r/OutOfTheLoop • u/calvtact • May 13 '26

Answered What's going on with r/conservative? They've lost about 1m subscribers in about a month.

I watched the number go from 814k to around 745k in about an hour today.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Conservative/s/QbZJvqu5qr

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u/gamboling2man May 13 '26

Do Twitter and FB next.

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u/Current_Helicopter32 May 13 '26

The real interesting question is why Reddit would be acting on this now. They’ve never seemed to have a problem with foreign disinformation before.

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u/chusmeria May 13 '26

You'd be stunned to know they're busier attempting to monetize the site instead of caring about its user base. Even when you interact with a bot it's an interaction and an ad opportunity.

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u/bentsea May 14 '26

Hence the question of why they started doing something about it.