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Megathread for Reddit Blackouts and News - Rest of the Week(?) (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by alyaza@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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hey everyone. if you want to post links or discuss the Reddit blackout, its aftermath, and what's happening going forward, please localize it to this thread in order to keep things tidy! thanks! we'll see if we need to cycle the thread again before the end of this week, but i don't know that we'll need to

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[–] GreenPlasticSushiGrass@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

I think a lot is riding on Reddit's promised rollout of new mod tools. If the new mod tools aren't available before the 1st, or if they're woefully inadequate compared to those of third party apps, a lot of mods are going to be upset. Particularly those moderating large subs.

[–] jinno@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Rest of the week? No.

The answer is until they lower to a more reasonable price and work with Apollo and RIF (at the very least) so that they can keep their apps running while transitioning their users to a new pricing structure that will allow them to not be bankrupted in the short term because of the price adjustment.

[–] Casmael@u.fail 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah I simply don’t understand the idea of limited blackouts in this case. Clearly the only viable option is complete silence until or unless certain demands are heard imo.

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[–] Rentlar@beehaw.org 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://9to5mac.com/2023/06/15/reddit-blackout-third-party-apps/

Loving the Reddit dumpster fire thumbnail image they included. Mostly covering TheVerge's Huffman interview and pointing out how dumb he sounds as CEO.

[–] darkmugglet@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

That article sums up my view pretty well. Huffman has alienated his users, advertisers and potential employees. Reddit is changing the symbiotic relationship between itself and the third party ecosystem that made Reddit was it is today, and has gone full parasite.

But agreed, the Reddit dumpster fire pic is awesome.