All this hate towards u/spez only gives reddit engagement. The only way to real success is by making users move to Lemmy.

  • substill@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Place gives Reddit exactly what it needs most - user engagement. By going, you’re feeding Reddit stats they can show prospective investors and advertisers on unique users, time on site, and clicks even after the protests.

    Reddit was very crafty in relaunching Place right now. They can show a material post-API uptick exactly as Spez promised.

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      1 year ago

      You really think 1000 (being very very generous here) people from lemmy going to r/Place to advertise is going to give a boost to Reddit’s user engagement? On the other hand 1000 people coming from Reddit to lemmy will be like a 1% boost to Lemmy.

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        1 year ago

        No, I’m not saying Lemmy users checking in represent any material change to Reddit numbers. I’m saying Place gets Reddit a short term boost to demonstrate the site still has pull. And that is what Reddit cares about far more than good content - eyeballs to sell ads to, and comments to sell to LLM companies.