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Re: r/ProgrammerHumor will be shutting down to protest Reddit's API changes

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Post by Macha »

wackget wrote: post #201
icameron wrote: post #3

I decided to use this as a good excuse to delete Reddit. I find myself going to it too often, and scrolling for too long, and afterwards I feel worse about the direction of humanity and down about the world. I’m not getting anything positive from it so for my own mental heath I’m deleting the app.

You've gotta remove the default subreddits which are largely dog shit. Seriously, whoever decided that trash like "r/prequelmemes" or even "r/formula1" should qualify to appear on reddit's home page needs to get a new job.

They moved from curated default subreddits to algorithmic some time ago (with some exclusions for NSFW and controversial subreddits). That said, even the curated selection wasn't always good, I think I remember f7u12 making it to the defaults at one point.

Re: r/ProgrammerHumor will be shutting down to protest Reddit's API changes

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Post by riku_iki »

makeitdouble wrote: post #155
riku_iki wrote: post #99

did they run some poll, or moderators self authorized to act on behalf of community?

This move is totally on brand for r/ProgrammerHumor, I don't see the community having much qualms about how the decision was taken. To answer your question, the move is of course discussed in the sub, and yes the reaction seems heavily positive.

> yes the reaction seems heavily positive.

toxic vocal minority often drives narrative. That's why anonymous polls are important.

Re: r/ProgrammerHumor will be shutting down to protest Reddit's API changes

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Post by spencerchubb »

627467 wrote: post #184

Up until not long ago there would be plenty of post here saying how Google is useless and how appending `site:reddit.com` to any query was the only way to get decent results. This thread is all about how bad reddit is, as if their content has disappeared. They don't need defense but I'm amazed at how volatile people's opinions are.

I am one of those people who loved reddit before. Now I see it as a laughing stock.

My opinion is volatile due to a volatile change in policy. It's that simple.

Re: r/ProgrammerHumor will be shutting down to protest Reddit's API changes

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Post by canadianfella »

diydsp wrote: post #206
mjr00 wrote: post #176

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> But I'd just add there is a pretty major difference between "temporarily" and "permanently". Major kudos to r/ProgrammerHumor and other subs that are doing it right - saying they will be shutting down indefinitely unless Reddit changes their stance. A permanent closure of a popular sub is 100% going to lead to Reddit declaring the sub abandoned, replacing the mod team, and reopening. Has happened many times before.…

> replacing the mod team, That's like immigrant jobs: You can take them away but there aren't hoards of passionate volunteers chomping at the bit to replace them.

Yes there are. Lots of money can be made as mods of popular subreddits.

Re: r/ProgrammerHumor will be shutting down to protest Reddit's API changes

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Post by jacksnipe »

fooqux wrote: post #158
jacksnipe wrote: post #147

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Serving nearly-consistent content and ads to 1 Billion people worldwide is fucking hard!

Not according to the marketers from Cloudflare I talked to awhile back.

They’ll run an ad network for you?

Re: r/ProgrammerHumor will be shutting down to protest Reddit's API changes

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Post by HWR_14 »

lolinder wrote: post #174
HWR_14 wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

The trick is what does that even mean? If an app has great accessibility but is used by a lot of non-disabled people too, is it disqualified? A quote from /r/Blind [0]: > Apollo has without question been the most accessible social networking app I have ever used, or are even aware of. It allowed me to enjoy using Reddit, as well as become a moderator of multiple Disability focused subreddits like r/disability, r/epil…

I assume that means "we'll allow a clone of Apollo that claims to only help blind people, because it will get little traction with a different name and wink-wink advertising and the number of users who use it will be orders of magnitude less". The problem was never the API, but the lack of ad revenue.

Re: r/ProgrammerHumor will be shutting down to protest Reddit's API changes

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Post by sv123 »

canadianfella wrote: post #224
diydsp wrote: post #206

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> replacing the mod team, That's like immigrant jobs: You can take them away but there aren't hoards of passionate volunteers chomping at the bit to replace them.

Yes there are. Lots of money can be made as mods of popular subreddits.

How do they do that? Asking for a friend.

Re: r/ProgrammerHumor will be shutting down to protest Reddit's API changes

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Post by hn_throwaway_99 »

mjr00 wrote: post #176
hn_throwaway_99 wrote: post #153

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> All the major subs are either temporarily or permanently shutting down in protest. But I'd just add there is a pretty major difference between "temporarily" and "permanently". Major kudos to r/ProgrammerHumor and other subs that are doing it right - saying they will be shutting down indefinitely unless Reddit changes their stance. Just saying you're only going to shut down for a couple days is essentially theater -…

> But I'd just add there is a pretty major difference between "temporarily" and "permanently". Major kudos to r/ProgrammerHumor and other subs that are doing it right - saying they will be shutting down indefinitely unless Reddit changes their stance. A permanent closure of a popular sub is 100% going to lead to Reddit declaring the sub abandoned, replacing the mod team, and reopening. Has happened many times before.…

> Has happened many times before.

Do you have examples, specifically when a subreddit went dark in protest and Reddit replaced the mods?

Re: r/ProgrammerHumor will be shutting down to protest Reddit's API changes

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Post by stevenwliao »

Macha wrote: post #215
diydsp wrote: post #206

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> replacing the mod team, That's like immigrant jobs: You can take them away but there aren't hoards of passionate volunteers chomping at the bit to replace them.

I mean, there's plenty of people lining up to have the "authority" of an internet mod, but not so many that can be trusted not to set up their own petty dictatorship or get bored when they realise what mods actually mostly do.

Can confirm as a subreddit mod.

The day to day is mostly deciding whether borderline comments should be removed and whether a post contains too much self-promotion.

Re: r/ProgrammerHumor will be shutting down to protest Reddit's API changes

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Post by stevenwliao »

hn_thrwn wrote: post #171
hn_throwaway_99 wrote: post #153

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> All the major subs are either temporarily or permanently shutting down in protest. But I'd just add there is a pretty major difference between "temporarily" and "permanently". Major kudos to r/ProgrammerHumor and other subs that are doing it right - saying they will be shutting down indefinitely unless Reddit changes their stance. Just saying you're only going to shut down for a couple days is essentially theater -…

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I would love to replace my modding activities with a bot.

We're not there yet.

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