So as planned added DNS block for whole Reddit I wonder how many times this week I will try to open it 😅
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Apple Subreddit Goes Dark in Protest of Reddit's API Pricing Changes
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they can, but they can't moderate the content because that is what thousands of people did before going private.
My sympathies for those fighting.
Those who want to keep track of the subreddits going dark (private), the web Reddark can be helpful. You can follow it in real time.
Those who want to keep track of the subreddits going dark (private), the web Reddark can be helpful. You can follow it in real time.
I really hope this succeeds! Especially all the ,subs willing to go longer because realistically a day isn’t enough to scare
Reddit? What’s that?
That must be that site that I hit “back” every time Google directs me there.
That must be that site that I hit “back” every time Google directs me there.
I don’t know what I would have done all these years without Reddit, I first started using it for the jailbreak sub, invaluable how you could always go there for help and be able to directly talk to devs.
Since then I’ve branched out to so many topics of interest, you could almost find an answer to anything down to the local level. Not sure where to go now, what can replace something like that? And unlike what some have said, I never found it anything like twitter, I stayed away from politics on Reddit. Apollo was one of my favorite apps, I think it was the first app to support live activities, and the widget support was the best.
It’s ridiculous that one greedy bastard can have so much control over information and destroy a resource that so many use like this.
Since then I’ve branched out to so many topics of interest, you could almost find an answer to anything down to the local level. Not sure where to go now, what can replace something like that? And unlike what some have said, I never found it anything like twitter, I stayed away from politics on Reddit. Apollo was one of my favorite apps, I think it was the first app to support live activities, and the widget support was the best.
It’s ridiculous that one greedy bastard can have so much control over information and destroy a resource that so many use like this.
It’s not like the mods own the site. What I mean is that it’s likely the administrators will open these subreddits again if the current mods don’t do it after a while.
On mobile Apollo is the only reason I use Reddit.
Even if it does nothing, we must stand
And some HUGE subreddits like r/videos, with a heck lot of traffic, have decided to go dark indefinitely, until reddit changes it's decision
I made sure to delete all my data and then deleted my account. When it asked why i basically suggested spez go do something obscene to himself along with lying about what the Apollo dev said.
I also added Reddit to my router block list just in case I accidentally click a Reddit link.
I also added Reddit to my router block list just in case I accidentally click a Reddit link.
I read somewhere it was like 1200 mods. Will reddit find 1200 volunteers to replace them? They certainly aren’t going to pay mods to do this work.
And the doofus at Epic
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I’m a regular Reddit user and have always used the standard app but I’ll be giving it a miss for the 48 hours.
Planned and limited strikes (or blackouts whatever) are never going to move mountains you have to go dark period but obviously nobody ever does or will. Nothing will change
They could, but without moderators, expect the quality of these forums to go downhill very quickly.
Is there a /r/****redditt Reddit?
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Protesting for 48hrs is the dumbest thing ever.
You’re just saying “I’ll be back”.
You’re just saying “I’ll be back”.
And now reddit has all your delicious data.
I think what reddit is doing is pretty stupid, but at the same time it feels like putting up a black square in your profile to support Black Lives Matter. It’s a nice little performative move but it’s not gonna do anything at all. Like is the Reddit CEO really going to care if people don’t use Reddit for a couple days and then they go back to using it anyway?
There are at least double that many people, lined up ready to become a mod on their favorite sub.
This will have zero effect on reddit.
I don’t use Reddit.
Users speaking out loud is the best course of action! So great move!
Users speaking out loud is the best course of action! So great move!
I’m waiting for midnight, then I plan on going off Reddit cold turkey. Not coming back till spez backs down. If he doesn’t, then he’s lost this product.
I happily quit digg permanently back in the day, and I’ll happily quit Reddit was well.
I happily quit digg permanently back in the day, and I’ll happily quit Reddit was well.
With all that’s going on with Twitter & Reddit, I wonder if the ground is ripe for a new service like Reddit. Hack, I’d build one. If I knew there was a market for it.
I hope other services learn that the paid API model and transparency is a sticker businesses. Reddit is charging what it would make in other revenues that it doesn’t make in third party API’s. It’s similar to what Twitter is doing, recouping costs lost by ads not displayed on third party clients.
I have yet to hear someone being truthful with that fact. I will be honest, in a truly API environment, it cost almost nothing to offer an API. The fundamental infrastructure is used by the host app, if anything else the infrastructure charges would be bandwidth as the core service already supports the data exchange.
Watching the evolving concerns across the internet these past few months have awaken me to serious concerns. Costly app fees. Apps that are broken and missing customer service. New API charges by companies that communities are built around.
It’s almost as if some companies had to reevaluate their business structure during a tightened economy and find ways to make real money as investors are no longer willing to subsidize community infrastructure.
I hope other services learn that the paid API model and transparency is a sticker businesses. Reddit is charging what it would make in other revenues that it doesn’t make in third party API’s. It’s similar to what Twitter is doing, recouping costs lost by ads not displayed on third party clients.
I have yet to hear someone being truthful with that fact. I will be honest, in a truly API environment, it cost almost nothing to offer an API. The fundamental infrastructure is used by the host app, if anything else the infrastructure charges would be bandwidth as the core service already supports the data exchange.
Watching the evolving concerns across the internet these past few months have awaken me to serious concerns. Costly app fees. Apps that are broken and missing customer service. New API charges by companies that communities are built around.
It’s almost as if some companies had to reevaluate their business structure during a tightened economy and find ways to make real money as investors are no longer willing to subsidize community infrastructure.