We just recently fell below 30K, as the Fediverse Observer site crapped out.
We held 40K for a long time, down from 65K at the peak, but our decline in active users continues, despite all that Reddit continues to do to piss off their userbase.
I’m here because they restricted old.reddit to only logged in users for “security reasons.” The only time I log in is when I’m truly motivated to post something. Forcing me into their obnoxiously large, ad filled hamster wheel of scrolling when I just want to browse efficiently was the last straw.
That’s fair enough, I don’t blame you. The weird thing about that having to be logged in thing, is that as soon as I deleted the app; voila, you can browse posts from Google results, even up-vote and pressumedly comment, without even being logged in. What a predatory app.
I kinda miss when forums had a dedicated politics board, hell i miss boards in general which is why i still use sites like Whirlpool. Forums were better
40k though
We just recently fell below 30K, as the Fediverse Observer site crapped out.
We held 40K for a long time, down from 65K at the peak, but our decline in active users continues, despite all that Reddit continues to do to piss off their userbase.
And it’s monthly, not weekly.
It will grow exponentially, though, Reddi’s latest update removed the r/all sub and its pissed off a heck of a lot of users.
Imo it doesn’t even deserve to have consumers anymore, it’s basically a Facebook newsfeed now, merely without a friends list.
I’m here because they restricted old.reddit to only logged in users for “security reasons.” The only time I log in is when I’m truly motivated to post something. Forcing me into their obnoxiously large, ad filled hamster wheel of scrolling when I just want to browse efficiently was the last straw.
That’s fair enough, I don’t blame you. The weird thing about that having to be logged in thing, is that as soon as I deleted the app; voila, you can browse posts from Google results, even up-vote and pressumedly comment, without even being logged in. What a predatory app.
I kinda miss when forums had a dedicated politics board, hell i miss boards in general which is why i still use sites like Whirlpool. Forums were better
It made a huge jump in 2023 and is mostly declining since then. Unfortunately fediverse observer shut down.
That’s a shame to hear… either way, I’m just glad to be off of Reddit. I wasn’t banned, just began to hate it with a passion.