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by falcolas 1109 days ago
It would certainly change usage patterns. And there are enough popular subreddits who didn't go in on the outage, so there's content to be had.

The adage "there's no such thing as bad press" could definitely apply, given how broadly covered this is (I mean, hell, I saw it show up on NPR).
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pkju62dqmx 1109 days ago
Currently over 90% of subs are private or restricted.

https://reddark.untone.uk

Re-hosts of that site have the figure even higher.

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cpncrunch 1109 days ago
That is in no way accurate. It says 7806 subreddits, but there are actually over 3 million subreddits, so the figure is actually only 0.24% rather than 90%. It's wonderful what you can do by just faking statistics!

I also don't see some subreddits listed there that are part of the strike.

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Tao3300 1109 days ago
Like reading a list of war dead. Always remember where you were and what you were doing on that fateful day when r/amateurcumsluts went dark, and the heroic sacrifices made on that hill.
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throwaway4837 1109 days ago
That's my point. It's so highly covered that it might actually bring more people to Reddit today than the number of people who fled. Imagine all of the people who don't use Reddit who saw this press, and visited Reddit because of it. That number may possibly outweigh the number of users who decided not to use Reddit because of the "strike" today.
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Tao3300 1109 days ago
> there are enough popular subreddits who didn't go in on the outage

Yeah, this morning I noticed only one sub that I follow was actually private. I was going to mention it here, but I forgot which one it was - and now I can't find the one that was blacked out.

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