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Waltzing Along
Jun 14, 2008

There's only one
Human race
Many faces
Everybody belongs here
It seems like all the subs have gone private. Any google searches that lead there are useless now. Anyone know what is going on?

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fez_machine
Nov 27, 2004
Charging for API has made automodding impossible and so moderation and anti-spam impossible

RoboChrist 9000
Dec 14, 2006

Mater Dolorosa
They are holding a 48 hour protest due to changes in their API monetization because their CEO decided Musk's Twitter's business model was a successful one worth emulating.

Sophy Wackles
Dec 17, 2000

> access main security grid
access: PERMISSION DENIED.





What will happen to all my upvotes and reddit gold?

Wendigee
Jul 19, 2004

Lol

Nooner
Mar 26, 2011

AN A+ OPSTER (:
They hired radium XD

numberoneposter
Feb 19, 2014

How much do I cum? The answer might surprise you!

:patriot:

HonorableTB
Dec 22, 2006
subreddits are doing praxis against capitalism OP

dervival
Apr 23, 2014

dart landed on 'implode business' at the last board meeting

Bad Purchase
Jun 17, 2019




i read that the plan is to go dark for a day or two. if that's right, what do they think that will accomplish? it needs to be indefinite if they want to force capitulation

Wendigee
Jul 19, 2004

Bad Purchase posted:

i read that the plan is to go dark for a day or two. if that's right, what do they think that will accomplish? it needs to be indefinite if they want to force capitulation

Nothing lol. Use the official app or website or stop using Reddit... Oh, btw, were about to launch our initial public offering care to invest?

Buce
Dec 23, 2005

It’s apparently related to this, op:

I am the Eschaton; I am not your God.
I am descended from you, and exist in your future.
Thou shalt not violate causality within my historic light cone. Or else.

SAY YOHO
Oct 5, 2021
We take pleasure in reporting that Reddit has fallen.

javi
Jun 5, 2004

Silly yes ... Idiotic ... yes.!

Bad Purchase posted:

i read that the plan is to go dark for a day or two. if that's right, what do they think that will accomplish? it needs to be indefinite if they want to force capitulation

Some plan to stay dark until there are changes, and others plan to just stay dark.

Here's a list of subreddits that have gone dark. https://reddark.untone.uk/

Sophy Wackles
Dec 17, 2000

> access main security grid
access: PERMISSION DENIED.





Can’t reddit just like…make them all public again and ban all the mods?

Wendigee
Jul 19, 2004

Sophy Wackles posted:

Can’t reddit just like…make them all public again and ban all the mods?

Yes the admins will likely replace the mods and just reopen them under new management lol

HonorableTB
Dec 22, 2006

Sophy Wackles posted:

Can’t reddit just like…make them all public again and ban all the mods?

probably but that's not a great look when you're whoring for an IPO, they'll probably do some kind of bullshit "we hear you" blah blah blah, and after the heat dies down liquidate everyone involved with the blackout. or, judging by spez's statements so far, it's not out of the question that reddit staff just posts a bunch of middle fingers and tells the users to go take a flying gently caress at a rolling donut because they got dollar signs being thrown at them by the dump truck

SLICK GOKU BABY
Jun 12, 2001

Hey Hey Let's Go! 喧嘩する
大切な物を protect my balls


We won the war goons.

Nooner
Mar 26, 2011

AN A+ OPSTER (:
The ey should make Smugworth a mod

By popular demand
Jul 17, 2007

IT *BZZT* WASP ME--
IT WASP ME ALL *BZZT* ALONG!


WILL MODERATE A CHANNEL OF ANGY MORONS FOR FOOD

where the red fern gropes
Aug 24, 2011


canada subreddit going dark to honor their prime minister

FirstnameLastname
Jul 10, 2022


got me 50 ounces out a bird in this bitch

Sophy Wackles posted:

Can’t reddit just like…make them all public again and ban all the mods?

the mods there are what keep it together, without them it would be identical to 4chan

there's a bunch of mods who mod hundreds of large subreddits

they heavily use the third party tools reddit is kicking off their platform

McDeth
Jan 12, 2005
Corporate greed killing an online community. Lets go back to Fark and Slashdot everyone!

Fork of Unknown Origins
Oct 21, 2005
Gotta Herd On?
Short version:

Reddit has always allowed use of their API for free, which meant anybody could make third party apps to browse Reddit, do mod tasks, etc. This was mostly a nice thing they did, but it also helped them a bit because their official app is awful and the third party apps helped close some gaps.

About 2 months ago they announced that changes were coming and API users would have to pay. This makes sense; they’re losing out on ad revenue from third party app users and it does take money to use the site. They didn’t say how much it would cost.

A few weeks ago they announced the prices and they are high, and go into effect July 1. Like, a third party app (apollo) would have to pay $20-30M a year high. So it is more or less a ban on third party browsing apps (some mod tool apps are not impacted).

In the aftermath Reddit doubled down on it, insulted and made false accusations about the Apollo dev, whined when he put out transcripts of the tapes of their calls showing they’d lied, and is barreling forward.

To protest this, a lot of subs (including most of the largest ones) are going private for 2 days. Some claim to be going private permanently because the mods only use third party browsing apps and don't plan to use anything else. I don’t really see it doing anything.

Fork of Unknown Origins
Oct 21, 2005
Gotta Herd On?

Wendigee posted:

Yes the admins will likely replace the mods and just reopen them under new management lol

Admins don’t have time for that.

Toxic Mental
Jun 1, 2019

fez_machine posted:

Charging for API has made automodding impossible and so moderation and anti-spam impossible

actually automodding is fine and unchanged, they're just mad that they can't use an add-free third party app anymore

this is literally people throwing a fit and will accomplish nothing

Toxic Mental
Jun 1, 2019

Who the gently caress uses an app to browse specific websites instead of just safari/chrome which is basically a replication of the desktop browser

like what

Booty Pageant
Apr 20, 2012
jeffrey could make bank off of this by making porn subforums for people to promote their up and coming onlyfans, fanslys, paterons, uterons, subscribestars, chaturbates, and more!!!

El Padrino
Dec 24, 2005

No es nada personal, solo negocios.
Nah, we already had DPPH, don't need a 2.0 version of that

Lusty Grundles
Jun 9, 2023

And of course QuornHub for all the vegans.

Obligatory "reddit has gone way downhill" comment. I'm pretty sure everyone here has been hearing it for upwards of a decade, so I'm not sure it matters anymore but I've noticed it's getting harder to fight through all the bots these days.

Lusty Grundles fucked around with this message at 07:46 on Jun 12, 2023

down1nit
Jan 10, 2004

outlive your enemies
It was quite the community. We're there any lawsuits? Or did the banning prevent that?

Edit: ddph not whatever vegan porn is

Robo Reagan
Feb 12, 2012

by Fluffdaddy
with twitter and reddit dying, yahoo answers is finally primed to make a comeback

feverish and oversexed
Mar 9, 2007

I LOVE the galley!
who else is back because of it lol

ScRoTo TuRbOtUrD
Jan 21, 2007

What the gently caress is reddit

I thnk i deserve a loving answer

wheatpuppy
Apr 25, 2008

YOU HAVE MY POST!

Toxic Mental posted:

Who the gently caress uses an app to browse specific websites instead of just safari/chrome which is basically a replication of the desktop browser

like what

According to various Reddit posts recently:

Blind and vision-impaired people use various apps with screenreading capabilities, etc. Those apps will no longer be available, and the official Reddit app is crap for accessibility.

Also, with the new rules, the remaining 3rd party apps won't be able to access any NSFW content. So, for example, a mod who uses an app won't be able to see or ban a user who spams people with dick pics.

FirstnameLastname
Jul 10, 2022


got me 50 ounces out a bird in this bitch
lol

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Toxic Mental
Jun 1, 2019

wheatpuppy posted:

According to various Reddit posts recently:

Blind and vision-impaired people use various apps with screenreading capabilities, etc. Those apps will no longer be available, and the official Reddit app is crap for accessibility.

Also, with the new rules, the remaining 3rd party apps won't be able to access any NSFW content. So, for example, a mod who uses an app won't be able to see or ban a user who spams people with dick pics.

I guess reddit is willing to sacrifice the blind screenreader demographic in favor of the "people who can actually see ads" demographic

Turpitude
Oct 13, 2004

Love love love

be an organ donor
Soiled Meat

ScRoTo TuRbOtUrD posted:

What the gently caress is reddit

I thnk i deserve a loving answer

Its some loving bullshit!!!! Is hwat it is!!!

nine-gear crow
Aug 10, 2013

The Reddit Experience:

  • Self-interested story about Reddit
  • Self-interested story about Reddit
  • Self-interested story about Reddit
  • Self-righteous circlejerk about Reddit
  • Look at this racist crazy woman pissing everywhere

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Muscular Typist
Oct 11, 2004

I always knew SA would outlast reddit. Bunch of sellouts. Congratulations goons.

feverish and oversexed posted:

who else is back because of it lol

Me too. SA is looking pretty good these days.

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