How do you feel about the massive influx of users?
this post was submitted on 10 Jun 2023
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It makes me hopeful for the future. Enthusiasts priming the pump for people embracing a more sustainable and less exploitative business model to organize the Internet. Instead of putting all the information on a big centralized locked down platform we share the load and costs between instances.
I love what is happening now, it is pretty much the biggest display of resistance against big tech I've ever seen in my life by a long shot. I've seen most of the internet gradually decay to a shadow of its former self so this is a return to form and a switch to a better model in the long run.
People are finally adopting the Fediverse and if the adoption rates keep up we might start going mainstream with all the advantages and disadvantages, but it will be alright since Lemmy is both federated and FLOSS. Lemmy is a Rust-based, AGPLv3 platform and that means it will be protected against corruption in the foreseable future, I hope.
EDIT: Over 30% of Reddit already went dark!
It’s close to 50 % now. You can watch the realtime stream here - https://reddark.untone.uk/
Is it of all Reddit or just of the subs listed as participating?
Subs listed I believe
That's what I thought too
That tracker only covers the ones that go private though! There's a bunch that are going restricted so they can automate posts that will still show in r/all and other feeds. That way reddit's algorithm doesn't just pull up other subs and effectively hide that a protest is occurring.
Except that you could totally tell since many of the same subs kept populating over and over. Lemmy is more active and diverse at the moment, which is super weird in its own right, but I love it!
Anyone know how many subs are on Reddit in total? I’m wondering what total percent of the site is going dark.
the reddark stream seems to show most of the important ones going dark