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[โ€“] penguin_ex_machina@lemmy.world 100 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (31 children)

It blows my mind that Reddit can look at 90% of its communities going dark in some way and think, "yeah, this is fine."

EDIT (AGAIN): Thank you all for the comments on total subs. It's still clearly not 90%, but it still appears to be a significant portion of the active Reddit community. For the interested, check out the comments below for stats. :)

[โ€“] Tango@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (11 children)

There are, apparently, 2.8 million subreddits. About 8,000 are dark, meaning that's just over one quarter of one percent of subreddits. Even with some of the largest subs participating, I wouldn't be surprised if there is no massive dip in traffic. There are enough subs still open with enough mass appeal that most people will just look at some other subs for a few days. And I'll be honest, even though I've made an account both here and on kbin, I know I'll still use old.reddit (with RES and an adblocker at least) most of the time, simply because I doubt any of the subs I actively look at will do any meaningful migration that would lead to a similar level of discussion.

[โ€“] Houdini@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not for long you won't. RES and old.reddit are on the chopping block too.

[โ€“] Tango@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

IDK, he said in the AMA that old reddit isn't going anywhere, and even if he's lying I don't think he would immediately do a 180 and kill it. The way I see it, it will probably be around for the foreseeable future.

[โ€“] vinceman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He was just bullshitting about API changes in April, he's absolutely lying about old.

[โ€“] Tango@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Well if that ends up being the case, then I'll cross that bridge when I get to it.

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