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This chat is for discussion of prepping topics only! No politics, religion, or relationship advice. · #preppers_general-chat:reddit.com · channel c2_1ohz

The chat channel attached to r/preppers ran for 452 days before Reddit removed chat channels entirely. This is the surviving record: 7,001 messages from 1,981 people.

24 Aug 2024opened18 Nov 2025last message
452 days · 15.6 msg/day
7,001Messages
1,981People
233Images
1,283Reactions
915Replies
742Deleted

Every day the room was open

The room held its activity to the end.

Peak was 312 messages on 24 Jun 2025. Colour marks activity: solid is a busy day, grey is a quiet one.

24 Aug 202418 Nov 2025
busiest days middling quiet

What was actually being said

The room's own vocabulary

These are the words this channel used far more than the rest of the archive did — the in-jokes, names and shorthand that only make sense if you were in here. Median message length: 37 characters.

TermUses
prepper94
prepping153
preppers70
shtf64
prep136
people311
water181
need226
anyone222
food158
i'm202
it's186
MeasureValue
Median message length37
90th percentile171
Total words42,998
Messages asking a question16.0%

Messages by hour, UTC

When the room was awake

A 5.0 to 1 swing between the busiest and quietest hour — mostly one region, with a scattering elsewhere.

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Arrivals, departures and bans, by month

November is the crossover

November is the month it started losing people faster than it gained them.

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1,283 reactions

How the room responded

upvote
880
joy
238
care
97
wave
29
facepalm
7
disapproval
6
thinking_face_hmm
4
flushed
3

35 stickers

And what it sent instead of words

hamster5snoo_joy5doge3unknown2snoo_facepalm2cat_blep2snoo_trollface2karma2snoo_scream1illuminati1

Reddit's chat reaction and sticker sets were removed with the feature. These are preserved copies.

Who was in here

1,981 people passed through. A handful carried it.

The top poster sent 211 messages. Below them the curve collapses: 1,109 people posted once and never came back.

ParticipantMessagesShare
Ok-String-34992113.0%
t-o-m-u-s-a1772.5%
No_Excuse68851712.4%
General-Ad26641382.0%
WHALE_PHYSICIST1241.8%
TheSensiblePrepper971.4%
Wendys_bag_holder801.1%
Financial_Resort6631791.1%
RussianBotFinalBoss771.1%
lynnpiexoxo741.1%
No_Ladder2252731.0%
HazMatsMan mod711.0%

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18 Nov 2025 · the end of the log

The last thing anyone said here

No announcement, no goodbye. The archive simply stops. Nobody in this conversation knew it was the last one.

AnonCuriositiesMist or beast?
Guerrera-777Hello
Guerrera-777Somebody prepping in ruskin area in Florida?
LilRed2023Hey everyone. Haven’t been on in awhile. Few months now. My brother got diagnosed with cancer “Brain” and it’s been really tough lately. Also have an aunt that it just spread in and makes it even more tough
LilRed2023Wanted to share an awesome Website I came across by chance. Looking for free online self help books and response time books. There is over 200 various prepper and survival book/categories and their all free. It’s prephole.com
LilRed2023Kinda sent me for a loop once I found all these. Books are normally $20-50 per survival/SHTF book. But if you don’t mind online reading. It’s definitely worth it. I’m working on placing them all in my files and offline reading. Hope this helps you along your journey of doing the right thing for when the Wrong times happen. Peace and love and prosperity 😊
DivinegoldenratioDeez nut
okgoobergoawayIs there a secret reason behind pro bass/cabelas having such a massive sale on ammunition?
stev3609Well BassPro and Cabelas are both businesses that code as “museums” so that their building costs come out of the art budget and they pay minimal taxes - so maybe someone’s on to all that?
redditWe’re making changes to Reddit Chat to simplify how people connect. As part of these efforts, public chat channels will sunset in mid-November across desktop, mobile web, and the Reddit apps. Learn more(https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/15012434519316-What-are-chat-channels)
End of log · 2025-11-18 19:37:11 UTC · no further events recorded

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