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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I noticed that yesterday's Reddit daily thread closed with fewer than 100 comments for the first time

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Haven't looked at the DT there in a couple weeks. I feel sad for the lost souls who haven't found their way here ๐Ÿ’”

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah some are put off by the ui and the bugs. I think a bunch just lost interest in this format overall.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I can say for myself that I became an avid DTer during the lockdowns and continued to drift in and out afterwards, out of habit. The Reddit blackout was a little bit of a reset switch for that habit - no longer instinctively go to r/melbourne when I open up a browser.

Still love the vibes of a/the DT (which is why I'm here!) but it stopped being such an instant thing that I opened.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

the downvoters are still working hard there

there is more than one or at least more than one user ID

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Not sure how number of comments left over a 24 hour period has anything to do with "the downvoters" but OK.

My point is, it used to get 500+ comments daily. It's been limping along since the blackout, but to see the day end with a double-digit number of comments is something unique up to this point. I wonder how long until that becomes more common...

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

How can you tell info about user id?