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View submission: What we’re working on this year
###Working with third-party developers
There are a lot of passionate developers making great tools redditors and moderators use on the platform every day. Supporting and working with these developers will only make Reddit more extensible and make using Reddit better for everyone. This year, we’re exploring ways to support the creativity of third-party developers as they expand on the Reddit experience, while safeguarding the security and privacy of people on the platform.
I was one of the third party developers who was worked with (just a little bit) on this and I must say I'm very excited to see what's coming. Every major platform that openly supports third party developers and integrations has massively benefited from it. Discord and twitch are two excellent examples of places where bots and other integrations greatly enhanced the experience of the site and wouldn't have been possible without the close cooperation between the company and passionate community developers. I hope this turns out the same for reddit.
Comment by cutelyaware at 02/06/2022 at 22:15 UTC
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I did the very sort of integration of open-source developers of the Second Life UI and I agree that it's super helpful and low hanging fruit. Unfortunately it's a lot more difficult than it appears from the developer's perspective because there are often unintended/unexpected consequences of many apparently easy fixes. In short, it's more expensive than it would appear, but it's very much worth it.
Comment by kriketjunkie at 02/06/2022 at 19:26 UTC
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Thanks for all your help. We’re *super* excited as well!