I propose we change the term enshitification to engoogleification in regards to the internet.
Google is the only search engine that works on Reddit now, thanks to AI deal
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#12Wow, reddit found a way to make themselves even less useful somehow. After the API fiasco, that seemed like it'd be pretty hard to do.
But, apparently, they did finally find a way to make money.
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#13Reddit has been ripe for disruption for years. It's just waiting on an inflection point and someone to take it behind the barn.
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#14Reddit has been ripe for disruption for years. It's just waiting on an inflection point and someone to take it behind the barn.
Or for Google to buy it.
They could monetize it much better while being less annoying.
Ultimately - Google is getting everything they want from Reddit with this deal without having to buy it outright.
Short of Reddit transforming to an entirely different product (difficult) - I'm not sure where the major growth opportunity is for it.
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#15It feels like Reddit is approaching an inflection point anyway where bot-made content is concentrated enough to spoil the whole experience. Closed servers like Discord and Slack may be the last haven of online human interaction.
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#16I deeply regret every minute spent on and kilobyte of text contributed to reddit.
I don't. There's nothing around that is similar...with the same traction. The various 'verses are variations on cat pics.
I'm still looking, though.
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#17Wow, reddit found a way to make themselves even less useful somehow. After the API fiasco, that seemed like it'd be pretty hard to do.
The only things it does for me is forcing me to use Google as a large amount of the answers I need is on reddit.
Re: Google is the only search engine that works on Reddit now, thanks to AI deal
#18I propose we change the term enshitification to engoogleification in regards to the internet.
This is about Reddit disallowing other search engines.
Blame Reddit, not Google.
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#19Reddit has been ripe for disruption for years. It's just waiting on an inflection point and someone to take it behind the barn.
Very few of the reddit users who are providing the content for free are motivated by which search engines are allowed to index the content, so I don't see how this would make it more ripe for competition. (If you just mean society would now be even better off if reddit were disrupted, ok, maybe, but that's a different thing.)
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