This is a cool website for tracking the blackout as it happens.

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    I made a conscious decision to stop using reddit yesterday. I’ll delete my account next weekend.

    I was wasting a lot of time endlessly scrolling through AITA and similar subreddits. Going to make sure I selectively subscribe to lemmy communities and treat it like a news aggregator.

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    7 months ago

    deleted by creator

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      1 year ago

      A user boycott is a good idea. I’m doing that too.

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      I’ll be doing the same. I’m still getting used to Lemmy, but it seems like a pretty good alternative so far. Smaller and more confusing (initially) perhaps. But it’s better than me sticking with spending too much time on Reddit.

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    I wonder how many others have been trying to break that reddit addiction and just needed a reason, and an alternative that isn’t so bad.

    So…Lemmy can be my vaping

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    I was wondering how we would fare as our Monday is now. Glad the subs are dark. Screw companies. Getting screwed on every single front.

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    1 year ago

    wow over 5000 dark as of now: 4 pm NZT, 12am Eastern Standard Time (EST)

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      1 year ago

      At 23:55 12 June NZST, 6552/7265 subreddits are currently dark. That’s 90.2% dark.

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    1 year ago

    Daaaamn, that’s a massive chunk of the site gone dark, and there’s a few that won’t be back. r/notjustbikes has pulled the plug once and for all, for example.

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    Fortunately /r/CK is still around. If /r/NZ does something you can count on them to do the opposite.

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      Fits with their pointlessly contrarian attitude in general.

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    I have low hopes for this protest to drive enough users offsite. Things seem different on the internet compared to back in 2010 when Digg collapsed.