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Reddit Almost Disappears from ChatGPT as Search Citations Drop 86%
cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1350973/reddit-almost-disappears-from-chatgpt-as-search-citations-drop-86
promptwatch.com/data/reddit-citations-are-dropping-in-chatgptReplying to @beep@piefed.world
The drop correlates with the time reddit locked down old reddit from accessing anonymously/without logging in to avoid AI scraping. Reddit themselves did this.
EDOT: And OpenAI also changed how the web search works; forbes.com/…/reddit-nearly-vanishes-from-chatgpt-…
ForbesReddit Nearly Vanishes From ChatGPT Citations After OpenAI Search Change, Report SuggestsReddit's share of ChatGPT citations collapsed 86% to 0.5% after OpenAI changed how ChatGPT Search works — the same week Reddit joined the S&P 500.Even the normal Reddit site locks up after a few seconds if you’re not logged in. I’m still happy to kill time on msoutlookit while I’m at work, but follow any links to the main site and it locks you out pretty quickly. I imagine even that will be gone too soon.
only on mobile
No it’s happening to me on pc