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[–] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Few enough people use it i doubt they'll do that. ~~The og reddit api (is that the term?) that came before old.reddit still works too~~ (can't remember what it is off the top)

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Few enough people use it i doubt they’ll do that.

I was going to suggest otherwise, but after checking the viewing stats on r/linuxhardware, out of 193k unique views in July, 7,300 were from old.reddit, which accounts for 2.8%, and that kinda blows my mind. Just a couple years ago the numbers were much higher.

The views on that sub have increased a lot over the last year, but engagement is the same or lower, so I heavily suspect a lot of the views there are just bots inflating the numbers.

[–] VonReposti@feddit.dk 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They killed i.reddit.com after the APIcalypse, so I wouldn't be so sure.

[–] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Did they finally? That's the one i was thinking of so guess you're probably right.

Oh well phew hahaha not my prob no mo