Will ClarkEvery time you hear the Reddit CEO talking about how they need to become profitable, remember they raised $250m and then spent the last couple years building this: https://nft.reddit.com
Glenn@robotdeathsquad True, but business dudes are gonna be like that. Just move on. Do you really need Reddit?
Plague Ducktor@glennsills @robotdeathsquad
Considering the first result to almost any google inquiry for how to fix some problem is a reddit link.... yeah... unfortunately for now we kinda need reddit.
Considering the first result to almost any google inquiry for how to fix some problem is a reddit link.... yeah... unfortunately for now we kinda need reddit.
@duckles77 @robotdeathsquad You know I've been hearing that a lot lately and I don't think I believe it. I google a lot and while I occasionally see reddit in the search result it is seldom at the top (although it occasionally is). This seems a bit like salesmanship from Reddit to me.
doomgirl@glennsills @duckles77 @robotdeathsquad
It could be because I search niche stuff, but ddg and g! both return reddit as 2-4 links of the top 5 results typically. I really noticed it during the blackout!
@booty @duckles77 @robotdeathsquad I suspect that this is a search history thing. If you have clicked on reddit results a lot in the past, reddit results will be more likely to come your way. I am sure that if you are a reddit user and depend on the information there as a resource the lack of reddit in search results will be a problem. I just don't think it matters at all for the rest of us.
@glennsills @booty @robotdeathsquad Yeah I have clicked reddit stuff a lot. The point is... there's a lot of great information there that's going to be locked up or lost eventually. It's like all the forum posts you still find with broken img links that would solve the problem you were looking to solve if only they still worked.
It's good info that's just no longer accessible. Even if you don't like the site, you have to admit losing access to that knowledge kinda sucks.
@duckles77 @glennsills @robotdeathsquad
Yes! The link rot is terrible. There are so many times I am looking for something and then finally find something and my dear old friend, the dead link, shuts me down.
@booty @glennsills @robotdeathsquad And we have another company changing their business practices suddenly and dickishly to thank for breaking SOOOOOOO much of that information!
Thanks, PhotoBucket!
@glennsills Not sure if it is or not. I just know it used to be the preferred method for people on forums to link images, then in 2017 they were like "Alright, we're blocking all hotlinking unless you pay us $400/year" and the entirety of the internet was like "Uhh... no"
And now there are broken image links EVERYWHERE. I think they backed down off that plan, but not before ruining a lot of stuff.
@duckles77 Yeah, I think what we are seeing here is a bunch of startups that were following the "Underwear Gnome Business Plan", are all trying to switch to a money making business plan, and their users are say no thanks.