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/

  • TexMexBazooka@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    My partner is a casual reddit user; the experience change was immediately apparent. She got bored and switched to facebook because all of the niche communities that the larger subreddits repost from went silent.

    • s_s@lemmy.oneEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      My GF is also a pretty casual reddit user and she was pretty pissed about her favorite subs being closed.

    • BlackCoffee@beehaw.orgEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      This should be bumped.

      The smaller/niche communities is what made Reddit interesting.

      When those eventually decide to pack and the only vibrant communities are the meme subreddits etc then you would probably see a drop in usage.