The bad, although expected news is that according to Similarweb via Gizmodo Reddit traffic is back to pre-protest levels. The caveat is that some of the traffic might still indicate protests, (i.e. John Oliver pics). Most interesting:
However, Similarweb told Gizmodo traffic to the ads.reddit.com portal, where advertisers can buy ads and measure their impact, has dipped. Before the first blackout began, the ads site averaged about 14,900 visits per day. Beginning on June 13, though, the ads site averaged about 11,800 visits per day, a 20% decrease.
For June 20 and 21, the most recent days for which Similarweb has estimates, the ads site got in the range of 7,500 to 9,000 visits, Carr explained, meaning that ad-buying traffic has continued to drop.>>>
I never click on ads anyway. Is it okay for me to start using Reddit, at least a little, or should I continue not to give traffic to them?
You do you. Whatever works best for your life imo. I will no longer browse Reddit, I will never download their app. If a question I google seems to ONLY have a solution on Reddit, I will only view it on browser (old.Reddit, ad blocker, logged out).
I think the release of [email protected] in about a month or so will seal the deal for lemmy for me, and probably many others.
Sync for Lemmy’s release is not nearly as well known as it should be though fsr…
There’s also Memmy for ios inspired by apollo, and I hear it’s being developed insanely fast
I’ve been using kbin as I prefer it aesthetically and functionally over Lemmy, and the mobile browser functions pretty well. But I do use Memmy and Mlem to check in on Lemmy stuff, and while they’re very bare bones I can see them becoming useful.
You don’t have to click on ads to give them money, impressions still count. You can use uBlock Origin, but they’ll probably still make money from the traffic as they show off their number of visits to advertisers