Do we at this point have any substantial data on just how many users Reddit actually lost due to this?

Any resources would be greatly appreciated.

As a sidenote, I’ll add that they certainly lost my account the second I couldn’t use RiF anymore.

  • Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de
    2·
    3 years ago

    You probably can’t judge the loss in user count anyway. 99% of the users never actively contribute anything, not even upvotes or so.

    • NoisyFlake@feddit.de
      1·
      3 years ago

      I tend to disagree. Most of the users that actually cared enough about the API changes to make the switch to Lemmy were powerusers. I think most casual lurkers use the official app anyway and didn’t care about the protests.

      • Mushroom444@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        3 years ago

        Hell naw, I’m a lurker (on Reddit). I used Apollo because I’m an IT guy and I can’t stand ads.

        I feel like I actually should start interacting here though, because I’m not being over spoken / silenced by AI bots and algorithms

        Edit: I am already halfway to my number of updoots on my Reddit account of 7 years… it’s working! Be the change you want to see!

        • esty@lemmy.caEnglish
          1·
          3 years ago

          nevermind AIs, people will dogpile you and just generally be dicks over on that site even over something innocuous, and it’s great being somewhere that spectre isn’t hanging over your head

  • gooddaytodayhere@vlemmy.net
    1·
    3 years ago

    I don’t think Reddit is imploding overnight but there seems to be an element of death by a thousand cuts happening. I’ve left and burned out three old usernames and over ten years worth of posts/comments. I’ll still use it to find answers to things but increasingly over the last month the threads are peppered with deleted comments and gaps

  • DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca
    1·
    3 years ago

    Sadly we won’t know the amount of users Reddit lost with Reddit being willing to publicly admit how much they fucked up. Through info on user increase on Lemmy we’ll get an idea but it doesn’t mean those new users have completely stopped using Reddit.

  • zos_kia@lemmy.fmhy.ml
    1·
    3 years ago

    This is not public information, you won’t know anything about that until the next quarterly reports. That being said if you go to the front page right now it seems pretty much like business as usual.

  • Mammal@lemmy.world
    1·
    3 years ago

    At least three: You, me, and some person who built this platform.

    Disclaimer: It’s entirely possible two of the above individuals are bots.

  • Clbull@lemmy.world
    0·
    3 years ago

    I think it’s a good chunk but not enough to outright kill the site.

    The shitshow that was Spez’s AMA certainly drove away a few users, but I think many more were hoping that they’d dial back the API changes at the eleventh hour to allow third-party apps to at least coexist.

  • Cynar@feddit.uk
    0·
    3 years ago

    https://the-federation.info/platform/73

    The numbers do speak for themselves.

    While it’s not huge, compared to reddits numbers, it’s a massive boost to lemmy. A lot of those leaving are more likely more active users. It’s bootstrapped Lemmy into a viable platform. It now has a critical mass of users to generate content.

    • andxze@reddthat.comOP
      1·
      3 years ago

      Thanks for this. Those numbers indeed speak for themselves.

      From a personal point of view the more I use Lemmy the more I like it. There are a lot of QoL features I really think is better here. Like this built in reply window, for instance.

    • moup@lemm.ee
      0·
      3 years ago

      The Active Users Ratio graph is not filling me with hope - if I’m reading it correctly there isn’t increased activity, just increased sign ups.

  • kromem@lemmy.world
    0·
    3 years ago

    Well you can take the knowledge that Lemmy.world grew 60% following it, look at current numbers for the server, and know at least around 60% of that number has shifted some of their media habits away from Reddit.

    But the full picture is unknowable outside Reddit corporate.

    Probably more than spez was anticipating though…

    • kiddblur@lemm.ee
      0·
      3 years ago

      But probably not enough to make a bit immediate impact on Reddit. I’m more interested in long term impact, seeing if the people who left were big contributors, or just mostly lurkers