We’ve known for over a decade that people come to Reddit to talk about the products they love – take r/BuyItForLife for example, a community of over 1.5 million redditors who have been sharing recommendations and advice about their lifelong, must-have purchases since 2011. These updates will uplevel the search-and-discover experience for both brands and our users by tapping into our differentiated value as a hub for actionable conversation
Honestly, that’s not even the worst part of the whole API debaucle.
The issue with moderation tools alone is more than enough to shut their coffin shut, yet I don’t see reddit doing anything about that at all.
This is the issue.
https://www.redditinc.com/blog/investing-in-what-makes-reddit-unique-introducing-contextual-keyword-targeting-and-product-ads
So they are now going to make it so corporate shills can dilute the quality of their content with a whole lotta shit
https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/