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Redditors Go To War With The Company As It Enforces Eye-Watering Prices For Reddit API (www.forbes.com)

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[–] foopo666@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I hate to be harsh but can we stop fooling ourselves here? Many large subreddits have already ended their blackout and are continuing as if nothing ever happened. The mods are continuing to slave away for free. The blackout itself barely made a dent in activity. I usually don't care to comment but even Lemmy is getting infected with comments/posts of people patting themselves on the back for achieving virtually nothing.

I'm not saying Reddit isn't reliant on users but these blackout and "mass" exodus movements are meaningless gestures. I literally only moved to Lemmy because RiF is closing.

[–] RIPandTERROR@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

I get the feeling the new metric will be the loss of all the mod tools and accessibility for users. Difficulty moderating when the 3rd party apps die, combined with the inconveniences and frustration with the app and site may actually be a catalyst. Subreddits may be back now (not surprised) but I'm interested in seeing what happens over next month after changes. It really may be reddit shooting itself in the foot and genuinely believing loss of users is the publics fault.

2 day blackout really never looked like anything more than a warning