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Now Reddit are coming for the individual personal subreddits

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485 points dredmorbius | 1 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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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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1. 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.