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Re:The end of Reddit? Why the blackout is still going – and ... by MacsHeadroom on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @11:17AM (#36327268)
The front page, ie. /r/all and /r/popular a virtually indistinguishable from the same three days ago. There are memes, news, tik tok videos, sports, etc.

Power users aside, I suspect the typical reddit user's experience is virtually unchanged.

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Re:The end of Reddit? Why the blackout is still going – and ... by IAmNotAFix on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @11:20AM (#36327326)
Mainstream's reddit experience is clicking on Reddit links from Google. Many of which are dead as of right now.
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Re:The end of Reddit? Why the blackout is still going – and ... by MacsHeadroom on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @01:47PM (#36329640)
According to the API, reddit post and comment frequency is higher than it was 4 days ago: https://blackout.photon-reddit.com/

Seems like the blackout is not working even a little bit.

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Re:The end of Reddit? Why the blackout is still going – and ... by why-so-serious on Thursday June 15, 2023 @01:52AM (#36336896)
That's completely speculative, plus those are not the KPIs that the business gives a shit about, in terms of engagement oriented revenue. Advertisers care about impressions, and unique users, and that's it and I would bet your childrens' lives, that both have seen a statistically significant hit.
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