Reddit usage metrics fall thanks to CEO's plan to boost revenue

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Reddit usage metrics fall thanks to CEO's plan to boost revenue
9to5mac.com

While CEO Steve Huffman may be dismissive of the thousands of subreddits going dark to protest his planned API changes,...

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Honest I'm happy all this has happened. It helped me out of my reddit addiction. Helped me realise there are alternatives out there that are way less toxic (in my opinion) and much more closely resemble the old school forums that are what I originally became addicted to via reddit etc.

somewhere along the way reddit changed and I can't exactly pinpoint when

I feel like a frog who suddenly realized the pot was boiling and I managed to make it out just in time

Yep, some point in last few years I went from looking forward to orange envelope to show someone had engaged with my comment to "now what have I said wrong" to outright ignore my.inbox and just shout into the wind like a crazy old man