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> I think this protest is less popular with actual Reddit users than all of the journalists are trying to suggest. As a reddit mod and now a lemmy admin, you'r
by thesh4d0w 3y ago
> I think this protest is less popular with actual Reddit users than all of the journalists are trying to suggest.
As a reddit mod and now a lemmy admin, you're right... Sorta.
If you look at all reddit users, most don't care about the protest. They just want to keep consuming their content without being inconvenienced.
If you look at the subset of users who post and generate content, I think the supporter % would be much higher. These are the users that will drive change to alternate platforms. As they stop engaging with reddit so heavily, the eyeballs will likely follow.
- a2tech 3y agoAs a fellow mod, I agree. The people that actually interact with the site overwhelmingly support the protests (look at every poll thats been posted asking for feedback). The vast bulk of users though? They have such LOW engagement with the site (they're just passive consumers) they can't even be bothered to vote in a poll. I go to reddit about once a day now to just see if there is any active mod things I need to take care of and I'm seeing my home page be way more static--things are hanging out for over a day when it used to be my landing page was changing over every few hours. So traffic numbers may not have plummeted during the protest, but you can't tell me engagement hasn't fallen right in the toilet.
- Given_47 3y agoYea I’ve never rlly understood the Reddit users that r frustrated at the mods for this specifically. It’s definitely unfortunate, and I haven’t gone on Reddit in over a month as a result. Altho u basically already answered it: > If you look at all reddit users, most don't care about the protest. They just want to keep consuming their content without being inconvenienced.