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They aren't making this decision based on traffic data.

There are at least 2 categories of reasons for making significant public changes in any institution.

1) The stated reason(s)

2) The actual reason(s)

The second category is rarely discussed openly, but the world begins to make more sense if you look for them.

Hints around the truth are occasionally mentioned in the last few paragraphs of an article. Rarely at the beginning of an article.

In his AMA, Huffman also took a few shots at Apollo’s developer Christian Selig. Yesterday, Selig claimed Reddit has been telling other developers that he tried to blackmail the social media platform. According to Selig, what really happened is that Reddit misinterpreted a remark he made as a threat.

When asked about the blackmail allegations, Huffman said: Selig's "behavior and communications with us has been all over the place—saying one thing to us while saying something completely different externally; recording and leaking a private phone call—to the point where I don’t know how we could do business with him.” .
Selig shot back, saying "Do you genuinely not see how you making up stories about blackmail and threats would be what leads to difficulty working together, not me defending myself?"