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I own the DocuSign subreddit. We are going dark permanently… until Reddit decides to reassign it to reps from the company. This is part and parcel of the hollowing out of the platform.
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If reddit is thinking that their content is king, then closing subreddits that help generate that content is not ideal for them.
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You are writing this using the best Reddit replacement. If HN had a subforum feature and an ability to embed pictures or videos in posts, or some kind of markdown light syntax, Reddit usage would die for me.
reasons why HN doesn't work as a reddit replacement: - It has no subforums - Almost everyone here is in IT, other topics only get discussed when they are interesting to IT people. On reddit, you can talk to historians, mathematicians, language enthusiasts, fans of your favourite series, etc. - HN usability on mobile is... yeah - HN is text only, that's already difficult for programming, but would make talking about e…
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> Some portion of users will also just fall back to visiting other subreddits on June 12. It doesn't seem like there are many subreddits not participating in the blackout.
According to the current count, less than 2% of subreddits are going dark.
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what puzzles me the most is that reddit's reasoning for charging money for their API is that "it's bad that other people are profiting from our work and it's too expensive to maintain without someone paying it". hey, guess what? reddit "profits" a LOT from unpaid work from their moderators. if you wanna charge for API access, you should also pay your moderators since you are profiting from their work.
The pre-IPO process often involves all kinds of fun short-term profit maximizing activities.
Why is this issue (API pricing) specifically important to reddit mods?
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Depending on the outcome of the AMA with spez tomorrow [1], and how much it ends up inflaming the situation, that may well happen. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit/comments/144ho2x/join_our_ce...
Oh wow, I didn't know about an AMA. I need to get some popcorn.
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