dan96kid@lemmy.worldtoFediverse@lemmy.world•Lemmy's total users surged from 156k to 240k in a single day today! What caused the jump?English
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2 years agoTo make a long story short… Reddit’s doing a DEEPLY UNPOPULAR API change that effectively wipes out 3rd party tools and clients, which sparked site-wide protests. Reddit’s CEO is now having a pretty public meltdown and threatening moderators partaking in said protests. Lemmy popped up in a good number of discussions on Reddit in regards to the situation. Queue the start of a mass-exodus of Reddit users and mods to Lemmy
Been “Semi” active on here since the Reddit black out.