Reddit changed their minds, do a half step back - RIF can access Reddit but doesn't accept login (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Seems that someone at Reddit decided to grant read access to RIF, this morning I opened the app just for kicks and it wouldn't load anything. Well I tried again after lunch (Europe CET time) and it could access the front page but I was logged out. Trying to login shows a different logon page and even with valid credentials gives out a 'Bad request' response.

That means they are not just feeling the heat, they are probably burning really bad.

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[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I can definitely browsee reddit with rif while logged out. Can't imagine what this accomplishes for reddit.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Maybe they can still say " oh hey look our traffic/requests are high"? They lost some valuation late last week so they might be looking for any way to indicate that the number of people/ access requests aren't dropping.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Read only use is hardly good though, that's just coating them money. You want engagement from users to drive ads.

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