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‘Reddit can survive without search’: company reportedly threatens to block Google
(www.theverge.com)
this post was submitted on 20 Oct 2023
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Half the traffic to reddit is because someone is looking for a recommendation or solution. Reddit's internal search function is about as useful as it's video player or it's app.
So many times I saw a meme and I wanted to show it to someone else only to be sure it was lost forever to that useless excuse for a search.
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I now hear the a Monty Python song in my head
Half of the unique visitors maybe, the traffic of the people on Google visit 1 post. The people with an account who browse it at work see 500
Even when I had a reddit account, I would use Google to search, because reddit search feature is crap. The Google search would often result in me exploring and/or subscribing to a new community. So, for me, Google searches increased my reddit interactions.