• curiosityLynx@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    The point of the John Oliver pictures is to make it hard for him to NOT at least spend a segment of his next show talking about it.

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      1 year ago

      I think it will have the opposite effect people want. It will drive traffic to reddit to see the funny pics, it wont suddenly stop the masses using reddit, a garbage experience has to occur for that.

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        1 year ago

        But it will get them talking, which is the main point of it. Regular people will wonder why the sub is full of John Oliver, letting them find out about the API changed and everything.

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          1 year ago

          It’s also a way to get people to see what is actually happening from a more unbiased source. Since spez did a whole interview circuit, that might be all some people know about the situation.

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        1 year ago

        It might get a short bump in traffic, but I don’t see traffic increasing on the longer term because of this. And it certainly does spread awareness while also reducing advertising value.