I remember when Reddit announced it would begin charging commercial developers for access to its API, and in response, thousands of subreddits went dark in protest. I think it lasted for a couple of weeks. The CEO threatened the Reddit mods that he would replace them if they didn’t reopen the subs, so nearly every mod reopened and everything went back to normal. The CEO won easily without offering anything, and he was right when he said that ‘this too shall pass.’ Those third-party apps offered accessibility features for disabled people that Reddit still hasn’t implemented today. Now Reddit is getting even worse. How come there wasn’t a protest like that when they made even worse decisions?
I had over 14 years on Reddit before the API bullshit, and I haven’t been back since. I only see reddit content filtered through the occasional Kagi summery. Fuck Reddit.
Lately my 70yo mother has been sending me links from there instead of Facebook, so that’s an interesting development.
Don’t forget that you can block sites on Kagi.
lol so nowadays it’s “everyone’s parents is on reddit”, like back in 2015 when nobody was on Facebook but everyone’s parents was.
Reddit is literally Facebook 2.0 I was there everyday till a month ago, and can confirm that to you.
Absolute incels, fake info and toxicity all the way