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Now Reddit are coming for the individual personal subreddits

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485 points dredmorbius | 3 comments | 22 Jun 23 16:41 UTC | HN request time: 0.212s | source
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amanaplanacanal ◴[22 Jun 23 17:15 UTC] No.36435483[source]▶
So… are you not allowed to have private subreddits any more? Is this their official stance?
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cortesoft ◴[22 Jun 23 17:18 UTC] No.36435521[source]▶
It wasn't private before, it was made private in protest. I think they are just automatically messaging mods of subreddits that were public before the protests and are now private.

My overall take on this is people have a weird relationship with reddit.

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CharlesW ◴[22 Jun 23 17:25 UTC] No.36435644[source]▶
> My overall take on this is people have a weird relationship with reddit.

Alternative explanation: Users may not just roll over when the platforms they've invested countless hours into start abusing them.

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1. that_guy_iain ◴[22 Jun 23 17:41 UTC] No.36435874[source]▶
How is Reddit abusing them? By charging $0.24 for 1000 API requests? By enforcing year old rules they created because mods power tripped and users complained?
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2. mynameisvlad ◴[22 Jun 23 17:52 UTC] No.36436061[source]▶
I mean, maybe the outward hostility?

- https://gizmodo.com/reddit-ceo-steve-huffman-moderators-land...

- https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/reddit-protest-blacko...

Or the absolutely abysmal and tonedeaf responses every chance they had?

- https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit/comments/145bram/addressing_...

- https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/9/23755640/reddit-api-change...

- https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/15/23762501/reddit-ceo-steve...

Or the easily disproven libel? https://www.reddit.com/r/apolloapp/comments/143sho8/admins_c...

That's been doubled and tripled down on? https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/09/reddit-ceo-doubles-down-on...

Or literally changing or removing user's posts and comments? https://www.reddit.com/r/ModCoord/comments/14fafpp/the_admin...

That all sounds abusive to me. If anything, the API price was the straw and focusing on it and ignoring literally everything that happened since is just being disingenuous.

3. Dylan16807 ◴[22 Jun 23 18:00 UTC] No.36436181[source]▶
Making apps effectively unusable after also making the mobile website effectively unusable is very bad behavior to your users.