ironically this is similar to what Reddit is doing.
a group of folks are unilaterally making a decision that most people probably don't care about, but some minority would push back on, if given a chance
r/ProgrammerHumor will be shutting down to protest Reddit's API changes
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Re: r/ProgrammerHumor will be shutting down to protest Reddit's API changes
#82Do we need a thread for every subreddit?
This is a permanent shutdown, I've only seen temporary ones before. This is a subreddit I look at sometimes, too. So it's pretty relevant, I think.
I don't think they have considered this threat thoroughly. Shutting down this sub permanently is a favour to humanity.
Re: r/ProgrammerHumor will be shutting down to protest Reddit's API changes
#83HN might as well just run the headline that Reddit is shutting down permanently. All the major subs are either temporarily or permanently shutting down in protest. Do we have a federated Mastodon-esque system to replace Reddit yet? Its the only way to ensure the community survives at this point; Reddit leadership has already proven they only wish to harm both shareholders and the community at large under the guise of…
> Do we have a federated Mastodon-esque system to replace Reddit yet?
Back in the day, that was the World Wide Web. Federated gardens are a modern invention.
Re: r/ProgrammerHumor will be shutting down to protest Reddit's API changes
#84List of participating subreddits:
https://old.reddit.com/r/ModCoord/comments/1401qw5/incomplet...
Re: r/ProgrammerHumor will be shutting down to protest Reddit's API changes
#85HN might as well just run the headline that Reddit is shutting down permanently. All the major subs are either temporarily or permanently shutting down in protest. Do we have a federated Mastodon-esque system to replace Reddit yet? Its the only way to ensure the community survives at this point; Reddit leadership has already proven they only wish to harm both shareholders and the community at large under the guise of…
>All the major subs are either temporarily or permanently shutting down in protest.
Is this true though? Are the subs which normal people visit are shutting down too?
Re: r/ProgrammerHumor will be shutting down to protest Reddit's API changes
#86HN might as well just run the headline that Reddit is shutting down permanently. All the major subs are either temporarily or permanently shutting down in protest. Do we have a federated Mastodon-esque system to replace Reddit yet? Its the only way to ensure the community survives at this point; Reddit leadership has already proven they only wish to harm both shareholders and the community at large under the guise of…
This could be as consequential as the time all Reddit shut down to protest net neutrality.
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Re: r/ProgrammerHumor will be shutting down to protest Reddit's API changes
#87The worst part about this is that blind Reddit users are being left completely without a solution, and won't be able to read Reddit at all. Multiple attempts at engagement with Reddit itself have been ignored. See the discussion here: https://www.reddit.com/r/apolloapp/comments/144f6xm/apollo_w...
I thought Reddit announced they would exempt accessibility-focused apps from their API charges in an attempt to not cut off, among others, the blind.
Here's one source https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/7/23752804/reddit-exempt-acc... I thought I saw a post from an actual reddit employee about it, but I can't find it now. They said they need to stop treating accessibilty as an add-on and promote it to the same level as other features.
Re: r/ProgrammerHumor will be shutting down to protest Reddit's API changes
#88Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes. Twitter is dead.
> Posted: 6:00 PM Jun 6, 2023 > 107.7M Views You sure about that? https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1666203439146172419
I agree that Twitter is far from dead but you’re choosing a bad example.
> The main Twitter video view metric is triggered when a user watches a video for at least 2 seconds and sees at least 50% of the video player in-view.
So anyone that had the (auto playing) video in view for two seconds as they scrolled through their feed. Multiplied by the number of times it’s in their feed. It’s a pretty meaningless number.
Re: r/ProgrammerHumor will be shutting down to protest Reddit's API changes
#89This will make no difference at all. RIF, Apollo and narwhale apps should all team up and create (or partner up) with a reddit clone. All the founders of these apps just seem oblivious to this. Or maybe there's a dead tight contract they signed or something but I'd do it anyway.
Building the backend component for a social media site like Reddit is much much much harder than slapping a frontend onto an existing API. And it's en entirely different engineering skillset (distributed systems) that many app developers don't have. You really think they are "oblivious to this"? The reality is it's hard to do.
Re: r/ProgrammerHumor will be shutting down to protest Reddit's API changes
#90Why are API calls less cost-efficient than getting the same information on a browser?
A lot of third-party apps don't show Reddit's ads.