So after Google literally paid Reddit for its content and then ranked them incredibly well in Google Search and its search features, Reddit during its earnings call blamed Google's search algorithm for not hitting its expected user growth.
Reddit gives Google access to everything so that Google can train their AI
Google is now showing AI generated snippets on every search page and is pushing its own AI chatbot everywhere
Users are getting the answer they want from those AI generated answers Google generated from Reddit comments
Traffic to Reddit is collapsing
In the meantime, spez totally trashed his site, destroyed valuable communities and pushed away the mods that keep the place clean. Really, really great business strategy there.
If you think about it:
In the meantime, spez totally trashed his site, destroyed valuable communities and pushed away the mods that keep the place clean. Really, really great business strategy there.