The UX changes definitely made it easy to cut reddit out of my life, not that I was using it for much anymore.
What I would love to understand is who is calling the shots here and what metrics are they using to justify these measures. Are people who previously lurked actually complying and installing the native app? Are reddit's internal metrics properly tracking this loss of engagement, or have they gamed the metrics to make it seem like there is 0 downside to these walls?
What I would love to understand is who is calling the shots here and what metrics are they using to justify these measures. Are people who previously lurked actually complying and installing the native app? Are reddit's internal metrics properly tracking this loss of engagement, or have they gamed the metrics to make it seem like there is 0 downside to these walls?