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Re:Thousands of subreddits pledge to go dark after the Reddi... by shiftpgdn on Sunday June 11, 2023 @12:39AM (#36278112)
Major subreddits I’ve seen run polls show that less than 3% of users are using third party apps.
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Re:Thousands of subreddits pledge to go dark after the Reddi... by hysan on Sunday June 11, 2023 @12:59AM (#36278245)
Isn’t polling one of the features that Reddit doesn’t provide an API for? I think that would skew poll results heavily. I know Apollo can’t do polls and it’s one of the reasons I never partake in them on Reddit.
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Re:Thousands of subreddits pledge to go dark after the Reddi... by bmarquez on Sunday June 11, 2023 @01:23AM (#36278400)
You can't vote on a poll using a 3rd party app. For example, if you click on a poll using Apollo, it opens the Reddit website as a new window and you have to log in again and vote through that website.

This level of friction means I've never voted in a Reddit poll unless I was on a computer, and many other 3rd party app users probably act similarly.

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Re:Thousands of subreddits pledge to go dark after the Reddi... by rapind on Sunday June 11, 2023 @01:33AM (#36278459)
It's impressive this many 3rd party app users went through the hassle IMO (3% of the whole).
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Re:Thousands of subreddits pledge to go dark after the Reddi... by dvngnt_ on Sunday June 11, 2023 @05:20AM (#36279622)
PC gaming over 20 percent
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