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Reddit usage metrics fall thanks to CEO's plan to boost revenue (9to5mac.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/RedditMigration@kbin.social
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[–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

Reddit being a second-hand time machine is still profitable in the context of selling that data to LLMs. I genuinely don't think spez cares if reddit does, so long as he can sell the data.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago*

    I'm not sure this data's worth a lot though, as many users (likely most of them) are using anon or throwaway accounts with none to little link to the rest of their activity. Sure it can be processed for statistics but I don't think there's a lot to extract further. Reddit is no facebook where the average joe has its "average joe" account, and I don't think signing up with a google/apple/whatever account is the most common practice on reddit (or at least with your real, non-portmanteau anon account).

    As for archived posts and comments they're already publicly available on archive sites. Why would anyone buy them?

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