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A large portion of reddit contributors use 3rd party apps. Will reddit even be worth using if those people leave? That’s a huge risk, and I’m not confident Redd
by valine 3y ago
A large portion of reddit contributors use 3rd party apps. Will reddit even be worth using if those people leave? That’s a huge risk, and I’m not confident Reddit has fully evaluated the second order effects of this API change.
- anonred 3y agoDo you have a source for “a large portion of reddit contributors use 3rd party apps”? And what percent are we talking about here?
- George83728 3y ago> Do you have a source for “a large portion of reddit contributors use 3rd party apps”? Most top-level reddit posts come from bots reposting old content. Those bots aren't using the first party app...
- dvngnt_ 3y agoi know the pcgaming is around 20 percent which isn't a majority but it's enough to move somewhere else
- Eisenstein 3y agoHere is a shot from a subreddit I moderate: * https://imgur.com/a/Tg3IXNf https://imgur.com/a/Tg3IXNf No idea how many of those apps are third party, but I would be willing to bet 'most' of them.
- anonred 3y agoI’d be willing to be the opposite given how hard Reddit is pushing this. But like you said, it’s impossible to tell without a separate category for third party apps.
- barkerja 3y agoHow large is a "large portion"?
- judge2020 3y agoAssuming the 90-9-1 rule for reddit, chances are that the 1% that post [quality/highly-popular] content are more likely to be invested enough to improve their experience via a better app experience.