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Do we at this point have any substantial data on just how many users Reddit actually lost due to this?

Any resources would be greatly appreciated.

As a sidenote, I'll add that they certainly lost my account the second I couldn't use RiF anymore.

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[–] [email protected] 90 points 1 year ago (16 children)

You probably can't judge the loss in user count anyway. 99% of the users never actively contribute anything, not even upvotes or so.

[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 year ago (15 children)

I tend to disagree. Most of the users that actually cared enough about the API changes to make the switch to Lemmy were powerusers. I think most casual lurkers use the official app anyway and didn’t care about the protests.

[–] Mushroom444 90 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Hell naw, I’m a lurker (on Reddit). I used Apollo because I’m an IT guy and I can’t stand ads.

I feel like I actually should start interacting here though, because I’m not being over spoken / silenced by AI bots and algorithms

Edit: I am already halfway to my number of updoots on my Reddit account of 7 years… it’s working! Be the change you want to see!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

nevermind AIs, people will dogpile you and just generally be dicks over on that site even over something innocuous, and it's great being somewhere that spectre isn't hanging over your head

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I can't stand ads and scabs, and I feel like a scab if I open reddit now.

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