verifytheposter@leminal.space to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 25 days agoHow come reddit user is growingwww.datarefs.comexternal-linkmessage-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkHow come reddit user is growingwww.datarefs.comverifytheposter@leminal.space to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 25 days agomessage-square28linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squareLocalAreaMan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·25 days agoThey recently started requiring logins, especially for old.reddit
minus-squarezikzak025@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·25 days agoNo, it used to be possible to browse the site without an account.
minus-squareAeronMelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·25 days 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-squareregdog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·25 days 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.
They recently started requiring logins, especially for old.reddit
Don’t they always?
No, it used to be possible to browse the site without an account.
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.
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.