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Apollo is dead. Long live Apollo

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Re: Apollo is dead. Long live Apollo

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Post by 8note »

ThePowerOfFuet wrote: post #19

>Edit: sorry, Apollo wasn’t open source. That’s what happens when I make a post while two beers deep I guess. Well, the server backend was recently opened: https://github.com/christianselig/apollo-backend

I think only made available, but not licensed?

Re: Apollo is dead. Long live Apollo

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Post by ryanwhitney »

I tried Apollo early on and it was a bit too bare-bones.

After all the news, I gave it another whirl for the past month and it’s very nice. After previously using the official app, it was a breath of fresh air to see a native video player, native share sheets, and so much more. Super nice, useful details like image counts on galleries. Such a shame that Reddit’s huge team is actively working in the opposite direction.

Amazing work, Christian. Really unfortunate that Reddit has gone in this direction and truly shameful and disgusting how they’ve handled it.

Re: Apollo is dead. Long live Apollo

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Post by ztgasdf »

dom96 wrote: post #50

I am still somewhat shocked that they went through with this. I built a Reddit API[1] alternative as a form of protest, they responded by blocking my personal Reddit account. Very sad what Reddit has become. 1 - https://api.reddiw.com

Will you release the code for this?

Re: Apollo is dead. Long live Apollo

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Post by mandmandam »

tayo42 wrote: post #35

I'm curious what happens to reddit now. I'm guessing just auto pilot of low effort content. Don't think it'll truly die as far as numbers go.

Sure, they've got the numbers. But there's no life.

I picture the hordes of zombies in The Walking Dead, unknowingly led by a select few ghastly humans wearing zombie masks.

Re: Apollo is dead. Long live Apollo

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Post by maybevain »

lousken wrote: post #11

So where is everybody going after reddit?

It is not, and doesn't even try to be, a Reddit replacement, but https://tildes.net has impressed me with its quality of discussion. More akin to HN, but with a subreddit-like system to facilitate a wider range of topics than is usually found here.

Re: Apollo is dead. Long live Apollo

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Post by xeromal »

8note wrote: post #51
ThePowerOfFuet wrote: post #19

>Edit: sorry, Apollo wasn’t open source. That’s what happens when I make a post while two beers deep I guess. Well, the server backend was recently opened: https://github.com/christianselig/apollo-backend

I think only made available, but not licensed?

Yeah, it was put on github as proof they weren't webscraping like spez claimed.

Re: Apollo is dead. Long live Apollo

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Post by bears-n-beets »

extr wrote: post #42

I remember signing up for Reddit as a college freshman. I was a digg user and joined Reddit in the aftermath of that fiasco. I sometimes laugh looking over my post history for the past decade plus. If you read the posts linearly, you can trace my evolution from a kid arguing passionately over politics and culture (things he didn't really know much about), to a more mature young adult who rarely waded into discussions…

Thanks for sharing. I also joined reddit as a college freshman (2012). I don't even remember how I discovered reddit - I want to say maybe via StumbleUpon? My trajectory is pretty similar to yours. It's pretty surreal to have a community I actively participated in for my entire adult life essentially go dark in an instant. Of course the website still exists, but it certainly won't be the same.
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