A huge portion of Reddit users seem to be bots

Have you guys noticed that for some time on various subreddits most of the users are shills? TV/movies, medicine, government, politics, etc.? It seems likely that it’s all bots, hosted on AWS (Amazon Web Services). Big if true. h/t Existing-Class-140

Threads Is Already Losing Its Allure for Users, Adding Urgency for New Features – ‘Threads’ Implosion Worsens As User Engagement Drops 70%

User engagement on Threads has continued to fall after an initial surge in sign-ups, putting pressure on parent Meta Platforms META -2.83%decrease; red down pointing triangle to roll out new features for its nascent microblogging app. https://www.wsj.com/articles/threads-user-engagement-continues-to-drop-adding-urgency-for-new-features-8ed2f384 https://archive.ph/8cO4F

Yesterday, Reddit’s CEO Spez Responded To The Blackout Protests With A Secret Internal Memo Telling Staff The Company Will Not Back Down And Plans To “Wait Out” Disaffected Users and Mods. Many Believe A Conspiracy Related To An Expected Reddit Stock IPO Is Driving That Irrational Behavior.

by AssuredlyAThrowAway On May 31, 2023, Reddit announced a policy change that will kill essentially every third-party Reddit app now operating, from Apollo to Reddit is Fun to Narwhal to BaconReader, leaving Reddit’s official mobile app as the only usable option; an app …

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