Why Reddit's ChatGPT Citation Drop Isn't Fully Explained

kept by eddie aug 20

Reddit’s ChatGPT citation share fell from ~3.8% to 0.5% in mid‑August, but the timing of ChatGPT’s site:operator shift doesn’t fully explain the drop.

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