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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by RedPander@lemmy.rogers-net.com to c/technology@beehaw.org

Hopefully I'm posting this in the right place, but I see Reddit developments as Tech news right now.

Wanted to share a website that is tracking Subreddits that have/will be going dark. It even has a sound notification for when they change their status.

Edit: Adding the stream https://www.twitch.tv/reddark_247

Double Edit: Data visualization https://blackout.photon-reddit.com/

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[-] squaresinger@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I was negatively surprised as well. Almost 60% of all big SFW subreddits closed, and still only a small percentage less posts and comments.

[-] a_statistician@programming.dev 7 points 1 year ago

Reddit may also be astroturfing their own site to make it look like there's not much effect of the blackout.

[-] squaresinger@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

I wonder how much the stats were boosted by all those people asking where their subreddits have gone. Today seems to dip lower than yesterday, probably because everyone by now knows what happened.

[-] fresh@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I'm guessing (hoping) the difference at peak will be larger. All we can do now is wait and see, unfortunately.

this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2023
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