Reuters ties Reddit, Pinterest slumps to AI search squeeze
4 Oct 31 · 13d ago · 7 comments · 1 source · development 4 of 6
Wire coverage grouped Reddit's crash with Pinterest's share tumble as evidence of a broader pattern in which Google's AI search answers are reducing referral traffic across content platforms.
“It's AI. Google's ad revenue is down too. I ask AI stuff instead because it's way better than Reddit, unironically.”
PleaseGreaseTheL, Reddit commenter · reddit ↗Reddit Company at center of the storyGoogle Search provider whose AI answers are cited as the cause@puckrin Social media commentator@KobeissiLetter Financial markets accountPinterest Comparable company also affected
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What was reported 2 claims about this development
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first by Investing.com News, 14d ago · also Channel NewsAsia, Reuters
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first by The Globe and Mail, 14d ago · also Deadline
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so....your just gonna keep proving my point lmao? i said explicitly r/conservative is an echo chamber too. Ill go even further an dsay its a delusional sham of a sub. That still doesnt address the fact that in a sea of blue leaning content spam you pick the little island of red to be upset about. Im not here to defend them, just pointing out how…
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It's AI. Google's ad revenue is down too. I ask AI stuff instead because it's way better than Reddit, unironically. Ask Claude something, interrogate it a bit, then do some directed research afterwards to verify what it told you. Super effective for a LOT of things, and it's eating into ad revenue for a lot of companies.
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Apollo killed itself. Third part apps still exist and can be used perfectly fine. I use them. Apollo just chose to remove itself from the store but no one was forcing them to.
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More effective ad targeting is the goal. So companies spend more on ads. Not logged in users can't be tracked as easily.
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Anyone else find it a little scary that Google AI uses Reddit posts in its answers and Reddit has a lot of AI posts?
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It’s on purpose. Enshittification. They will just extract all the value and move on to the next site, like locusts.
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I used the app for a year before realizing it was degrading my battery. The browser doesn’t do that.
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