🔥 Huffman said on NBC:
⎧ “Long story short, my takeaway from Twitter and Elon at Twitter is reaffirming that we can build a really good business in this space at our scale”
According to users on #lemmy#reddit is now restoring users deleted and edited comments. We expected this but what I didn't expect was to find an FAQ from Reddit stating that they cannot ever restore deleted comments.
According to users on #lemmy#reddit is now restoring users deleted and edited comments. We expected this but what I didn't expect was to find an FAQ from Reddit stating that they cannot ever restore deleted comments.
Reddit Says It Won't Force #Subreddits Back Open but the #ModCodeofConduct account has informed moderators that it will replace inactive moderators with active ones, who could open the subreddits back up.
So, one solution could be #RedDark#Reddit mods needs to do is open their subreddits for a little while, 12 or so hours each week, let the community bash reddit, moderate it, and then go dark again.
“Here is how platforms die: first, they are good to their users; then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers; finally, they abuse those business customers to claw back all the value for themselves. Then, they die.
It seems to me that Reddit is trying to heavily pivot to being an advertising platform, like Facebook and Google. It sort of makes sense, even though it seems to be the worst time for such a move (GDPR cookie law, Apple and Google and their "privacy labels", etc)
If this is the reason why they are killing off third party apps (now that they've stopped pretending they are), then it makes sense. They want to kill off third party apps to get people using their app so they can harvest data from them and then advertise heavily.
It also makes sense why their mobile website, despite visually being far better optimised for mobile viewing (unlike old.reddit.com), is so artificially broken and constantly asking users to download their app (if I had to guess, the app is easier to collect data as the native app has more "signals" than the browser version).
It also explains why they are implementing this change so quickly and not allowing third party apps to catch up (Reddit has their own app, they know the rules when it comes to IAP, and they know how difficult they are making these changes to third party app developers).
The big question is why all the drama??
Why not just shut off APIs for third party apps, full stop?? Why constantly make it about the Apollo app when it affects all* third party apps like Reddit is Fun, Sync for Reddit, narwhal for iOS etc??
Steve Huffman said before that these apps were using significant API resources and they were "inefficient" (implying lots of users use the app). Now he says that 95% of users use the Reddit app. Which is it????
Steve Huffman promised better moderation tools in his AMA. Why not deliver the tools now??
Why hasn't the official Reddit app improved its accessibility if Reddit wanted to capture a large audience in the first place (for ads and such - Facebook and Google hammer accessibility down devs skulls)??
Why all the lies?? Why change the story all the time???
This whole thing has been a comical shitstorm and could've been avoided had Steve Huffman been honest about the whole situation.
Another update and possibly a solution for some case where posts were not properly deleted. Seems I jumped the gun on this and the restores haven't been intentional - at least not in this particular case....
Another update and possibly a solution for some case where posts were not properly deleted. There is a limitation in Powerdelete. Here is a link to a new version and alternatives:
Steve Huffman is threatening to put scabs in charge of communities on Reddit that protest Reddit's abysmal management of the upcoming API changes re: 3PA and accessibility.
TechTrump Wannabe Jr is wrong about it not having user support. Our community (70K+ users) is mostly positive to the protest, judging by the reactions of our updates on the matter. We're now looking into setting up an alternative on Lemmy.
@paul Once again, I have to wonder: is this some kind of Brewster’s Millions scenario, where if he blows $200 million, he wins $2 billion? #RedditBlackout
OC Updated: Reddit is quietly restoring deleted AND overwritten posts and comments (mstdn.games)
Another update and possibly a solution for some case where posts were not properly deleted. Seems I jumped the gun on this and the restores haven't been intentional - at least not in this particular case....