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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

If you're like me, you want to see how Reddit looks mid-protest but don't want to give Reddit any direct web traffic or contributing to their ad revenue. That's where Libreddit comes in, see github.

Libreddit is a privacy-respecting frontend for Reddit, so you don't need to worry about supporting them.

A list of instances can be found here. If you don't care about instances, just click here.

Happy protesting.

EDIT: User @[email protected] made a point about web traffic, I adjusted above to reflect more accurately. Reddit will still be gaining web traffic, however not directly. This also means a loss of advertising revenue for Reddit. If you are going to check Reddit regardless, this is the best way to do it as far as I know.

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[-] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago

You are still giving them traffic, just not directly.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Traffic is not useful for them by itself, user metadata is, and this keeps at least some of it away from them.

[-] agreenbhm 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Usually, yes, but I'm sure they'll be tracking traffic more than usual during the protest to see actual impact, so any traffic is counterproductive to the protest.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

thanks for this, i edited the post. that slipped my mind entirely.

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