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really tired of this reddit play by play taking over HN. can we try to limit it to more substantive stories it possible? 3-4 things on the front page per day feels excessive.
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If it was just about AI scraping they could have given the third party reader apps a free pass on API fees. The recorded phone calls from the Apollo developer have reddit agreeing with the dev’s suggestion that it is about the opportunity cost of having users using apps which are not easily monetised by reddit. Which is obvious to everyone so I don’t see why you’re pretending otherwise.
> apps which are not easily monetised by reddit I don't see a lot of difference between reddit apps and AI companies. Why do you pretend that apps should make money off reddit data without paying for it? Just because they did in the past doesn't mean they have to keep doing it now that everyone has realized it's a valuable commodity.
The 3rd party developers were very clear they were willing to figure out a way to pay for API access, it's just impossible to do it when you have 30 days notice to start being liable for a US$ 20m/year bill...
/r/pics is now just pics of John Oliver after they were forced to open. They are open, people can post pics but mods will remove everything that's not John Oliver. Same with /r/gifs /r/steam was forced open and they'll most likely pivot to posting pictures of actual steam.
I find it hilarious but at the same time I’m not sure how long it will be sustainable. I’m pretty sure I’m leaving Reddit after 10+ years at the end of the month when my client dies so I don’t care but the people staying are going to get tired of that after a while. Not to mention I don’t know if Reddit really cares as long as it drives traffic.
really tired of this reddit play by play taking over HN. can we try to limit it to more substantive stories it possible? 3-4 things on the front page per day feels excessive.
Pro-tip: you don't need to interact with whatever is on the front page, you can safely ignore what displeases you.
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Pro-tip: you don't need to interact with whatever is on the front page, you can safely ignore what displeases you.
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I think this can honestly be the nail in the coffin for Reddit as many people know it. I know it could easily be justified that it was “dead” years ago and the quality has only degraded over the years… but this really anchors things to the summer of 2023 being when things objectively changed in a big way. To be sure, Reddit itself will go on but only as a husk of its former self.
Not yet - there isn't a suitable replacement yet. But this would've been the perfect time for a Reddit alternative. I think this will actually not change much for the users themselves. They'll continue using Reddit as normal, and move on. Mod teams will be shuffled, and some of the people using third-party apps (like myself) will just... not use Reddit as much (or at all). I also don't know how a multi-hundred-millio…