The last major holdouts in the protest against Reddit’s API pricing relented, abandoning the so-called “John Oliver rules” which only allowed posts featuring the TV host. It's the official end of the battle. The Reddit protest is over, and Reddit won.

The last major holdouts in the protest against Reddit’s API pricing relented, abandoning the so-called “John Oliver rules” which only allowed posts featuring the TV host. The article describes it as “the official end of the battle,” which seems an overstatement to me, but it’s the certainly the end of the initial phase.

Did Reddit win? Time will tell!

  • @SkepticElliptic@beehaw.org
    2•11 months ago

    I quit using it, but I was using a third party app that didn’t have ads. However, I still insist that there is a way for someone to buy accounts, votes, and even entire subreddits directly from Reddit. The way reddit and other websites turn a blind eye to how many fake accounts they have just doesn’t make sense to me.

    • Pons_Aelius
      1•11 months ago

      The way reddit and other websites turn a blind eye to how many fake accounts they have just doesn’t make sense to me.

      Traffic numbers by bot accounts boost “user engagement” metrics. If they cracked down on bots the line would go down and the line must go up.