I’m actually surprised that metric would change much, because the users viewing ads aren’t impacted by changes to the API or third party apps. So that’s literally just 20% of people who either stopped using the site in solidarity or couldn’t get to their content because of the protests.
I’m actually surprised that metric would change much, because the users viewing ads aren’t impacted by changes to the API or third party apps. So that’s literally just 20% of people who either stopped using the site in solidarity or couldn’t get to their content because of the protests.
It’s not out of solidarity, advertisers are worried they’ll turn into lightning rods: https://www.adweek.com/social-marketing/ripples-through-reddit-as-advertisers-weather-moderators-strike/
If good people left Reddit, then the content that remains for the others might not be good enough to keep them engaged.