Reddit admins deleted all but 2 of a Lemmy dev's 120 comments in the Apollo thread - Lemmygrad
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As you can see on Lemmy dev parentis_shotgun [https://old.reddit.com/user/parentis_shotgun/overview]’s profile, they were very active plugging Lemmy and answering questions in the Apolo dev’s thread [https://old.reddit.com/r/apolloapp/comments/13ws4w3/had_a_call_with_reddit_to_discuss_pricing_bad/?sort=top&limit=500] about Reddit’s API pricing, with 120 total comments made in that post. They were well-received, with 3 of their comments getting over 400 upvotes. However, reddit admins must have noticed that reddit is bleeding users to Lemmy, because all but 2 of parentis_shotgun’s 120 comments (one about Beehaw and one about Microsoft) in that thread are removed. Conclusion: We need more Lemmyposting on reddit so people know to join Edit: @dessalines@lemmy.ml [https://lemmy.ml/u/dessalines] posted [https://lemmy.ml/post/1127265] about it

I mentioned yesterday that a Lemmy dev was busy plugging Lemmy in the Apollo thread about :reddit-logo:'s API pricing. The reddit admins r/apolloapp mods went and deleted 118 of their 120 comments:

As you can see on Lemmy dev parentis_shotgun's profile, they were very active plugging Lemmy and answering questions in the Apolo dev's thread about Reddit's API pricing, with 120 total comments made in that post.

They were well-received, with 3 of their comments getting over 400 upvotes. However, reddit admins r/apolloapp mods must have noticed that reddit is bleeding users to Lemmy, because all but 2 of parentis_shotgun's 120 comments (one about Beehaw and one about Microsoft) in that thread are removed.

:reddit-logo: knows its days are numbered, their IPO later this year will fall flat on its face

Edit: Someone @ImOnADiet on Lemmygrad says it was just r/apolloapp mods
Edit 2: @dessalines posted about it

  • sovietknuckles [they/them]
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    1 year ago

    A little more from the reddit API drama. Lemmygrad has 109 users online currently, compared to ~75 users yesterday (and HexBear has 447 users online currently). If they keep growing, maybe they'll be worth federating.

    Edit: But Lemmy.ml is ~600 users online currently

    • GaveUp [she/her]
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      1 year ago

      Damn, was hexbear always this much busier than lemmy or was it only after the r/GZD ban and exodus to here (and many other places)?

      • TerminalEncounter [she/her]
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        1 year ago

        It's hard to say, they used to count every tab as an active user so at some point we had "thousands" lol. It kinda feels like it's been the same amount, some leave some join.

        • sovietknuckles [they/them]
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          1 year ago

          Wow, it looks like https://lemmy.ml/ is much more active now. Only 586 users online currently, but there were well over 600 earlier (and Lemmy.ml has passed Lemmygrad on https://join-lemmy.org/instances to take the #1 spot)

    • keepcarrot [she/her]
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      1 year ago

      I'm happy they're doing well. One day we'll upgrade our potato servers and re-federate, though I wouldn't say no to deleting superfluous posts over time(you could tag a post as important and it would get perma saved and you could reference it, but most chatting and riffing would disappear after a month or two).