The reddit blackout is even more effectivte than expected! 5177/8829 (~60%) of subreddits are still dark [1] and the posts per minute are down to 1000 from 1400 [2].

This is huge. Subreddits were supposed to be back up yesterday. I personally missed Reddit the first day but now I am super comfortable here.

Glad to have found a new place to hang out!

Edit: Reddit has 100k subs, 60% out of those who officially signed up


[1] https://reddark.untone.uk/

[2] https://www-heise-de.translate.goog/news/Reddit-Blackout-dauert-an-30-Prozent-weniger-Aktivitaet-Werbebranche-wartet-ab-9189048.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.ho.rdf.beitrag.beitrag&_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp

  • JanoRis@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The -30% value is taken from the peak value, but doesn’t look at the total amount posted per day.

    So I took the data from the blackout.photon-reddit site source.

    It seems that it makes a Reddit Api call every Minute searching the newest Post and Comment and calculates both per Minute rates.

    I wanted to see the effect the Blackout had over the day, so I summed the data and plotted it: Seems like between 11th and 12th June the comments/day diminished by -19.2%. The posts/day saw a decline of -8.9%

    Reddit Blackout Graph

    The sub with the most Activity was probably Askreddit

    AskReddit Comment Activity

  • Breakfulus_Emphotoga@kbin.social
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    I agree, it definitely was uncomfortable moving from reddit at first, but seeing how familiar the site was, and how much nicer the community is, it feels more like an upgrade than just swapping platforms.

    Also, I didn’t expect the protest would have so much of an impact, but I’m all for it!

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      1 year ago

      I’m with you. It really is amazing how much kinder this community is. I love it!

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    I noticed something weird earlier. I’d taken to doomscrolling r/all and just resigning myself to removing the maximum 100 subreddits roughly in order of annoyance. I had 99 blocked subs before the blackout, and now there are only 69. I don’t think private subs would disappear from there, so… maybe those 30 subs just got axed in their entirety.

    Either way… nice.

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      True punishment would be active, content rich posters zeroing out their posts and comment history. By doing so, the Google searches - which currently refer a ton of traffic to the site - will start to fade. The body of knowledge- users knowledge, not Reddit’s- is what drives new traffic to the site. I plan to remove my contributions later this month, presuming nothing changes.

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        15 year redditor, though only with ~250k karma. Scrubbed the crap out of my account. I’ll probably still use reddit on desktop for as long as old.reddit exists, but for mobile I’m definitely trying out alternatives.

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            It’s a pitty there aren’t many (any?) subreddits that are “officially” endorsing a specific community in lemmy (or magazine in kbin) for migration.

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    I deleted my 12 year old account history after the “AMA” with Spez and will be fully deleting my account on the 30th. That being said I clicked back on reddit today and browsed a bit of what was up and after spending the last few days on kbin and beehaw I don’t think I can go back.

    The amount of toxicity that I was putting up with on reddit was astounding. I can’t believe I didn’t notice it was so bad, even on the smaller subs I was active in. I always have referred to reddit as a cesspit with islands of good content, but I think the landscape changed while I wasn’t paying attention.

    I do hope the protest works and 3rd party devs can continue their wonderful apps, but reddit is kind of over for me regardless. The fediverse somehow feels like the early internet, kinda like going home.

    • Nonameuser678@kbin.social
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      I’m having a similar experience in realising how much toxicity I’ve normalised on reddit. Going back on there now feels so absurd.