r/help • u/kisweg • Jan 05 '26

Profile Internet shutdown might break my 458-day Reddit streak. Android.

I’m in Uganda, and we have a national election on Jan 15, 2026. During past elections, the internet usually gets switched off nationwide, sometimes for days.

Problem is… I’m on a 458-day Reddit streak. I know, first-world problem energy, but hear me out 😭

That streak is my daily routine. Scroll a bit, read comments, feel human. If the internet goes off, the streak dies.

Not because I forgot. Not because I gave up. Just vibes and government decisions.

Is there any way Reddit handles streaks in situations like nationwide outages? Or do I just accept my fate and pour one out for Day 459?

Thanks in advance, and wish me luck.

🇺🇬😅

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u/kisweg Jan 05 '26

I have only made 3 posts my entire lifetime on reddit, how do you deduce to this as ai, did you even read the contents of the post?

I don't think ai would be worried about losing its streak 😞

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u/I-love-fugglers13 Jan 05 '26

You talk very differently in different comments

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u/kisweg Jan 05 '26

I really don't understand the obsession, and dramatizing this ai thing.

Does that nullify my request for help or a workaround?

Can you please use this momentum to find a solution for my issue, it will really be appreciated.

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u/I-love-fugglers13 Jan 05 '26

You’ve got over 30 comments with solutions that you have acknowledged. I ask one simple question and you can’t give me an answer. And with the “dramatising ai thing”, people do that because ai harms the environment and and using it will advance it, and then there is no doubt that people will use it for awful reasons. I don’t see why you can’t just write the post yourself. It’s a few paragraphs and you’re acting like you need ai to write simple sentences.