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‘Front page of the internet’: how social media’s biggest user protest rocked Reddit (www.theguardian.com)
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‘Front page of the internet’: how social media’s biggest user protest rocked Reddit::A mass user protest six months ago over technical tweaks had big downstream effects, and now the ‘front page of the internet’ is changed for ever

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[–] foofiepie@lemmy.world 274 points 11 months ago (16 children)

Despite these concessions, dozens of Redditors promised to stop using the site altogether without access to their favorite browsing apps. But according to data from the website analytics firm SimilarWeb, traffic has largely remained consistent to the platform, aside from a pronounced dip during the blackout

Dozens of us!

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 15 points 11 months ago

Yep. Haven't touched my account. Only time I go there is if a Reddit result is the only decent result of a search. But I don't browse reddit at all.

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