The site is handing out Thursday deadlines for reopening as key metrics take a hit.

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    1 year ago

    At this point, I think the percentage he gave was a bald faced lie. Older users definitely have a way higher percentage not using the official app

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      1 year ago

      Agreed. Additionally, you couldn’t breath a whisper about the official app without the thread turning into “you don’t know what you’re missing, try x,y,z app!” Which had to encourage more than a few app immigrants

      • 🦥󠀠󠀠󠀠󠀠󠀠󠀠@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        At the very least, anyone who bothered investigating a 3rd party app for Reddit was probably also bothered enough to post and comment on Reddit too and potentially be a power user. That’s going to be a drain on quality content at the very least.

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        The sole purpose for me using a 3rd party app was finding out you could block subs.

        Switched to boost and purged all the right wing bullshit I could find