Fed up with Reddit, mods of popular AMAs quit organizing high-profile interviews

"Will this undermine most of what makes IAmA special? Probably."

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/07/fed-up-with-reddit-mods-of-popular-amas-quit-organizing-high-profile-interviews/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

AMAs are the latest casualty in Reddit’s API war

"Will this undermine most of what makes IAmA special? Probably."

Ars Technica
@arstechnica They should bring AMAs to the Fediverse.
@arstechnica The amount of work IAmA mods do for free is astounding. And spez's reaction is to insult them. Insanity. I'm glad they're doing this.
@arstechnica glad that people realize they are what makes Reddit what it is. For free as well.
@arstechnica I'm expecting a serious decrease in Reddit quality and content across the board.
@arstechnica reddit mods are doing the Lord's work right now. Send everyone over to Lemmy (in spaced out batches so we can grow in a sustainable way)
@arstechnica I was really surprised to see how much work the IAmA mods were volunteering, must be super frustrating to be taken for granted like that. It's dumb for a company to be so hostile to the people whose free labor make it worth anything in the first place, I think they badly overestimate how many people are willing to be unpaid moderators and able to not suck at it. I would never do it
@arstechnica Honestly, the AMAs fell in quality a long time ago.
@SyntaxErrors @arstechnica The funny thing is that lines up with when Reddit removed Victoria. Everything bad about the AMAs are a result of Reddit's meddling.
@SyntaxErrors @arstechnica Can we keep this about Rampart please!
@arstechnica They should launch their own website. And then they can profit from ads directly. Oh yeah, fuck /u/spez.