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On May 4 of last year, with no warning and for no apparent reason, the
number of readers visiting Common Dreams via Google search results
dropped like a stone.

One day, everything was normal—some of the strongest and steadiest
traffic growth we'd ever seen. The next day, the number of visitors
tanked.

Then a similar drop happened in traffic from Facebook on August 8, just
as the presidential election was heating up and traffic to our website
should have been surging.

We don't fully understand what happened or why. But it's clear that
these corporations changed their algorithms in a way that significantly
reduced the number of people who were finding their news on Common
Dreams.

We don't advertise or sell user data, but fewer readers ultimately means
fewer donations, and even now, months later, our numbers have yet to
recover. This is not only a massive hit to our mission-driven news
operation. If this continues, our very survival is at risk.

We simply can't succeed in our mission to inform, inspire, and spark
progressive change as long as we're losing readers from the biggest
sources of web traffic on the internet. That's why we're coming to you
now as part of our Spring Campaign to help make sure we have the
resources to survive this blow to our readership.

Will you donate to help support independent, progressive media? We need
you now more than ever.

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With gratitude for all you do and all your support,

Aaron Kaufman

Director of Development

for the whole Common Dreams news team

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