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Reddit Activity Plummeted After The Protests (www.garbageday.email)

submitted 1 year ago by lvxferre@lemmy.ml to c/snoocalypse@lemmy.ml

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Most major subreddits show a decrease of between 50 and 90 percent in average daily posts and comments, when compared to a year ago. This suggests the problem is way fewer users, not the same number of users browsing less. The huge and universal dropoff also suggests that people left, either because of the changes or the protests, and they aren’t coming back.

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[–] Auzy@beehaw.org 13 points 1 year ago

Not only that.. But the hell would want to buy Reddit awards anymore?

[–] empireOfLove@lemmy.one 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My honest reaction to that information

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[–] saltnotsugar@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

I’m not surprised. The user interface for mobile has just gotten awful, and losing third party apps was the last nail in the coffin for me. Within a day I couldn’t stand the official app and went to other sites.

[–] ghost_bird@beehaw.org 11 points 1 year ago

I just can't bring myself to use it anymore. It just makes me so sad and disgusted. I used to browse daily. I feel bad for the people still on there seemingly unaware how much they are being taken advantage of and how little the platform cares for them.

[–] TomMasz@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It was pretty obvious from looking at /r/all that upvotes and comments are way down. Posts from somewhat obscure subreddits are making it to the front page, something you never saw before. People may be reading, but they're not participating as much as before.

[–] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago

Yup. Still, having someone to actually measure it is nice.

And based on the Reddark site, obscure subreddits were likely affected even harder, as plenty of them are still restricted or private (since Reddit doesn't care about those).

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[–] FoundTheVegan@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The ~~roof~~ reddit, the ~~roof~~ reddit, the ~~roof~~ reddit is on fire

We don't need no water let the motherfucker burn

Burn motherfucker burn.

[–] A2PKXG@feddit.de 9 points 1 year ago

YouTube is strong because it has an evergreen library. Reddit relies on the present. That makes it much easier to change platform.

[–] emanresu@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's only hard for me to keep up with sports discussion without reddit but whatever.

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[–] A2PKXG@feddit.de 8 points 1 year ago

I'm happy to see that the big German communities declined by more than half, and went from growth to decline

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