reddit's blackout broke Google the
ongoing protests on Reddit have obscured
enough Subs that Google search results
aren't as effective users have
complained about privatized subreddits
and spammed pictures of John Oliver
whenever they're just trying to research
a detailed solution or something the
issue comes from the tendency of people
to add the keyword Reddit after their
search query which evidently doesn't mix
well with protests over the site's new
API pricing Reddit acts as a forum for
the most obscure questions imaginable
and Google only wants to sell you ads on
their first page so when you can't
narrow your results down to Reddit you
get worse search answers it also doesn't
help that Google automatically
highlights results from sites like
Reddit because of its tendency to
provide comprehensive answers which is
why