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		howard941 on Dec 13, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: An account is now required to read Reddit comment ... Spam wasn't what killed netnews, big ISPs didn't want to serve it up for free anymore. Perhaps that wasn't what you were implying but in case it was, spam ain't what done her in.

mattchew on Dec 13, 2019 [–]

I've always assumed it was mostly spam, and the bulk of new users preferring other discussion formats.

I appreciate the correction.

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