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!

[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

    • towerful@beehaw.org
      1·
      1 year ago

      Unless they are Reddit bots.
      There are stories (not sure of their truth) of regional subs being started and filled with reposts translated to the regional language - to the point of idioms not making sense when translated.
      There are pictures of a while string of comments from different accounts saying “time to dust off my laptop and use the web version I guess” (or something like that).

      I have absolutely no doubt that Reddit is using paid actors or AI actors to generate/push content/interactions

      • coldredlight@beehaw.org
        1·
        1 year ago

        That allegedly happened recently with some German language subreddit, the admins had prepopulated it with badly translated comments from a bunch of bot accounts they control. I never actually verified that was true and don’t know German to verify, but that’s at least a recent allegation I’ve seen within the past several months that is supposed to be backed by evidence.