It wasn’t just that, they followed with other changes that alienated mods and users. The API thing was just the beginning of a campaign. It’s not even something new, this kind of downfall has happened before when social media sites prioritize profit above community. They had a good run and outlasted those that preceded them, but evidently the cycle is doomed to repeat.
That’s a good point. My TL;DR comment was already getting long but their communication throughout this entire fiasco has been atrocious. And they only gave these 3rd-party app developers about a month of notice that their livelihood was about to be put in jeopardy. And they lied to them about the changes immediately prior! And then they lied about the conversation with the Apollo developer and his reason!! And…
It wasn’t just that, they followed with other changes that alienated mods and users. The API thing was just the beginning of a campaign. It’s not even something new, this kind of downfall has happened before when social media sites prioritize profit above community. They had a good run and outlasted those that preceded them, but evidently the cycle is doomed to repeat.
That’s a good point. My TL;DR comment was already getting long but their communication throughout this entire fiasco has been atrocious. And they only gave these 3rd-party app developers about a month of notice that their livelihood was about to be put in jeopardy. And they lied to them about the changes immediately prior! And then they lied about the conversation with the Apollo developer and his reason!! And…
Look, just don’t use Reddit, okay people…?