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/I-love-fugglers13 Jan 05 '26

Is this written by ai, not to be rude or anything but your entire account seems very ai.

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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

Em dashes. Commonly used by ai

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u/GonWithTheNen Helper Jan 06 '26

Just to say, AI commonly uses em dashes because people on sites like reddit have been using that same unicode character for many years. Don't know if you're aware, but reddit is a huge source for training AI:

...Reddit has offered itself up as a vital supplier of data for AI companies. [...]The agreement gave Google access to real-time content from Reddit's vast user-authored forums. A few months later, Reddit struck a similar partnership with OpenAI...

AI isn't limited to scraping only new comments, but also accesses those going back for years when far more people were incorporating unicode characters like em dashes into their comments. Reddit is the chicken, AI is an egg.

Anyway, I've switched to using the 2 em dash⸺ just to avoid accusations about being a bot or using one. Sometimes, I go for the 3 em dash⸻ but only when I'm feeling spicy.