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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Really curious to see how long the more popular subreddits will remain private. Surely the admin won't just turn them public again without having any mods, right? I kinda would love to see that dumpster fire.
They will try to recruit new mods from the subscribers or find them elsewhere. I agree it's going to be ugly and prolonged and will likely lead to a painful death of the communities.
Reddit can simply take over and reopen it, installing their own admins and mods.
yeah sure. but for the larger communities like r/funny that's gonna take some leg work. You don't just reopen a 40 million user subreddit without a substantial amount of mods. That's not even thinking about the abysmal state of modding tools and death of modding tools due to API pricing.
Not to mention the massive amount of pissed off redditors that will just come back to fuel the fire and spread anarchy.
Didn't Reddit say they would be creating their own mod tools?
Didn't they also start saying that like 3 or 4 years ago?
True but I guess they have to do it this time if they don't want reddit to be full of spam.
If the removal of third party apps does not kill Reddit, then the flood of spam, likely will. Those mod tools and bots have been the main things keeping the floodgates shut, and Reddit has "promised" mod tools for years with no sign of actual development, despite mods practically begging for them constantly.
It will not be an instantaneous decline, but more likely one drawn out over a few weeks.
spam may still count toward engagement stats... so I don't see them being above it
Yea true. Damn its all so disheartening, hyper-capitalism can really fuck things over from time to time.