It also encouraged dumb posts. I could post a long informative comment answering a question directly and get a couple upvotes.
Then if I posted something stupid like “never insult the mac and cheese” it got over 5,000 upvotes and awards.
Reddit themselves cut off the apps early. Probably to prevent users from protesting and complaining.
The developer of Apollo said Reddit cut them off unexpectedly but he was able to make it stop crashing by deleting his token. He can no longer access anything now but at least you can go into the app.
Reddit killed the third party apps early.
I keep thinking that I miss Reddit but really I just miss the Apollo app. The interface and filtering was great.
I was hoping he put something special in like a countdown with that last update. Or that you could still open it and see something. App is totally dead.
Update: Apparently Reddit killed all the third party apps themselves early. Probably knowing we would comment only to protest and complain.
Yes that is my concern as well. There seems to be an Elon effect for CEOs where they are thinking they can say and do whatever and it will barely affect them.
I am just one person but I don’t want to contribute to their egos and harmful behavior.
If something like that existed I would sign up and make dumb comments like this.
Keep the blackout for at least two weeks then. That’s when Reddit will start to care.
I am fine never going back personally, and I was on Reddit hours every day for the past 8 years. Especially once kbin and lemmy get further along. It was such a waste of time.
Apollo is the only way I have ever used Reddit for all these years. If it’s dead it’s the same as if Reddit is dead to me. I don’t even know my login info and don’t have that email anymore.