Reddit shares plunge as Google's AI search squeezes traffic

Re:Reddit shares plunge as Google's AI search squeezes traffic by itanalot on Friday October 30, 2026 @07:25PM (#50311459)

Reddit's use of subs and mods seems to me a severe form of tech debt from a time where human moderators/community creators did the job of the algorithm. Now it's a liability, where moderators control their fiefdoms and deliver a user experience broadly worse than what modern algorithms can deliver.

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Re:Reddit shares plunge as Google's AI search squeezes traffic by elmer2 on Friday October 30, 2026 @09:55PM (#50312509)

Moderators on Reddit are now basically dictators that love to wield their power online, because they most likely have none in their real life.

Some go as far as even seeing other subreddits you post in and if they disagree with it, will insta-ban you.

These silo communities that this creates contributes to the uptick in violence we've been seeing due to mental illness.

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Re:Reddit shares plunge as Google's AI search squeezes traffic by MiroslavPokorny on Saturday October 31, 2026 @12:03AM (#50313101)

You might call it a debt, but what other solution is there ?

Paid moderators ?

Another example of you get what you paid for.

AI bot moderation, would always be worse.

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