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 threadJohn InfanteJun 12, 2023

@lexfri Step zero: fire the CEO. He has to go, he can’t continue on if you’re revering course after he called out Apollo’s dev like that.

Step 1: Announce a freeze on implementing the paid API access.

Step 2: Show what API access actually costs on a per-call, per-user, and per-app basis.

Step 3: Announce the formation of a developer committee that will help bridge the gap between third-party app needs and Reddit’s business goals

Show threadJS_WordSmith
@johninfante this seems too easy and logical for it to work, but it is the perfect solution
Jun 12, 2023 at 8:11pmWeb