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
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.
Let’s not have too rose colored glasses. A lot of it is because lemmy and kbin are tiny and haven’t received their “eternal September” moment yet. It’s bound to get worse so I hope our moderation tools will evolve sufficiently until then
While you’re not wrong, the fact that it’s an open and decentralized protocol and not a corporate-controlled silo makes the ultimate outcomes of the fediverse unpredictable. Better for actual human users, I think, and at least it’ll be interesting to watch and participate in while those outcomes develop (likely over years if not decades).
We’ll see. The big problems will arrive when it becomes valuable for spammers
Right there with you, also had a 12 year old account and deleted it. It’s absurd how this is going. Federated definitely feels more tight knit and less just a media consumption platform.
The fediverse is definitely feeling like the early internet, and it’s really taken me by surprise. Even though I reminisced about it and lamented it’s loss, I think I never really understood just how much I missed it.
It’s like 1995 all over again, and it’s glorious.
Thank you for eloquently putting into words what I’ve been feeling.
The day before the blackout, I was feeling a lot of grief. Reddit had been my “home” for more than a decade, and I thought i would miss the community. Instead, I feel…lighter? Things are much nicer here!
100% more nicer. Les toxic and definitely a feeling of humanity. Hard to explain, but the majority of comments over at reddit just don’t feel human. Needed to change in order to realize.
I’m having a similar experience in realising how much toxicity I’ve normalised on reddit. Going back on there now feels so absurd.
That ama was the most unprofessional bunch of dogs shit I have ever seen from the ceo of a multimillion dollar company.
Multibillion. Well, theoretically.
Agree! I cleared out all the outrage, political and “negative” subreddits I was subbed to last month and… there wasn’t much left. I don’t feel like user engagement is being gamed here, it’s nice.