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Site to track Subreddit's as they go dark (reddark.untone.uk)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hopefully I'm posting this in the right place, but I see Reddit developments as Tech news right now.

Wanted to share a website that is tracking Subreddits that have/will be going dark. It even has a sound notification for when they change their status.

Edit: Adding the stream https://www.twitch.tv/reddark_247

Double Edit: Data visualization https://blackout.photon-reddit.com/

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Time to sit back, relax, and watch ~~the world~~ Reddit burn 😎 🍿

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Here's a live Twitch stream tracking the subreddits going down based upon your link, which is based upon r/Modcoord .

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

This is awesome. We all need to stick together on this one

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I do hope the ones going dark migrate here and start over.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

They're about 1/5 of the way through the subreddits that said they would go dark. It's crazy watching all of them blink out in real time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think that's just the number of subs that announced they will go dark.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

The site has been overloaded, so now they are streaming it on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/reddark_247

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I'm really confused by the chart on the site https://blackout.photon-reddit.com/ I understand the dip annotated with the red arrow, but I do not understand the rebound annotated with the green arrow... With that many sites down, it should not be possible to rebound to normal levels...

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

@[email protected] can we un-sticky this thread please, since it's no longer relevant?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Enjoyed watching the stream on twitch, was expecting more of a tsunami of subs going private quicker.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I was thinking it would happen at midnight (some local time) but the trickle of subs has been pretty neat actually.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I’m watching the lights go out in real time here with this site, it’s really cool to see!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

So one thing I've noticed is that /r/videos is still labelled as "public" - I wonder if there's a way to show subreddits that have restricted new posts as well? (Maybe I'm missing the point here)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is blackout.photon-reddit.com down?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

blackout.photon-reddit.com seems to be down for me. Any idea what's up with that, or other places that are visualizing traffic?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

This has been super interesting. I’ve never seen communities listed in this manner. I’d be interested in this kind of sort for other services as well.

Really hoping to see major players go dark soon and wishing they would stay that way, like r/videos plans to. Oh, what the world would be like if corporations actually cared about the people they profit from.

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