If you are on mobile and you are not signed in you get the entire free site walled unless you sign in or go use the app
Google is supposed to show the best content at the top
Apart from those fake spyware pop ups I cannot think of a worse surfing experience
Unless it’s showing adverts first.
The Reddit content Google serves is down. Around 50% less I’d say and the change started this month.
We shut down during the blackout so it’s not like it’s all been easy.
I got stock a couple years ago, that’s about it and I thought that was nice having been on Reddit since 2006 or whatever.
That said we’re not a trash sub and take moderation extremely seriously.
That said, Reddit moderation seems stuck in a weird limbo where moderators have a lot of power on paper but completely ineffectual tooling to combat organized and systemic abuse.
Given those limitations I find it hard to imagine Reddit modding ending up any other way.
Ultimately if you care about the community you’re supporting and put the effort in, it’s possible to do it.
If on the other hand your goal is growth at all costs then most likely it’s going to turn into a cesspool.
Notably we turn down almost weekly sponsorship proposals from real brands, like Garmin, because opening that door would ruin the whole thing.
/r/ultramarathon
We have a thriving supportive community that has been a support group for 100 thousand people that run or want to learn to run ultramarathons