As search traffic dries up, Reddit announces shift to a logged-in experience

Posted by csnover on Thursday October 29, 2026 @04:19PM
from the techcrunch.com dept.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/29/as-search-traffic-dries-up-reddit-announces-its-shifting-to-a-logged-in-experience/

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Re:As search traffic dries up, Reddit announces shift to a l... by ihuman on Thursday October 29, 2026 @04:56PM (#50295812)

other discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50295611

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Re:As search traffic dries up, Reddit announces shift to a l... by Hamuko on Thursday October 29, 2026 @04:27PM (#50295389)

So instead of letting me browse their website from Google searches, they'd rather me just ask ChatGPT and have it regurgitate answers based on their content?

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Re:As search traffic dries up, Reddit announces shift to a l... by Sabinus on Thursday October 29, 2026 @07:18PM (#50297629)

Yes, because they can charge OpenAI to permit their bots access.

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Re:As search traffic dries up, Reddit announces shift to a l... by ChrisArchitect on Thursday October 29, 2026 @04:44PM (#50295628)

Source: https://www.reddit.com/user/spez/comments/1xiupm0/about_that...

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