r/technology • u/ArgentineBeauty • 19h ago

Society Ukraine Struck Yandex Data Centers, Russian Bots Went Silent—Now Questions Are Mounting

https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/ukraine-struck-yandex-data-centers-russian-bots-went-silent-now-questions-are-mounting-23339
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u/Ok-Weather-7332 19h ago

I’m curious if it is effecting subreddits.

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u/dmlmcken 18h ago

Seems it did: https://www.reddit.com/r/theydidthemath/s/F8ZbSDbHP8

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u/Trillbo_Swaggins 18h ago

That’s an AI slip infographic that the creator can’t explain the methodology for.

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u/Cryptoporticus 14h ago

Yes but it says something that they want to be true, so that's what they'll believe. They'll just ignore the fact that all the mods posting screenshots of their actual subreddit stats show zero difference in traffic. Including ones like r/Europe, which would be a huge target for these bots and would absolutely show a noticeable difference.

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u/laurel_laureate 17h ago

Where did these visitor counts come from/what plugin or website can show you that?

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u/dmlmcken 16h ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/theydidthemath/comments/1x3q43a/comment/pfdhrtl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Thanks! The data is in hourly chunks, in UTC, from Syften’s public subreddit stats pages, which update daily. It counts posts and comments combined.
This pass covered 1,221 subreddits: a broad selection of popular subs plus extra US/European political and regional communities. 968 met the activity and data requirements for the comparison. So fairly broad coverage, but definitely not all of Reddit.
Saw posts discussing the topic, figured I’d put my Chat subscription to use.

https://syften.com/reddit - The data isn't public but that OP had access to the data so decided to do some digging.

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u/laurel_laureate 16h ago

Ah, that makes sense... it's a paid service.

Thanks for the explanation.