Lex FriedmanJun 12, 2023

I am enjoying the Reddit shit show.

I am also so glad I don't work at Reddit (for a lot of reasons).

I also really don't know their move if mods keep up the protest. (A big "if," of course.) The current leadership will be unwilling to cave, I suspect.

I can see the idea of “We goofed" post, but if it's true that (for example) Apollo costs them $20M/year (which is bonkers if true, and I'd like to know the delta of serving those same users off their own infrastructure directly)...

Show threadLex FriedmanJun 12, 2023
... but IF it's true, now what? We recant? We'll delay for three months? Six? We'll offer API access to any user willing to spend $1 a month? Really curious.
Show threadAlexander LJun 12, 2023
@lexfri Honestly, as much as this sucks for Apollo the bigger deal for the platform is the lost of most/all of the moderation tools and other bots that most reddits depend on that also used the API. Will be the wild west without them.
Show threadTodd Thomas Jun 12, 2023
@ConnertheCat @lexfri wait, the moderation tools are not first party?
Show threadLex FriedmanJun 12, 2023
@todd @ConnertheCat I know at least that the mod tools don't really work on mobile, so you need third-party apps for that.
Show threadCarlosJun 12, 2023
@lexfri @todd @ConnertheCat I believe the situation is that the mod tools don’t work in the official application but they do on the third-party apps.
Show threadAlexander L
@PKdeGallo @lexfri @todd In addition to that, a good number of reddits also roll their own custom bots for whatever uses they need. It's … going to be a bit of a garbage fire.
Jun 12, 2023 at 7:16pmWeb