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[–] Stretch@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 7 months ago (18 children)

In the last half of 2023, the platform banned 452 subreddits, down 20% compared to the six months prior.

Perhaps (or so I hope) because at least 20% of their user base was lost to the API scandal.

[–] TheRaven@lemmy.ca 14 points 7 months ago (17 children)

Unfortunately closer to 0.5-1%

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Look at us, we are the 1% now.

[–] Chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Sadly I find myself opening up Stealth (open source reddit client without any login) more than I'd like. There's just more content for some topics. No longer supporting reddit by commenting is largely good enough for me, but it makes me understand how most people never left reddit.

At the same time I spent more time on social media than I should, like typing this comment.

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I use stealth for a single game sub that doesn't have any alternative worth a damn elsewhere. That's it, but I know damn good and well there's a lot of similar cases out there.

[–] wolfshadowheart@kbin.social 2 points 7 months ago

I use lib-redirect for everything if I really need to get to a reddit link. It's rare, but there are certain types of communities where I'd like to get a "average laymans" perspective and unfortunately just due to the size here on the fediverse there is rarely wide-spread availability. As you mentioned, specific games. Lots of hobbies. Even the opportunity for consumer tech talk, if I'm interested in replacing something that's 8+ years old there's just not a lot of existing content to search through here and that leaves blog posts and... Reddit.

I've had plenty of time recognizing what astroturfing looks like, so I rarely feel like I'm left out of options to search. All that said, I've been doing this a lot less since the whole shift happened. Maybe an endeavor every few months, rather than few days/weeks.

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