The last major holdouts in the protest against Reddit’s API pricing relented, abandoning the so-called “John Oliver rules” which only allowed posts featuring the TV host. It's the official end of the battle. The Reddit protest is over, and Reddit won.

The Reddit Protest Is Finally Over. Reddit Won.::Reddit corporate claims victory over its disgruntled mods as r/aww, r/pics, and r/videos abandon the “John Oliver rule.”

  • Echo DotEnglish
    18•2 years ago

    That is search terms not traffic. If I Google “Reddit controversy” it will add to the Reddit stat. Your literally just asking Google to tell you how many people included the word “Reddit” in their search query.

    • @Ferminho@lemmy.mlEnglish
      0•2 years ago

      You’re right, I should have said search interest. Though, I would argue it is correlated.