Comment by IsilZha on 01/05/2023 at 20:37 UTC

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View submission: Reddit Data API Update: Changes to Pushshift Access [Pushshift is in violation of the Reddit Data API terms and has been unresponsive despite multiple outreach attempts. Reddit is suspending Pushshift's access to the Data API starting today]

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Yeah, it was a mostly rhetorical question. Reddit's tools for mods still suck, too, and they haven't bothered fixing it before killing all the tools that really helped mods out.

Expect even fairly moderated subs to reject most/all appeals when they can no longer review the content a user was banned for.

E: also reddit's search sucks as well. 99% of what I used pushshift for was finding my own past content or other things on reddit I had seen before. Reddit doesn't have a functional search to take its place.

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Comment by Zeydon at 01/05/2023 at 23:18 UTC

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Yeah, I was digging through my own history just today looking for a source I'd mentioned earlier but could no longer find because the google algorithm is complete trash these days.

It's also been an invaluable tool for verifying bot accounts. But admins don't give a damn about that.