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minus-square@averagedrunk@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish8•1 year agoBecause there’s no way they’ll manipulate that number in the database.
minus-square@ipkpjersilinkEnglish4•1 year agoActually that’s a really good point, and I should have thought of that because I’m actually a programmer lol
minus-square@kaffeebohne@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoCould we theoretically pay reddit for API access and log / monitor any changes to the vote counts that way ?
minus-square@frippa@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoI think it’s still free till the 1rst of July, so, if someone has experience they could do something like that
minus-square@Pisck@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoThere are actually some legit anti-spam reasons that reddit has been obfuscating vote counts and totals for a long time now. Even if this wasn’t a known phenomenon, I don’t think I’d trust the API call results anyway.
minus-square@argv_minus_one@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoThey didn’t bother with the announcement of the API prices. Only 4% upvoted.
Because there’s no way they’ll manipulate that number in the database.
Actually that’s a really good point, and I should have thought of that because I’m actually a programmer lol
Could we theoretically pay reddit for API access and log / monitor any changes to the vote counts that way ?
I think it’s still free till the 1rst of July, so, if someone has experience they could do something like that
Maybe someone should
There are actually some legit anti-spam reasons that reddit has been obfuscating vote counts and totals for a long time now. Even if this wasn’t a known phenomenon, I don’t think I’d trust the API call results anyway.
They didn’t bother with the announcement of the API prices. Only 4% upvoted.