Hopefully I’m posting this in the right place, but I see Reddit developments as Tech news right now.

Wanted to share a website that is tracking Subreddits that have/will be going dark. It even has a sound notification for when they change their status.

Edit: Adding the stream https://www.twitch.tv/reddark_247

Double Edit: Data visualization https://blackout.photon-reddit.com/

  • followthewhiterabbit@beehaw.org
    43·
    2 years ago

    Just flipped the switch (so to speak) on a couple subs I moderate, and the largest (just shy of 1m users) will be going dark in a few hours.

    What surprised me most is how well the members are took it. To be fair the subs I moderated are typically quite tech-minded, so everyone is quite in-the-know with what is happening and why.

    It makes me furious that a site built and maintained by the users is being exploited at the users’ expense.

    I hope Reddit bleeds money from this silly line they drew in the sand.

    • RedPander@lemmy.rogers-net.comOP
      17·
      2 years ago

      I’m curious if you directed the users of those subs to any particular alternative?

      I mean, apparently they are already bleeding money, but I doubt that these changes are going to do much to help in that regard.

      • followthewhiterabbit@beehaw.org
        13·
        2 years ago

        On two we presented the options abailable (Lemmy, Mastodon, Usnet and so on), on the biggest we didn’t do that. It was a last-minute announcement, so didn’t really have the time (also too many cooks with different recipes, so to speak).

        I’m sure it won’t matter in the long run, but should we not try? A giant company runs on advertising. And the time we stop users interacting and engaging with these ads can only be a good thing.

        As I’m writing this, 4,669 of 6,934 subs have gone dark.

        Its beautiful to see.

  • ramblechat@lemmy.world
    33·
    2 years ago

    “6236/7265 subreddits are currently dark.”

    85.83%

    That’s a pretty good response from the subs.

    • Grizzzlay@beehaw.org
      5·
      2 years ago

      I’m hoping that a great deal of mods out there will continue to stay dark if nothing changes. And I expect nothing from Reddit’s admin team to change. Just let the site devalue for the rest of the month to bots posting the same garbage over and over.

  • araquen@beehaw.org
    33·
    2 years ago

    I don’t know about you, but streaming the “Darkening” is like the best thing ever. Just reading all the comments as viewers cheer on each subreddit.

    When r/trees wend private I was thinking “shit just got real.”

    Anyway, I suggest watching the stream, if just for the cameraderie.

  • Bruno Finger@beehaw.org
    25·
    2 years ago

    It’s sad though I truly enjoyed Reddit like obviously many here, but also to be fair I’ve also felt like the quality of posts and comments overall degraded and the whole thing turned into a big meme factory where only funny images with text and tiktok reposts really were uploaded.

    The whole thing started going downhills as soon as the first tiktok reposts started flooding in to be fairly honest. Let’s please not let this happen much here, unless of course in dedicated communities for that because everything has a place.

    Also, this is my first ever post on Lemmy, hi 👋

    • Whooping_Seal@sh.itjust.works
      6·
      2 years ago

      I feel like this still depended on community. There was plenty of more niche hobby specific communities that were enjoyable. r/coffee comes to mind for me or something like r/fountain pens. I still enjoyed r/Analog although that had it’s own issues.

      • that_one_guy@beehaw.org
        4·
        2 years ago

        Yeah there are going to be quite a few TTRPG subreddits that I will miss. I really hope that the fediverse will be able to grow enough that niche interest pages can thrive here like they did over on reddit.

  • Lodion 🇦🇺@aussie.zone
    19·
    2 years ago

    Nice to see the subreddits listed by subs. Reddit can’t ignore this… interested to see how they respond. I’m sure it will be some half baked knee jerk reaction that will get the community even more against them.

    • RedPander@lemmy.rogers-net.comOP
      15·
      2 years ago

      I’m not entirely sure. Seems like there will be plenty of inertia from the subreddits remaining open. I’d imagine that eventually Reddit will force them open again.

      But they aren’t going to be getting those moderators back on the site without some sort of change. It’ll be really interesting to see how much of an impact that has.

      • Slartibartfast@beehaw.org
        13·
        2 years ago

        Reddit will replace the mod teams of the core subs with some of the many power hungry citizens of the web.

        If they need to I expect they will pay contracts for them.

        I’m not optimistic that it will affect Reddit.

      • JustBrian7872@feddit.de
        12·
        2 years ago

        I fell like throwing out the mods might just be that reaction. Anyway if anything, I might only share Lemmy content on Reddit in the future.

        • manitcor@lemmy.intai.tech
          7·
          2 years ago

          this is what we are doing, moving everything here then will be resharing links to lemmy posts on reddit. going to do the same thing on all the centralized networks.

          • abff08f4813c@kbin.social
            4·
            2 years ago

            Yup. One thing that Reddit can’t fight back against, is if the regular user base (not even mods but just Reddit posters) move their content away.

            Without that content, Reddit has little to no value.

  • sintamo@beehaw.org
    19·
    2 years ago

    There’s something so therapeutic about having Reddark open in a tab in the background - every time I hear the ding, a little voice in my head cheers. Interesting times, folks.

    • RedPander@lemmy.rogers-net.comOP
      9·
      2 years ago

      Honestly, even a year ago I don’t think I would have imagined this happening. I wasn’t around for the Digg -> Reddit migration but I wonder if this feels a bit like that.

      • sintamo@beehaw.org
        21·
        2 years ago

        I went LiveJournal > Digg > Reddit, and there’s definitely a similar energy to the Digg days - but the level of organization we’re seeing here feels totally new. The other difference though, is that the Digg migration had direction. It felt like within a month we had all moved to Reddit. I don’t see that happening here, so really this is uncharted territory. It’ll be fun to watch, that’s for sure.

        • Trainguyrom@reddthat.com
          9·
          2 years ago

          I predict it’ll be like the Twitter debacle at the end of lady year. It’ll lead to a big migration to the fediverse but many will cling onto the platform as it circles the drain. Maybe Reddit and/or Twitter will manage to pull a GameStop or maybe they’ll crash and burn like RadioShack

      • omarciddo@beehaw.org
        2·
        2 years ago

        It does, but I see it less as a parallel to the Digg v4 migration and more to the AACS encryption key fiasco. Brief context, Digg was taking down posts and accounts referencing a hex code that could be used to decrypt HD-DVDs and Blu-rays. The userbase was very unhappy about it and spammed the front page with the code, rendering Digg basically useless. Digg relented pretty quickly, and the site chugged along for another couple of years or so. The “darkening” of Reddit today feels a lot closer to that moment than to the big Digg v4 switchover. Feels very surreal looking back and having been there for all of it.

    • Uncreative_name@beehaw.org
      5·
      2 years ago

      How will I know, without jumping onto the game thread, that the refs are terrible, and that both teams are being simultaneously helped and hindered by each and every call for/against them?

  • haganbmj@lemmy.ml
    18·
    2 years ago

    The level of unity has been awesome. At first I thought this might only really spread through tech minded subreddits, but it really caught on broadly.