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• @nohomers.bsky.social @nohomers.bsky.social on bluesky

  You're making money while increasing interest in our site?  Bad third party apps, bad.

• @yoda Drew Olanoff on x

  won't be anything left to take public. https://twitter.com/...

• @caseynewton Casey Newton on x

  I wrote about how Reddit's years of making users responsible for content creation, moderation, and product development came back to haunt it today. https://www.platformer.news/ ... [image]

• @alextcone Alex Cone on x

  “The adventure that is the end of free money continues!” https://twitter.com/...

• @tiagodf Tiago Dias on x

  “We'll continue to be profit-driven until profits arrive,” Huffman wrote. “Unlike some of the (third-party) apps, we're not profitable.” https://www.platformer.news/ ...

• @sarthakgh Sar Haribhakti on x

  “I for one was prepared to defend Reddit's position, and to make the point that open APIs were arguably a zero interest rate phenomenon.” 🎯 Sucks for devs & customers impacted but suppliers in every market got to make money https://stratechery.com/...

• @rayredacted @rayredacted on x

  If you want to understand the Reddit disaster, start with this article from @CaseyNewton https://www.platformer.news/ ... [image]

• @anildash.com Anil Dash on bluesky

  The Reddit one in particular is such an inexplicable own-goal.  They could have just said, “we're charging a lot to platforms that want to train their AI on Reddit posts” and people would have been *thrilled*.  Why kill 3rd party reading apps?  So foolish.  Even those, they could…

• @rodhilton@mastodon.social Rod Hilton on mastodon

  Not gonna lie when I look at reddit and see the subreddits that are still live and chose not to participate in the blackout I get the exact same ick as when I see who decided to pay for the Twitter blue check.  —  It's this kind of like “okay, not on our side” vibe, a permanent r…

• @danyork@mastodon.social Dan York on mastodon

  The #Reddark action happening today on #Reddit is BOTH:  — a good reminder to companies that **they don't control the community** of users and that people can leave  — a good reminder to users that **they don't control the platform** and the company behind it can make whatever ch…

• @Meyerweb@mastodon.social Eric Meyer on mastodon

  Twitter learned, and Reddit is fast learning, that people are not addicted to the platform, they're addicted to the community they found there.  Ruin the community, and people will leave the platform.  It really is that simple.

• @ericleamen@mastodon.social Eric Leamen on mastodon

  Update: Over 7K subreddits, totaling tens of millions of users, have currently gone dark to protest Reddit's recent mishandling of their API and mistreatment of third-party app developers.  —  What an incredible show of community strength.  💜 https://reddark.untone.uk/

• @viticci@mastodon.macstories.net @viticci@mastodon.macstories.net on mastodon

  What else will be left to IPO once every subreddit has gone dark?  —  https://reddark.untone.uk/  When you upset a community-driven platform, you always get your comeuppance sooner than later.

• @lensprotocol @lensprotocol on x

  web3 fixes this https://twitter.com/...

• @sarthakgh Sar Haribhakti on x

  Any business is not entitled to the most fundamental inputs for its existence in its supply chain for free The fact that we lived through an economic & biz climate that enabled vendors to sell inputs for free is not an economic or moral case for perpetual continuation https://twi…

• @legotrillermoth @legotrillermoth on x

  the west has fallen [image]

• @mikeisaac @mikeisaac on x

  this is bad for reddits biz and serious and all but also v funny to see like solidarity ✊🏼 emojis from extremely specific porn subreddits named like r/honkers in response to the API changes https://twitter.com/...

• @bloodbecoming @bloodbecoming on x

  This one should stay locked just because of the jokes. [image]

• @rsgnl Joe Rossignol on x

  Incredible to watch the Reddit Blackout develop in real time here: https://reddark.untone.uk/ /r/apple /r/videos /r/gaming /r/sports /r/space /r/mildlyinteresting and so many subreddits are giving a giant middle finger to Reddit CEO Steve Huffman. And so many more every minute!

• @om @om on x

  “Even more disappointing is the lack of comments or intervention from Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, the always chatty — who seems to have advice for every other founder, except for his co-founder.” https://om.co/...

• @xenopanther Xeno on x

  According to https://reddark.untone.uk/, 92.6% (7234/7806) of subreddits have gone private.

• @buccocapital BuccoCapital Guy on x

  Reddit is walking a tightrope right now Need to choke out 3rd party apps to serve ads on core app Have now pissed off all their free labor (moderators) who are now revolting @benthompson put it well: “ The adventure that is the end of free money continues!”

• @_danilo @_danilo on x

  I have a fondness for Steve—he gave me my first job writing code, he made sure I had a thanksgiving to attend during a lonely moment in my life So I get no pleasure from seeing this inexplicable series of missteps. AND This is too sadly predictable from an industry perspective. h…

• @rsgnl Joe Rossignol on x

  Reddit is having server issues right now on top of the subreddit blackout. What a dumpster fire.

• @mbdailyshow @mbdailyshow on x

  7,177 of 7,806 subreddits are currently dark Steve Huffman poked the bear holy moly https://reddark.untone.uk/ [image]

• @can @can on x

  the ongoing Reddit drama is once again a reminder that adtech is a horrible business model

• @austen Austen Allred on x

  I'm old enough to remember the last time Reddit “went dark.” I genuinely thought it would be the end of the site. *grabs popcorn*

• @jeremiahdjohns @jeremiahdjohns on x

  Seven of the top ten subreddits are now private or restricting any new posts in protest of reddit's API changes. /r/videos, which has more than 20 million subscribers, has vowed to go dark permanently if the changes are not rolled back.

• @artemr Artem Russakovskii on x

  The Reddit strike has begun, and there's a great site to track it. https://reddark.untone.uk/

• @luke_metro @luke_metro on x

  I sincerely hope that Reddit doesn't become a case study in how raising tons of VC money can destroy an otherwise-functioning business https://twitter.com/...

• @randfish Rand Fishkin on x

  I'm supporting the Reddit #Reddark protest this week (by not visiting or posting): https://www.theverge.com/... Reddit communities are awesome, but the leadership has made intolerable blunders since the API announcements that deserves a reckoning.

• @twostraws Paul Hudson on x

  Apologies for the interruption on r/swift, but Reddit needs a change in management. See https://reddark.untone.uk/ for the huge number of other subreddits going dark in support of @ChristianSelig 💪 [image]

• @arrington Michael Arrington on x

  Reddit has gone to war with its own community, and the community just went on strike. Will be interesting to see who wins this. https://news.ycombinator.com/ ...

• r/apolloapp Iamthatis on reddit

  As the subreddit blackout begins, I wanted to say thank you from the bottom of my heart to the Reddit community and everyone standing up

• r/Save3rdPartyApps r on reddit

  Why The Blackout's Happening- From The Beginning

• r/hackernews r on reddit

  Reddit crashed because of the growing subreddit blackout

• r/apolloapp r on reddit

  Reddit communities to ‘go dark’ in protest over third-party app charges

• r/NoShitSherlock r on reddit

  Reddit's users and moderators are pissed at its CEO

• r/TrueAnon r on reddit

  Reddit's users and moderators are revolting against its CEO