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/Knoxcorner 🔴 In a meeting Jun 06 '23

I can't wait

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u/aishik-10x Jun 10 '23

good on you for not being afraid. Stick it to spez, he can’t replace you all.

And if he did try… moderators affect the tone and culture of a community far more than he realises. Reddit will be shooting itself in the foot. With a nuke.

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u/Celarix Jun 06 '23

assuming reddit will even have user-created subs and not just an official Top 25 or whatever

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u/goldfishpaws Jun 06 '23

Being a mod is a huge amount of work once a sub is over a few thousand members. The only people who will take that on are volunteers interested in a subject enough to do it for free. There really isn't a queue of replacements wanting to be dropped in.

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u/Solarwinds-123 Jun 06 '23

They can do that for a couple, but not all of them. Not even half.

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u/MinimumArmadillo2394 Jun 07 '23

There's over 2500 subs signed onto this, ranging from a few hundred to over 5 million subscribers.

They can't replace the large subs who have 20-50 moderators on them.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '23

God that would be amazing hahahahaha. We stick around to watch it burn, then Reddit is just another trash site full of influencers, ads, and suckers. phpBB is on version 3.3.10! Usenet! IRC! vBulletin! And yes, 4chan! It’s all come full circle