Reddit finally takes its API war where it belongs: To AI companies

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Post by arunbahl » Mon, Oct 23, 2023, 7:54 PM UTC

Reddit finally takes its API war where it belongs: To AI companies
arstechnica.com

Re: Reddit finally takes its API war where it belongs: To AI companies

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Post by skyyler » Mon, Oct 23, 2023, 10:06 PM UTC

Did anyone else stop using reddit in June?

Life has been nice. I didn't realise how much the arguments there shaped my opinion of things until I stopped.

Re: Reddit finally takes its API war where it belongs: To AI companies

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Post by extasia » Mon, Oct 23, 2023, 10:21 PM UTC

skyyler wrote: post #2

Did anyone else stop using reddit in June? Life has been nice. I didn't realise how much the arguments there shaped my opinion of things until I stopped.

Tangentially I quit yt a month ago and had a similar experience.

Re: Reddit finally takes its API war where it belongs: To AI companies

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Post by bravetraveler » Mon, Oct 23, 2023, 10:25 PM UTC

skyyler wrote: post #2

Did anyone else stop using reddit in June? Life has been nice. I didn't realise how much the arguments there shaped my opinion of things until I stopped.

I did! I wasn't that invested in the whole situation. It just made me take stock and realize I'm better off doing almost any of my other interests.

Re: Reddit finally takes its API war where it belongs: To AI companies

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Post by Sohcahtoa82 » Mon, Oct 23, 2023, 10:50 PM UTC

skyyler wrote: post #2

Did anyone else stop using reddit in June? Life has been nice. I didn't realise how much the arguments there shaped my opinion of things until I stopped.

I patched my BaconReader to work despite the API change.

Re: Reddit finally takes its API war where it belongs: To AI companies

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Post by skyyler » Mon, Oct 23, 2023, 10:52 PM UTC

Sohcahtoa82 wrote: post #5

skyyler wrote: post #2

Did anyone else stop using reddit in June? Life has been nice. I didn't realise how much the arguments there shaped my opinion of things until I stopped.

I patched my BaconReader to work despite the API change.

I saw that I could do that with apollo, after the habit was changed.

I haven't really bothered. Telegram has been a fantastic replacement. I'm connecting to human beings instead of posts now.

Re: Reddit finally takes its API war where it belongs: To AI companies

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Post by HHC-Hunter » Mon, Oct 23, 2023, 10:56 PM UTC

skyyler wrote: post #2

Did anyone else stop using reddit in June? Life has been nice. I didn't realise how much the arguments there shaped my opinion of things until I stopped.

I stopped reading reddit over two years ago noticing how over politicised it was becoming. Slowly choking the life out of any decent conversation.

Re: Reddit finally takes its API war where it belongs: To AI companies

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Post by cyanydeez » Mon, Oct 23, 2023, 11:21 PM UTC

AI companies are gonna just scrape.

The API Could have been locked down to reasonable individual use.

Re: Reddit finally takes its API war where it belongs: To AI companies

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Post by gardenhedge » Mon, Oct 23, 2023, 11:39 PM UTC

skyyler wrote: post #2

Did anyone else stop using reddit in June? Life has been nice. I didn't realise how much the arguments there shaped my opinion of things until I stopped.

I stopped then too. I've also stopped using Twitter/X, FB, Insta and all walled gardens really.

Re: Reddit finally takes its API war where it belongs: To AI companies

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Post by the_g0d_f4ther » Mon, Oct 23, 2023, 11:44 PM UTC

skyyler wrote: post #2

Did anyone else stop using reddit in June? Life has been nice. I didn't realise how much the arguments there shaped my opinion of things until I stopped.

besides some gems i usually found in sports threads i really don’t miss it at all