Re:Ask HN: Is the past disappearing on the web?
by NavinF on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @09:15AM
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On that note, Reddit seems to be faking their last modified date metadata for SEO purposes. I’ve seen many old threads (where all the comments are 5 years old with no edits) show up in my Google search results with today’s date below the link. This coincided with and is likely related to the removal of automatic thread archiving 4 months ago.
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Re:Ask HN: Is the past disappearing on the web?
by bbarnett on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @09:48AM
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This also signals an end game, where the last vestiges of true improved, customer facing improvements are over.
With nothing left, one delves into short term growth numbers.
Because of this, some indexes may de-stress reddit by date search, and, by freshness. And some end users will click, become annoyed more often, and stop clicking on reddit links.
They clearly have nothing left, and no other idea how to improve reddit. They have signaled they are well past peak growth.