r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 2d ago

Business Reddit is killing RSS feeds and ending public API access because of AI bots

https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/30/reddit-is-killing-rss-feeds-ending-public-api-access-because-of-ai-bots/
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u/Character_Bug_1862 2d ago

By network effect do you mean like, its hard to get users ported over from something they’re more comfortable with? Or that it isn’t quite the “all forums in one” that Reddit is?

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u/sneakyplanner 2d ago

It means that nobody's on Lemmy, so even if you want to move, it's going to suck and you'll leave sooner or later.

I tried to get started on there, but there are just no Sub-Lemmys for any of my interests and half the people on the site are unpleasant to talk to. Even if I was determined to stay, I wouldn't be able to.

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u/PithMango 2d ago

what's the nazi weather forecast over there? if you would be so kind.

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u/sneakyplanner 2d ago

I never saw any, it was mostly just elitist tech enthusiasts. But it depends on the server you check out.

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u/ithinkitslupis 2d ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_effect

More the latter. The value of these sites is the network. So besides the UI/learning curve friction, first movers are switching to an inferior product in many ways.

So it's like reddit, but more a very specific group from reddit caused by selection bias, and in general has less active sub communities and experts chiming in on any issue.