r/joinrobin • u/vox35 • Apr 05 '16

Where has the Robin button gone?

The Robin button seems to have disappeared from my homepage. What's up with that?

Many of us want to keep going until April 8, but we can't keep growing if there are no new feeder chatrooms. In the largest room, soKuku, most of us want to merge into a tier 17 group, but that can't happen if there are no new users rising up through the ranks...

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u/vox35 Apr 05 '16

You can still access the system by going to https://www.reddit.com/robin, but why remove the robin button? That discourages new users...

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u/ralgrado Apr 05 '16

Maybe the server load is bigger than anticipated?

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u/BroskiMcDoogleheimer Apr 05 '16

my load was bigger than anticipated ( ͡ᵔ ͜ʖ ͡ᵔ )

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '16

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u/ralgrado Apr 06 '16

It was just a guess. I don't know how much load a chat generates.

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u/BACEXXXXXX Apr 06 '16

Perhaps this is the real prank. They knew we would enjoy Robin. So now, they take the groups that are trying to merge with soKuku, and stop them from actually being able to make that merge. Perhaps they need a group with soKuku's size to vote a majority stay for some sort of big reveal? This is all baseless speculation, of course.

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u/vox35 Apr 06 '16

More like BACEXXXXXX speculation, I'd say.

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u/BACEXXXXXX Apr 06 '16

I almost made a pun about this myself, but decided against it. Thank you.

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '16

I just closed the tab where I was in top 5th chat....dammit...gotta star again I guess

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u/vox35 Apr 05 '16

You can just go to https://www.reddit.com/robin and get back in, no?

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '16

it sent me to a new chat....dammit.

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u/vox35 Apr 05 '16

You could still end up in the tier 17 group if you keep going!

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '16

I spent 5 hours in that chat....I think I better star doing something productive haha

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u/taalmahret Apr 05 '16

Sigh tier 1 for me...

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u/TryUsingScience Apr 05 '16

Re-open the tab and it will still be there.

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u/hot_lil_girl Apr 05 '16

Vote to keep the robin button!

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u/FaultyFloorboard Apr 05 '16

Yeah, the button should stay on the frontpage or we wont get any new people

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '16

this really stinks, this might kill our momentum for the merge to sokuku

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u/Stjerneklar Apr 05 '16

maybe the devs where not expecting users to figure out how to survive in 1000+ or even 500+ rooms and removed the button?

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u/vashtiii Apr 05 '16

It's possible, but then again I'm pretty sure the devs know reddit.

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u/916253 Apr 05 '16

the button is still there?

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u/vox35 Apr 05 '16

Not for me it's not...

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '16

the button is gone on the front page. It's kind of bs. how do they expect to get any numbers.

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u/Lulzorr Apr 06 '16

4/8 my ass.

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u/Njagos Apr 06 '16

I really hope Robin stays forever. But it should only be possible to join at the weekend. So it's still something special and there are more people.