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Reddit用户大量关闭子论坛,让谷歌用户懵了

Reddit用户大量关闭子论坛,让谷歌用户懵了

STEPHEN PASTIS 2023-06-17
在谷歌搜索中添加“Reddit”的技巧无效,令许多人大呼不便

摄影:NICHOLAS KAMM/法新社经盖蒂图片社提供

Reddit用户网上发起抗议,导致在谷歌(Google)搜索中添加“Reddit”的热门搜索技巧无效。一些用户表示,这降低了谷歌的搜索效果。

Reddit用户抗议该网站对其连接技术API收费的决定。API支持其他网站和服务访问在该网站上的对话内容。API之前可免费使用,如Apollo等一些第三方Reddit应用表示他们无力支付访问API的费用。

为了抗议新政策,6月12日,超过8,000个Reddit子论坛关闭或改为私密状态。有些子论坛表示,他们可能无限期维持这种状态,尽管有媒体称,Reddit CEO史蒂夫·霍夫曼曾说过他认为抗议最终会平息,就像Reddit上发生过的其他“骚动”一样。

抗议的一个副作用是,谷歌用户无法从Reddit论坛上的讨论中获得对话反馈和收集广泛的观点。许多人在互联网搜索的时候,会在搜索关键词的末尾添加Reddit,专门查询该论坛上的观点。正如一位评论家两年前在Twitter上所说的那样,它是“我能提供的最好的生活技巧,可以让我搜索到来自真实的人类的结果,而不是来自附属网站上的结果”。

但随着Reddit子论坛为了抗议纷纷关闭,谷歌搜索引擎提供的大多数Reddit链接变成了无法读取的状态,用户点击链接打开的是私密的、不可阅读的Reddit页面。例如,在有4,000多万粉丝的r/Funny子论坛中,再也无法迅速找到一个人最喜欢的梗;也无法在拥有2,000多万粉丝的r/DIY子论坛上找到经过验证的房屋修缮建议。

周二,一位用户在Reddit上写道:“Reddit抗议导致很难在谷歌上搜索到任何结果。直到许多子论坛的服务器被关闭之后,我才意识到我一直高度依赖Reddit获取信息。有没有人觉得这次抗议带来了很多麻烦?”

此次事件实际证明了数字经济中发生的事情可能产生意想不到的连锁反应。

另外一位用户周一在Twitter上写道:“我不是Reddit的活跃用户,但我的搜索记录中全是‘[主题]reddit’,因为要想搜索工具、科技、房屋修缮等内容,这是唯一可行的搜索关键词。”

关闭的Reddit子论坛可在Twitch上查看。(财富中文网)

译者:刘进龙

审校:汪皓

摄影:NICHOLAS KAMM/法新社经盖蒂图片社提供

Reddit用户网上发起抗议,导致在谷歌(Google)搜索中添加“Reddit”的热门搜索技巧无效。一些用户表示,这降低了谷歌的搜索效果。

Reddit用户抗议该网站对其连接技术API收费的决定。API支持其他网站和服务访问在该网站上的对话内容。API之前可免费使用,如Apollo等一些第三方Reddit应用表示他们无力支付访问API的费用。

为了抗议新政策,6月12日,超过8,000个Reddit子论坛关闭或改为私密状态。有些子论坛表示,他们可能无限期维持这种状态,尽管有媒体称,Reddit CEO史蒂夫·霍夫曼曾说过他认为抗议最终会平息,就像Reddit上发生过的其他“骚动”一样。

抗议的一个副作用是,谷歌用户无法从Reddit论坛上的讨论中获得对话反馈和收集广泛的观点。许多人在互联网搜索的时候,会在搜索关键词的末尾添加Reddit,专门查询该论坛上的观点。正如一位评论家两年前在Twitter上所说的那样,它是“我能提供的最好的生活技巧,可以让我搜索到来自真实的人类的结果,而不是来自附属网站上的结果”。

但随着Reddit子论坛为了抗议纷纷关闭,谷歌搜索引擎提供的大多数Reddit链接变成了无法读取的状态,用户点击链接打开的是私密的、不可阅读的Reddit页面。例如,在有4,000多万粉丝的r/Funny子论坛中,再也无法迅速找到一个人最喜欢的梗;也无法在拥有2,000多万粉丝的r/DIY子论坛上找到经过验证的房屋修缮建议。

周二,一位用户在Reddit上写道:“Reddit抗议导致很难在谷歌上搜索到任何结果。直到许多子论坛的服务器被关闭之后,我才意识到我一直高度依赖Reddit获取信息。有没有人觉得这次抗议带来了很多麻烦?”

此次事件实际证明了数字经济中发生的事情可能产生意想不到的连锁反应。

另外一位用户周一在Twitter上写道:“我不是Reddit的活跃用户,但我的搜索记录中全是‘[主题]reddit’,因为要想搜索工具、科技、房屋修缮等内容,这是唯一可行的搜索关键词。”

关闭的Reddit子论坛可在Twitch上查看。(财富中文网)

译者:刘进龙

审校:汪皓

NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES

A popular search hack of adding “Reddit” to the end of a Google query isn’t working because of the ongoing Reddit digital protest. Some users are saying it’s making Google less effective.

Redditors are protesting Reddit’s decision to charge for access to its API—the connective technology that allows other sites and services to access the conversations that take place on the website. The API was previously free to access, and some third-party Reddit apps, like Apollo, say they can’t afford to pay for access.

In protest of the new policy, more than 8,000 subreddits went “dark” or private on June 12. Some are saying they may stay that way indefinitely, though Reddit CEO Steve Huffman has reportedly said that he believes the protests will eventually peter out like other “blowups” on Reddit.

A side-effect of the protests is that Google users are being deprived of the conversational feedback and wide-scoping perspectives that the discussions in Reddit forums provide. Many people specifically seek those perspectives when they do an internet search by including the word Reddit in quotes at the end of a search query—as one commenter on Twitter put it a couple of years ago, it’s “the best life hack I could ever impart for getting results from real people rather than affiliate sites.”

But with the subreddits now shuttered in protest, most of the Reddit links suggested by Google’s search engine will be unreadable, taking users instead to a private, unreadable Reddit page. That means, for example, there’s no more quick fix for finding one’s favorite meme on r/Funny, which has over 40 million followers; or to find corroborated home repair advice on r/DIY, which has over 20 million followers.

“The Reddit blackout is making it hard to find anything on Google. I didn’t realize how much I used Reddit for information until so many of its servers got locked down. Is anyone else finding the blackout difficult?” wrote one user on Reddit Tuesday.

The situation is a real time example of the unexpected ripple effects that can occur in the digital economy.

“I’m not an active Redditor at all but my entire search history is “[topic] reddit” because that’s the only viable query for tools, tech, home repair, etc etc,” writes another user on Twitter Monday.

The subreddits that have gone dark can be found on Twitch.

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