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View submission: Addressing the community about changes to our API
We’re re-enabling pushshift for mod use cases in the next week or so. We’ve got a number of relevant mod tool improvements shipping soon: an improved mod queue this month, and mod log and mod mail coming thereafter.
Mis-labeling communities as NSFW (or not) is a violation of our policies.
Comment by LutzExpertTera at 09/06/2023 at 18:47 UTC
291 upvotes, 6 direct replies
This AMA is just so frustrating, full of media trained answers where you haven’t said a single substantive thing. If you’re going to kill 3rd party apps then kill them, it’s your website. But for the love of god, just fucking respect us enough to stop pretend like you’re trying to meet us in the middle. You’re not and we know you’re not.
Comment by rpkct at 09/06/2023 at 18:47 UTC
28 upvotes, 4 direct replies
Just have a per-user API key that they can copy/paste into a third-party app (or use an OAuth solution) which requires a $2-5/month subscription fee to make more money than you would from showing these users advertisements?
This could also be used for NSFW content flags.
Comment by Retirix_YT at 09/06/2023 at 18:47 UTC
458 upvotes, 5 direct replies
What is even the point of this AMA? You don’t answer the top questions, it’s just pointless. Downvoted via Apollo
Comment by mitpatel7 at 09/06/2023 at 18:47 UTC
69 upvotes, 6 direct replies
Comment by [deleted] at 09/06/2023 at 18:48 UTC
18 upvotes, 3 direct replies
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5 upvotes, 2 direct replies
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Comment by SantaHQ at 12/06/2023 at 13:24 UTC
4 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Mis-labeling communities as NSFW (or not) is a violation of our policies.
In subreddit settings it's titled "Require viewers to be over 18 years old", enabling it flags everything as NSFW. We have this setting enabled in /r/Random_Acts_Of_Pizza because *minors should not be engaging in pizza transactions* by for example sharing their street address with strangers. But the content itself is SFW by any reasonable measure. So are we mis-labelling the community and violating policy, by your reckoning?
Comment by getthegreen at 09/06/2023 at 18:47 UTC
24 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Your app fucking sucks and you know it dude. You're a fucking clown.
Comment by [deleted] at 09/06/2023 at 18:47 UTC
30 upvotes, 1 direct replies
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Comment by Easy_Money_ at 09/06/2023 at 18:48 UTC
9 upvotes, 1 direct replies
And none of this could have been put into place before the API changes were announced, or in the past seven years, because ______
Comment by [deleted] at 09/06/2023 at 18:47 UTC
82 upvotes, 4 direct replies
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Comment by Best-Expert at 09/06/2023 at 18:48 UTC*
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
He is answering a question with 5 upvotes lol.
He keeps replying to 50+ minutes old comments with extremely low upvotes. Makes you think these are all planted doesn't it?
Comment by Kvothealar at 09/06/2023 at 20:03 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I would really like to see Reddit either
a) Improve automod functionality, or
b) An interface for Reddit to host moderator's bots internally.
The built-in tools are extremely inefficient and clunky. We simply need more, and this change to the API is wholly unappreciated while we're already struggling. If you gave us 6-12 months notice, improved the tools in the meantime, and gave us something reliable before phasing things out that would go a long way. Instead we have to believe these empty promises and hope, and you've burned through all your community goodwill. We obviously don't believe you anymore.
Comment by [deleted] at 09/06/2023 at 18:47 UTC
13 upvotes, 1 direct replies
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Comment by Blenderhead36 at 09/06/2023 at 23:11 UTC
3 upvotes, 1 direct replies
We’re re-enabling pushshift for mod use cases in the next week or so. We’ve got a number of relevant mod tool improvements shipping soon: an improved mod queue **this month,** and mod log and mod mail coming **thereafter.**
Wait. You mean you're shutting down API-dependent stuff with knowledge that everything they need *will not* be ready by the time of the shutdown?
Why not wait another month or two to make the shift less disastrous? I don't see how willfully accepting disruptions is a step on the path to Reddit being profitable.
Comment by MyWeirdPikachu at 09/06/2023 at 18:48 UTC*
8 upvotes, 0 direct replies
This user previously used a third-party app.
Comment by reaper527 at 09/06/2023 at 18:50 UTC
3 upvotes, 1 direct replies
We’re re-enabling pushshift for mod use cases in the next week or so.
not good enough. you broke a vital tool for redditors, for both users and moderators.
pushshift is incredibly important for transparency in allowing users to see the abusive actions and narrative manipulation of mod teams. (not to be confused with the abusive actions you have taken as a reddit administrator, such as when you got caught editing people's posts)
Comment by Bike_shop_owner at 09/06/2023 at 18:50 UTC
5 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Mis-labeling communities as NSFW (or not) is a violation of our policies.
This is about as useful of a response as "Robbery is illegal" to someone who wants to know what you're doing to stop a robbery.
Comment by Euphoric-Object6014 at 09/06/2023 at 20:37 UTC
3 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Mis-labeling communities as NSFW (or not) is a violation of our policies.
So what? I reported a NSFW subreddit for not labeling itself as such, and nothing happened. I know for a fact many others reported the same sub, nothing ever happened. It's a violation of your policies, yes, but you don't seem to give a shit about that, so how does that stop malicious individuals from abusing this?
Comment by Jrsplays at 09/06/2023 at 18:48 UTC
5 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I think a good first step would be giving a timeline on when "thereafter" is.
Comment by PublicQ at 09/06/2023 at 18:47 UTC
10 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Again, WHY WASN’T THIS DONE EARLIER?
Comment by Samjatin at 09/06/2023 at 18:48 UTC*
3 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Reddit CEO /u/spez (Steve Huffman) is a liar. In the past he has edited user posts without marking them as edited.
Reddit has been built up by the community with the help of moderators that never got paid and only got empty promises from /u/spez.
Comment by ooterness at 09/06/2023 at 18:50 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
There's a reason moderators almost always use third party apps: they run circles around your useless tools. You've had *seven years* to improve your app, you're not even close to catching up, and a handful of half-assed upcoming features isn't going to cut it.
Comment by Nazgutek at 09/06/2023 at 18:50 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
an improved mod queue **this month**, and mod log and mod mail coming **thereafter**
So you admit there will be a gap in tooling for moderators, from when their third party apps no longer work up until you actually implement better mod log and mod mail?
Comment by [deleted] at 09/06/2023 at 18:47 UTC
14 upvotes, 2 direct replies
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