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I don't disagree with your line of thinking here. But the big difference you're missing is that the kind of users that use old.reddit or third party apps are t

I don't disagree with your line of thinking here. But the big difference you're missing is that the kind of users that use old.reddit or third party apps are the power users. Sure the Reddit app sits in its position in the app stores, but you ask most frequent users on reddit, and they all say they transitioned to a third party app. So my point is i see things like the app as entry points for new users, and then those users either churn or end up transitioning to third party apps to make their experience better.

goykasi 3y ago
> use old.reddit or third party apps are the power users Are they? > they all say they transitioned to a third party app Have they? Who asked? Im inclined to believe a lot of these things. I used to work for a large network of forums in the late 00s. We had a lot of traffic but didnt require 2000 employees (literally only 5 dev to manage 250mil monthly pageviews). In all reality we might been reddit if we got lucky, but we didnt. Oh well. So, I tend to side with the users, but I do understand the behaviors in play. Im not trying to be argumentative just to blindly support reddit, but so many people are just throwing out stats as if they are correct with zero proof. Its almost impossible to have an honest conversation when the facts are being made up on the spot. This whole situation has become so emotional.