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Really funny and impossible to block

  • Larvitar@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    While this is funny, it drives traffic to the site so it’s the equivalent of people buying Nike shoes to then burn as protest. The company is still making money and they’re getting free advertising.

    A better protest would be to delete Reddit accounts, uninstall the apps, and see how long you can go without hearing or thinking about reddit.

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      1 year ago

      It depends, how long until it will not be fun anymore to see every sub turned into a meme?

      I give it 2 days. After that people will stop tuning in as regularly.

      Also traffic != money in regards of advertisers.

      If traffic increases but the engagement lowers then that is a death blow to reddit.

      The metric that got posted 1-2 days ago that engagement was cut down from 31 to 17 seconds during/after the blackout is huge and a metric the advertisers will look at.

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        1 year ago

        I started learning to use photoshop instead of braindeadly scrolling Reddit. It’s more peaceful and enjoyable.