Comment by iruleatants on 19/04/2023 at 08:40 UTC

64 upvotes, 5 direct replies (showing 5)

View submission: An Update Regarding Reddit’s API

Reddit has a plan to make everything about their website worse.

The decided to create "new" reddit, which was just reddit 0.3, and have maybe moved it to reddit 0.6 through updates. It's still awful in every way.

I can't fathom why instead of just updating the tools they decided to destroy the UI and strip away so much usability. And why they have known that 80% of moderation is done on old reddit but have chosen never to fix it. Why not just give us the look and feel of old reddit on your new technology?

Nah, just release "new reddit" only moderation tools to convince moderators to change. Nobody wins but they want to be at war instead of just doing the bare minimum that's asked by them.

It's stupid that if reddit removes a comment on my subreddit, the only way I can see the text of what was posted is through new reddit mod log. If I visit the comment on new or old I can't see it. If I visit old reddit moderation log, I can't see if. If I use the reddit API, I can't see it in mod log or elsewhere.

They want us to hate them, and it makes no sense.

Seriously, them bitching about the cost of an API is the stupidest thing I've ever heard, especially while bragging about the size right after it. Reddit doesn't function without hundreds of thousands of moderators doing it for free. They couldn't keep the platform functioning without it, and their response has been to despise us for making them work.

It's disgusting.

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Comment by abenzenering at 21/04/2023 at 13:17 UTC

4 upvotes, 0 direct replies

oh, i'm sure awkwardtheturtle got this

Comment by Arizon_Dread at 04/06/2023 at 06:32 UTC

3 upvotes, 0 direct replies

This comment alone has enough arguments to stop the trajectory of their shitty idea towards the fan. If they’d just consider to serve the community that is their entire business…

Comment by Splive at 05/06/2023 at 11:47 UTC

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

It's way harder to be thoughtful and find ways to incentivize users in a direction over time. It's way easier (not necessarily more effective) to use the authoritarian playbook.