I haven't been on Reddit much since the protests started, and won't be on it once Sync for Reddit stops working.
this post was submitted on 23 Jun 2023
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I’m still using it while I get used to Lemmy. As soon as Apollo does, I won’t be able to anymore.
I'm not really surprised, I'd actually assume that sexy John Oliver and the other protests created a lot of additional traffic. People post like crazy and a lot of people want to see that, especially since it got some coverage on news sites. Add to that the big majority of people who do not care (remember that 80% of traffic was still reached) plus some who may have been sympathetic enough to join the two day protest but don't care enough to continue to stay away. It's really not surprising that we're back to normal numbers.
Thankfully this isn't the only impact people currently still make, so this isn't over. The real question now will be how else it might change Reddit.
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I left and haven't logged in for a few weeks now, so I know at least my traffic is gone.
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Sure, the party won't stop, but the fun people already left, they are here!
maybe i'll use the web version for some time, not gonna use their app for sure
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This doesn't surprise me. Most people don't have the time or desire to keep up with tech news, and they just want to feed their addiction. It'll be interesting to see what happens 1~2 weeks after the new API rules are active, and people realize the app they use no longer works.
I never created a Reddit account, and only visited under duress, so I'm not really affected by this. So I'm just cooking up popcorn & watching the show.
I've only entered reddit this week when i was looking something up on search engines, but its hard to go around the content they've build up over the past 15 or so years. And i mostly did this on desktop where i can block all those filthy ads.
For my day to day, i've completely migrated to lemmy. I've enjoyed seeing it grow these past few days and I hope it continues to do so.
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My first reaction was one of questioning the statistics.
Then I realized that the way they were generating their stats wouldn’t have counted me for the most part.
Then I realized that I wasn’t really all that unique; most power users wouldn’t have shown up in those stats.
At that point, the stats made more sense.
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CEOs are the dictators of centralized online communities, and act as such. And it kind of works, just like in real life.