37 upvotes, 6 direct replies (showing 6)
I feel pretty confident in saying that the changes Reddit is making for their IPO will eventually kill Reddit. Their API has been a large part of what has made them successful and while I get them wanting to kill pushshift specifically, it's garbage that the blast radius from these changes will significantly impact so many other tools that make reddit usable. The new interface and their app is an absolute dumpster fire that they've learned nothing from.
Oh well. Something will take reddit's place eventually, maybe not too much longer after these API changes. Sucks that all the data will essentially go *poof* though.
Comment by Dangerous-Economy-88 at 01/05/2023 at 23:23 UTC
12 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Really common for people in power to not understand how the things they manage work, its hella annoying for us random people.
Comment by IsilZha at 02/05/2023 at 01:24 UTC
7 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Actively working against themselves with this crap. It only looks like it could make them X amount because of how the system currently works (and by "system" I mean Reddit, its formerly free API, and all the third party apps that leveraged it,) and how popular it is.
These changes drastically alter the entire system, fundamentally changing it, in this case for the worse. It is very likely going to result in a large loss in popularity because of it. "X" is now no longer attainable. The whole system is now significantly *less* capable than it was before, and people are going to leave as the knock on effects continue to degrade the entire platform.
If RIF gets killed with it, I'm certainly done here.
Comment by helium_farts at 02/05/2023 at 02:06 UTC
4 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Maybe Digg can make a comeback
Comment by [deleted] at 01/05/2023 at 23:08 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I second this
Comment by VapourPatio at 12/05/2023 at 13:53 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
The API changes also mean 3rd party clients are not allowed. Reddit will be dead in a year if they follow through
Comment by toper-centage at 01/06/2023 at 14:07 UTC
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The things is, they don't care. They just want the numbers to look great so they make bank at the IPO and cash out. Whatever happens in some years is irrelevant.