website, fewer people linking to it.
And certainly Reddit corporate does not want to admit that a large percent of the posts are automated
I mean, this is the billion dollar question. If you can find reliable ways to sift real humans from bot activity at the scale of a social media behemoth, you should just do that for a living rather than shitposting incredulity on a Reddit knock-off site.
But by all available measures, Reddit (a website that’s always been plagued with bots and spam accounts) has the most real live active users in its history today.
Finally, Reddit used to be producing results that would show up on search engines, and now it’s not.
Google’s been fully in bed with Reddit since at least 2022. One could argue that their habit of front-paging Reddit posts was what goosed its activity of late.
That’s a fine claim, my friend, but maybe you don’t have the facts to support it. Who says that Reddit is more active than it ever has been? How are they measuring that? Many of us who left Reddit over the past few years did so partly because of the increase in bot traffic … And certainly Reddit corporate does not want to admit that a large percent of the posts are automated, certainly they would never want to actually measure that, because it would likely undercut the perceived value of their company to the AI folk.
Similarly, if it’s more profitable because it’s selling data to the AI people, that doesn’t actually mean the company is producing any value … I think most of us with half a brain already realized that the AI bubble is exactly that. Rich people are speculating, and they’re going to keep on doing that as long as they can. So, if I were predicting when Reddit will totally collapse, I would predict that it will when the bubble bursts.
Finally, Reddit used to be producing results that would show up on search engines, and now it’s not. In other words, they sold the medium run for the short run. That could pan out, but I don’t think it will. I think it just means they will get fewer people crawling to their website, fewer people linking to it.
Statista, Semrush, and GummySearch all coorborate Reddit’s self-reporting. I don’t have their methodology on hand.
I mean, this is the billion dollar question. If you can find reliable ways to sift real humans from bot activity at the scale of a social media behemoth, you should just do that for a living rather than shitposting incredulity on a Reddit knock-off site.
But by all available measures, Reddit (a website that’s always been plagued with bots and spam accounts) has the most real live active users in its history today.
Google’s been fully in bed with Reddit since at least 2022. One could argue that their habit of front-paging Reddit posts was what goosed its activity of late.