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The issue with that is that by far most users are reading (coming from Google etc. - which is at threat by ChatGPT btw.) or just lurking. Only few comment, very
by johannes1234321 3y ago
The issue with that is that by far most users are reading (coming from Google etc. - which is at threat by ChatGPT btw.) or just lurking. Only few comment, very few comment a lot. Those produce the content for the majority of users and are the ones using special apps.
Risk is that if they kick out the "creators" by making the apps unattractive they might lose a lot of content for the lurkers.
But they should have statistics to see how many are using apps and how many of the most hit posts are written by app users ... if they didn't run such an analysis: their bad.
- kitsunesoba 3y agoI obviously have no data to back it up, but I too suspect that third party app users post, reply, vote, and otherwise interact a disproportionate amount. Not only are these users likely to have been big reddit users in the first place, but apps like Apollo are designed to put these interactions in the forefront of the experience and make them as smooth and frictionless as possible. Contrast this to the official site/app, which are instead designed to keep you jumping from post to post without dwelling for too long, but are also designed to sell junk like NFT avatars. Reddit might continue on with business as usual after the API rate change goes into effect, but I believe the average quality of content and comments (which was already trending lower) will fall through the floor. There's no incentive for invested users who put more thought and effort into their posts to stick around.