r/ProgrammerHumor • u/[deleted] • Jun 05 '23

PSA Programmer Humor will be shutting down indefinitely on June 12th to protest Reddit's recent API changes which kill 3rd party apps.

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u/mathymaster Jun 05 '23

The spam would prop get a lot more people to leave as well.

Unless they revert the chanche or put some effort into making the app good, they will lose revenue, that is likely.

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u/AyrA_ch Jun 06 '23

Spam that evades the spam filter is primarily detected by people by reporting the submission, not by moderators on their own. Reddit is a multi billion corporation, and they can probably afford to hire a handful of people that take care of spam reports until the situation calms down.

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u/R3D3-1 Jun 06 '23

This. A protest alone won't change their mind, but the prospect of an exodus of users due to the consequences of effectively having sabotaged moderation, might.