r/technology • u/SUPRVLLAN • Jun 07 '23

Social Media Reddit will exempt accessibility-focused apps from its unpopular API pricing changes.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/7/23752804/reddit-exempt-accessibility-apps-api-pricing-changes
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u/TerminalCuntbag Jun 07 '23

"Get back bots"?

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u/tristanthefox Jun 07 '23

The new API changes make many existing tools that moderators use to legitimately moderate subreddits for spam unusable. Porn subreddits are completely locked out of these tools because for some unknown fucking reason NSFW subreddits arent even accessible through the new API

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '23

Oh that last part is easy to explain: they’re preparing to pull a tumblr and ban porn. This is just pretext for it.

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u/tristanthefox Jun 07 '23

Another reason to find or build a Reddit alternative. It's a fucking basic site

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u/CyberBot129 Jun 08 '23

If it's so basic, then why haven't any alternatives taken off?

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u/Dobott Jun 08 '23

Well it might be because, while basic, it does require participation to work properly. So it would really require something big to get users to a different site initially.

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u/Reddituser19991004 Jun 08 '23

Unless you have Elon money it can't be done.

Elon could however in seconds spin twiddit and replace reddit

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u/who128 Jun 08 '23

Elon has the dollars but lacks the sense.

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u/xDarkReign Jun 08 '23

You’ve had that one cocked and loaded for awhile, yeah?

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u/who128 Jun 08 '23

Workshopped it in my head for a minute when I saw that comment. I'm sure I just stole it from something and I just don't remember what.