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Reddit is killing RSS feeds and ending public API access because of AI bots | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
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[–] 20 points 3 weeks ago* (5 children)

Surprised it took them so long. Also haven't seen hardly anyone (other than me) do as much as talk about using the RSS features.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

    As somebody who appreciates curation and control over the whims of an opaque algo, I generally adore anyone who offers me meaningful RSS support. In reddit's case they havent had anything worth subscribing to

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

    I think it was pretty need what they offered RSS wise like you could subscribe not just to subs or users but also searches. The reddit algo never felt particularly opaque (no idea how best works but new and top are pretty obvious and hot is still understandable) and with regards to the RSS it's just a chronologic timeline of whatever you subscribed to.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    I think you mean to say it did feel opaque. Or it didn't feel particularly transparent

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago* (1 child)

    No it's pretty transparent what new or top do

    For the longest time the reddit backend even was open source.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago

    Oh word, I misread.

    But yeah even "best" is public knowledge, the algorithm was created by the xkcd guy and there are still articles about it though most of the reddit hosted ones are suspiciously all gone now

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