Marketing dollars! Only reason they did this is so they can say “hey look! We still have 3rd party apps!”

Remember when Reddit had the breaking stories LONG before everyone else?

Wow! I completely forgot that this existed!

What sane person would possibly invest in a company like this?

Ignoring how inept they’ve been throughout this whole ordeal, they don’t even have control over their own site! It’s pathetic

It is baffling to me the timeline they chose for this. If I were an investor I would see this as complete desperation. What stable company makes these decisions seemingly on a whim?

I completely agree.

The site has been basically the same and unimproved for a decade. What do the Reddit employees even do? When was the last time they actually improved the site?

as long as there are suckers out there, crypto will live.

With the popularity of Reddit and how simple (in theory) of a concept it is, it blows my mind that there is not an alternative. Kbin and Lemmy are okay, but they are pretty big compromise so far.

It is insane that they are off by default

This is so true. The mocking and hostile replies were enough for me to not even bother most of the time

Frick yes!

If anything, 3rd party apps and free apis makes bots and fake users MUCH easier. This new policy should help Reddit in that regard

I don’t. I like how I can comment on something and not have it buried. Engagement is much higher here

Great idea! I really miss r/MMA

well he’s not wrong…

He has to be trolling

And had to buy a 3rd party app themselves

Steve isn’t backing down, but cowardly mods certainly are!

@CorrodedCranium

It’s either: make Reddit take control and risk losing their communities to bad or no moderation. At the absolute minimum, you put Reddit in a bad/risky situation

or

Give reddit what they want and keep the community the way it was. Reinforcing Reddit’s position and justifying all of the bullshit they’ve done while simultaneously negating their participation in the protests themselves.

Only one of those options has an outcome that ends with it being for nothing.

They chose the latter

@Unused_neurons

If you feel strongly enough about the API situation to block your sub from MILLIONS of people, you are drawing a line in the sand. Any person with a spine or conviction would go down with a fight. It doesn’t matter how futile. MAKE Reddit take action and deal with the consequences of their own actions.