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0 pointsinternetter2y ago0 comments

1. I feel like you didn't read the comment you replied to. It says in a compelling way that reddit wouldn't do this if they didn't feel a threat

2. > But if they have stats saying 1% and less is 3th party App

A solid takeaway from the original post is that you can't trust Reddit

3. All the bad press surrounding this is infinitely worse for their brand. The subreddit strike, for instance, could force their hand into taking authoritarian control over the platform, as they've hinted at. "Reddit abandons democracy" is a pretty damming headline, and they just can't seem to stop digging their hole deeper

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WJW2y ago

> you can't trust Reddit

Sure, but what does that even mean? I cannot trust them to load the topics from /r/ruby or /r/haskell correctly because of nefarious purposes? Perhaps they have replaced all the posts with Python propaganda in the hope I wouldn't notice?

Demmme2y ago

I don't 'trust' reddit, I surf reddit and it's communities.

Reddit is not a bank account

lkschubert82y ago

Aren't you trusting their published stats?

Demmme2y ago

Nope.

I argue bases on them but they do not matter to me.

I do not use a 3th party App. For me it makes sense. But if they lied they will hurt themselves anyway

dylan6042y ago

>All the bad press

You're forgetting the adage, "there is no such thing as bad press". If you're not a user of the 3rd party apps, then none of these decisions affect you, and most people are just not going to get upset about things that don't affect them directly.

katbyte2y ago

> If you're not a user of the 3rd party apps, then none of these decisions affect you

likely untrue. its not just 3rd party apps it affects. it changes api access for anything using the API

for instance modtools will be affected which means literally everyone can be affected desktop or not https://www.reddit.com/r/ModSupport/comments/12rt5f8/how_wil...

some subreddits make heavy use of bots

these are all going to be hugely affected

threeseed2y ago

Of course there is such thing as bad press.

Look at companies like Theranos where it was the investigative reporting that ultimately led to their downfall.

And as someone who has been on Reddit for 16 years and has never used a 3rd party app this decision does affect me. a) I think less of the company and the site which will affect my engagement and b) It affects everyone else on the site which in turns affects their engagement and the quality of their posts.

dylan6042y ago

Theranos was doing shady shit and ripping off investors. That's illegal. Bad press didn't shut them down. Criminal investigations shut them down and the CEO is now actually in jail.

Confusing illegal activity with activity you disagree with is not doing the conversation (or society in general) a bit of good

JohnFen2y ago

> You're forgetting the adage, "there is no such thing as bad press"

Yeah, but that adage has never been true. It's just something said by people who get bad press to make themselves feel better.

e402y ago

I feel like in the age of cancel culture, this adage isn't really a thing anymore. News travels too far and too fast.

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WJW2y ago

> you can't trust Reddit

Demmme2y ago

I don't 'trust' reddit, I surf reddit and it's communities.

Reddit is not a bank account

lkschubert82y ago

Aren't you trusting their published stats?

Demmme2y ago

Nope.

I argue bases on them but they do not matter to me.

I do not use a 3th party App. For me it makes sense. But if they lied they will hurt themselves anyway

dylan6042y ago

>All the bad press

katbyte2y ago

> If you're not a user of the 3rd party apps, then none of these decisions affect you

likely untrue. its not just 3rd party apps it affects. it changes api access for anything using the API

for instance modtools will be affected which means literally everyone can be affected desktop or not https://www.reddit.com/r/ModSupport/comments/12rt5f8/how_wil...

some subreddits make heavy use of bots

these are all going to be hugely affected

threeseed2y ago

Of course there is such thing as bad press.

Look at companies like Theranos where it was the investigative reporting that ultimately led to their downfall.

dylan6042y ago

Theranos was doing shady shit and ripping off investors. That's illegal. Bad press didn't shut them down. Criminal investigations shut them down and the CEO is now actually in jail.

Confusing illegal activity with activity you disagree with is not doing the conversation (or society in general) a bit of good

JohnFen2y ago

> You're forgetting the adage, "there is no such thing as bad press"

Yeah, but that adage has never been true. It's just something said by people who get bad press to make themselves feel better.

e402y ago

I feel like in the age of cancel culture, this adage isn't really a thing anymore. News travels too far and too fast.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse