The Decoder· Matthias Bastian·· 5 h ago
Google's AI Mode doesn't drive traffic "for anybody," Reddit CEO Huffman warns the entire web
Google's AI Mode doesn't drive traffic "for anybody," Reddit CEO Huffman warns the entire web
AI summary
Reddit lost over one million Google search referrals per week in October, CEO Steve Huffman said. The stock dropped more than 25 percent despite strong earnings. Huffman blames Google's AI Overviews and AI Mode for driving zero traffic to external sites. Reddit now tests login barriers and wants to become a direct destination, less reliant on the open web.
Selection record
Threshold 76Media and individualsFirst 71Second 71
Not admittedSum of both 142 < twice the threshold 152
- Source tier
- Media and individuals; this tier's threshold is 76
- Pre-filter
- passed：讨论Google AI Mode对网站流量的影响
A model scores each item twice, independently, against one written standard, out of 100. An item is admitted only when the two scores add up to twice the threshold. The threshold is set per source tier.
Source: The Decoder · the-decoder.com