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Reddit CEO Steve Huffman is fighting a losing battle against the site's moderators (qz.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/technology@beehaw.org
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The company wants to charge for API access. Its volunteer moderators have other ideas

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[–] 26 points 3 years ago (7 children)

I think we're gonna see another huge blow to Reddit in a few days when all the third-party apps go permanently offline. I'll bet that a lot of people who haven't been paying attention so far are definitely going to start having something to say about it very soon.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Maybe, I'm certainly in that camp. Once RIF stops working I'll stop using Reddit. I don't know that there are a lot of people like me though (and the ones that are are probably here already).

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    When RiF dies, I'll stop using reddit on mobile.

    I'll probably check-in occationally when I'm on desktop, but that'll signifigantly reduce my time on the site.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    I've already stopped using reddit altogether on my phone. I moved Apollo off my homescreen.

    And I still check reddit on desktop here and there, but that's mostly to check mod messages. And to see what that latest admins are threatening me with. I got 3 small subs that are private. And reddit doesn't like that.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    This will be when the true test for Reddit begins; if the outcry is large enough that spez ends up relenting in some way then he will have already alienated a lot of users. If the outcry is minimal then I guess he won, but the prize hardly seems worth the drama that has been spun up.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago

    It isn't going to be outcry, it is going to be drop in traffic. Spez is gambling that third party app users will switch to the official app. I won't, and I hope most others don't.

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