verifytheposter@leminal.space to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 day agoHow come reddit user is growingwww.datarefs.comexternal-linkmessage-square26linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkHow come reddit user is growingwww.datarefs.comverifytheposter@leminal.space to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square26linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareLocalAreaMan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 day agoThey recently started requiring logins, especially for old.reddit
minus-squareregdog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·23 hours agoSo the user base is not actually growing. The people who were reading old.reddit without an account had to sign up now. But that was a one-time bump in registered accounts. It does not necessarily mean that the user base is increasing.
minus-squareAeronMelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 day agoAnd that is the only reason the userbase is rising, and the user base rising is the only reason they started requiring accounts to view the site. Numbers must go up.
minus-squarezikzak025@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day agoNo, it used to be possible to browse the site without an account.
They recently started requiring logins, especially for old.reddit
So the user base is not actually growing. The people who were reading old.reddit without an account had to sign up now. But that was a one-time bump in registered accounts. It does not necessarily mean that the user base is increasing.
And that is the only reason the userbase is rising, and the user base rising is the only reason they started requiring accounts to view the site.
Numbers must go up.
Don’t they always?
No, it used to be possible to browse the site without an account.