Paul Haddad Jun 11, 2023

Reddit this week.

What they should do: Step back, ask for forgiveness and announce “free" API access but only for their Premium sub. Would end the strike, increase revenue and still kneecap 3rd party apps.

What they'll probably do: Nothing.

What they may do: Something that’s really stupid.

What I have the popcorn ready for: Mass takeover of subreddits, followed by announcement of a move towards AI based mods.

Show threadJason Ziccardi
@paul AI is expensive! I think they’d only do that if they exhausted all options to extract free labor from human moderators.
Jun 12, 2023 at 12:14amWeb
Show threadAlistair BuxtonJun 12, 2023

@ziccardi @paul

They'll say it is AI but it will actually just be reposted content and comments and automod word filters that are so restrictive that it is functionally impossible for a human to post anything. You know, like 90% of the front page already is.