hey everyone. if you want to post links or discuss the Reddit blackout today, please localize it to this thread in order to keep things tidy! Thanks!

  •  rimlogger   ( @rimlogger@beehaw.org ) English
    20·
    3 years ago

    On many subreddits that have polls, it seems like a majority favor keeping their subs open. It seems like the userbase is generally ambivalent or even hostile towards the protest at large.

      •  rimlogger   ( @rimlogger@beehaw.org ) English
        9·
        3 years ago

        IDK I also see plenty of posts supporting keeping subs closed too. I doubt a lot of people have left the site for good. But those voices are generally outnumbered by people who don’t understand what’s going on or don’t care about the protest.

        Don’t get me wrong… Lemmy is fine, but I am finding that most of the active posts here are about the protest on Reddit… plus a few discussions on current news and gaming… but little else. I am still spending most of my time on Reddit.

        •  mycotrip   ( @mycotrip@lemmy.ko4abp.com ) English
          2·
          3 years ago

          The Reddit drama is still the hotness right now, but soon maybe 2 months into the future it won’t be as new and you won’t see it as much.

          I think this newest wave of decentralization is a good thing. Though we might lose knowledge held in those niche subreddits that choose to not go back that knowledge will inevitably migrate somewhere else.

      •  rimlogger   ( @rimlogger@beehaw.org ) English
        10·
        3 years ago

        I think the real issue is that the protest coordinators were not able to succinctly explain why they had to protest to begin with. Charging third party app developers for API access is an esoteric topic. Most people don’t even know what an API is. Most people don’t use third party apps. Most people also don’t care.

          •  rimlogger   ( @rimlogger@beehaw.org ) English
            6·
            3 years ago

            There’s an added cog in the machine here. Every time someone tries (and succeeds) in explaining the issues, the astroturfing (or just regular bootlicking) begins and suddenly there’s seeds of doubt.

            I am seeing many users (especially those who haven’t been around for as long) asking people what the big deal is and why their favorite subreddits are down. Half of the people trying to respond aren’t giving these people satisfactory and succinct answers. The protest is breaking down as soon as it began.

          •  Crotaro   ( @Crotaro@beehaw.org ) English
            7·
            3 years ago

            You can’t throw out an enormous number like that without further explanation or a source at least. The only post I found on my first Google search is from a reddit post (6 days ago) where it’s said that reddit reports about 5% of its users coming from third party apps.

            •  Irisos   ( @Irisos@lemmy.umainfo.live ) English
              4·
              3 years ago

              Apollo also reported having around 1.2M users while not being a small app at all.

              So with 400M MAU as the lowest possible amount of users, somehow all others 3rd party apps have over 118M users between them?

              I could believe 30% of users being old.reddit ones due to it not being deleted after all those years. But for mobile apps, that 5% quote seems the most realistic.

    •  Pepper   ( @Pepper@beehaw.org ) English
      15·
      3 years ago

      Asking the people still posting/commenting if they want a subreddit to stay open seems kind of pointless. Of course they want it to stay open, they didn’t care for the blackout in the first place.