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Is it time to reopen the subreddit? (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Today I checked the pmos sub and was quite surprised it was closed. And for what reason? API change is ancient history.

Clearly, the protest amounted to nothing and frankly once I figured out that reddit api change wasn't about preventing foss apps, but about squeezing paid apps out of the market, I didn't care about it at all.

What's important for any project is the community, and reddit is simply the only place where such community can grow. So why not open it back up?

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[-] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago

are you saying FOSS apps can be created and freely use the reddit api, with no cost? Thats news to me

[+] [email protected] -14 points 7 months ago

as far as I know, redreader which is a foss app, wasn't affected by reddit's fees/api change

[-] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

Redreader was given a specific exemption. So thats specific to a couple apps and not a general rule

In response to user outcry, Reddit introduced exemptions for developers of “non-commercial apps that address accessibility needs.” Rathschmidt confirmed that two apps, Dystopia and RedReader, have received exemptions, and the company is in talks with “a number of developers focused on accessibility.”

https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/13/23759761/reddit-disability-accessibility-blackout-api-blind

[-] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

RedReader has strong accessibility features and was given an exemption for that.

[+] [email protected] -13 points 7 months ago

Okay, I was not 100% accurate on that, maybe even completely wrong, but that's beside the point. The point is, protest amounted to nothing, and I do not think that it is beneficial for potential community growth to have the subreddit dead.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I agree with you, though an argument can be made that might make (some) users look for alternative communities like the one here in Lemmy... but it might backfire also.

People want choice, yes, but after having chosen they do not like to change.

Personally I don't mind change when it is for the better, but as much as it pains me I've been thinking about the communities I haven't visited in Reddit. Don't get me wrong, Reddit is still a shithole but there are strong communities there for specific subjects that should not be abandoned or destroyed, we need to lure them to move out of Reddit.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I for one ditched Reddit long ago and am never going back. Not for any project. If they want to have a sub reddit then fine but they better have FOSS options ike Lemmy as well.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I'd like it opened for new users to be able to participate there without a Lemmy account, but there's a cost-benefit ratio to everything, and the additional moderation burden and potential fragmentation of the small community appears to outweigh the benefits. Additionally, a lack of choice paralysis can be quite a significant advantage.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

No.

[-] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago

You just replied to a two-month old post. What a booming community! Clearly, leaving reddit vitalized it so much.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

You shouldn't criticise someone because they were late to a discussion.

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