60% of subreddits are still dark! Reddit activity down 30%

Reddit Migration@kbin.social – 510 points – 1 years ago

The reddit blackout is even more effectivte than expected! 5177/8829 (~60%) of subreddits are still dark [1] and the posts per minute are down to 1000 from 1400 [2].

This is huge. Subreddits were supposed to be back up yesterday. I personally missed Reddit the first day but now I am super comfortable here.

Glad to have found a new place to hang out!

Edit: Reddit has 100k subs, 60% out of those who officially signed up

[1] https://reddark.untone.uk/

[2] https://www-heise-de.translate.goog/news/Reddit-Blackout-dauert-an-30-Prozent-weniger-Aktivitaet-Werbebranche-wartet-ab-9189048.html?wt\_mc=rss.red.ho.ho.rdf.beitrag.beitrag&\_x\_tr\_sl=de&\_x\_tr\_tl=en&\_x\_tr\_hl=en-US&\_x\_tr\_pto=wapp

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I've been on Reddit for 13 years, and I'm hesitant to remove everything, in case I want to revisit some of my old posts/comments. Is there a way to archive your own content?

Power Delete Suite will offer the option of backing your stuff up locally.

https://www.reddit.com/settings/data-request

Yes this is the way to do it. It includes everything on your account even if you've clicked Delete on it.

I left Reddit but didn't scrub any posts. Seemed a bit like cutting off your nose to spite your face. Although I do understand why others thought otherwise.

Huffman has recently made it clear that he wants to monetize user data, so I think that's a good reason to delete it, imho. I can still understand leaving it up as a courtesy to other users, but deleting all your content is a valid action imho.

Until the 30th you have the API, write up a little script. Either get the raw data or store a snapshot of the post on the website

Yup, send them a GDPR data request. https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/360043048352-How-do-I-request-a-copy-of-my-Reddit-data-and-information-

I used Power Delete Suite to back up and delete my content. Note that there seems to be a bug in the archive export process though. I had to follow the advice on this issue to pull my full CSV backup.

Just had a go with Power Delete Suite, but the export is kind of minimal, so I think I'll roll my own with the API, while the clock ticks.

Yeah PDS is a good start but has some issues, if you're comfortable with the API you'll probably do better there.

Behold, yesterday's quick 'n' dirty Python project: https://github.com/toonvandeputte/reddit_archive

Nice!