Reddit CEO: We're Sticking With API Changes, Despite Subreddits Going Dark
Reddit CEO: We're Sticking With API Changes, Despite Subreddits Going Dark
'Unlike some of the 3P [third-party] apps, we are not profitable,' Steve Huffman says in defending the move to charge for high-volume API access.
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Since I don't see a link to it in the discussion, here's an internal email from yesterday that has made its way to the Verge: https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/13/23759559/reddit-internal-memo-api-pricing-changes-steve-huffman
55 0 ReplyGlad to know we're just 'noise', lol.
37 0 ReplyOne minute our content (through the API) is "very valuable" and "needs to be monetized". The next we're just "noise".
26 0 ReplyIf you can't be monetized, you're just noise. They don't see their community as people, they see them as data to be harvested and eyes to be advertised to.
15 0 ReplyThis is the exact message that was sent, and it's sickening
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Huffman says the blackout hasn’t had “significant revenue impact”
lol it's hard to do that when you aren't making any money, Steve.
14 0 ReplyDam this makes my blood boil. My sub went dark for no reason!!
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