It’s not even June 12 for me, yet I suspect many subreddits went dark based on UTC.

I moved to Reddit during the Digg migration. Thus, I got the default subscriptions from back in the day. Over the years, I’ve unsubscribed to things I felt were crap, and I’ve added a number of subreddits.

Already, many have gone dark. My old.Reddit.com homepage already looks much different than normal, and I know that a few subreddits that do show have announced they’ll go dark. I assume they are US based and timing that locally.

I’ve spent more time in the Lemmy fediverse than on Reddit since joining, but I’ve spent time on both.

I’ll admit to cynical skepticism of the impact of the darkening. I still don’t think it will make a difference in Reddit policy, but I now believe it will have a larger impact on Reddit traffic than I imagined.

I still expect it to have no change in Reddit attitude or really in Reddit users.

  • jay@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    hey dude, I did this in Friday night and spent all weekend getting in deep with Lemmy. If you are coming over from Apollo, try the beta iOS app, Mlem.

    I really like the communities I found in beehaw but have been steadily exploring.

    • BaroqueInMind@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Same. However something about Beehaw and their adnin/moderators unnecessarily overt political views really puts me off and I do not know what nor can I point my finger on it why.

      • neamhsplach@beehaw.orgEnglish
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        1 year ago

        I quite like Beehaw and their Be(e) nice philosophy. Angry online arguments aren’t for me personally and it’s nice to be part of a space that promotes a more chilled out vibe. Plus it seems there are plenty of other instances that are OK with the usual online bickering we’ve all become accustomed to over the years so if I ever want to read another heated argument about what constitutes a grilled cheese I know where to go haha!