The “protest” was a fucking joke. Mods folded like a fucking wet paper towel. Reddit didn’t change at all. Lemmy got marginally more popular. This article is useless.
Lemmy got more than just “marginally” popular. It saw the biggest boom within its entire lifetime and became a viable alternative for anyone seekong an alternative to Reddit. We both still use it.
The article proves that enough noise was made to catch the attention of the biggest news publications, which remember the protest to this day. In other words, people still remember what Reddit did.
As far as online protests go, that was more successful than any other coordinated online protest in recent memory. Gotta start somewhere.
Fair enough. I think both can be true. Lemmy got a pick me up AND the Reddit protest was a fucking joke in the sense that:
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It was only planned to last like a week
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Like 99% of mods folded like a wet paper towel at the first threat from Reddit
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Many subs took polls on wherher to re open and the fucking plebs of Reddit overwhelmingly said to re open
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Just talk to people who aren’t in our little Lemmy corner. Most people still use Reddit and act like nothing changed.
Reddit wasn’t really harmed. Most people don’t care. Lemmy got more popular but active users have already leveled off and even declined. Still a boost to Lemmy at the end of the day. But overall this whole protest was a fucking meme.
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Not a single mention of lemmy or kbin or any other alternative for that matter. While Reddit might not have lost a lot of traffic, Lemmy has seen incredible growth during all of this. I can still remember how empty this place was before Reddit went through with the api changes. Just thinking about how many great mobile apps we have now makes me really confident in Lemmy’s future.
There used to be no viable alternative to Reddit. Now there is. That seems like quite an impact to me.
I’ve only just joined Lemmy but have barely been on Reddit since the blackouts. I used to be a daily user and now only go on maybe once a month or so, basically when a search result leads me to Reddit as a possible answer. It’s a little disappointing that the traffic hasn’t significantly changed; I figured the only way they would really take notice would be if there was a noticeable drop in traffic, affecting ad revenue and I’d have to do my part.
