• NotKyloRen@lemmy.zip
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      6 hours ago

      In a fucked up way, yes. As in I think it’s intentional/logical on their part. The culture of reddit has been changing for a while. I think they would want the “old heads” to leave, but also leave behind their posts/comments for others (and Reddit) to benefit off of.

      That’s why people use those web apps that overwrite their comments with garbage. But I always think about how Reddit controls the servers, data, and backups.

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          5 hours ago

          Eh it doesnt really matter, I’m sure they kept running archives even before selling off to altman, and invariably impacts more actual people trying to maybe find that one useful comment to fix something.

          • bountygiver [any]@lemmy.ml
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            5 hours ago

            that’s the point, when people got a dead end when looking for answers on reddit for the nth time, they will stop clicking those results

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              3 minutes ago

              Also though running an ad blocker makes them have to serve the web request and not get ad revenue 🤷‍♂️