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Megathread for Reddit Blackouts and News - Week 1 (beehaw.org)

submitted 2 years ago by Gaywallet@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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Hey everyone. If you want to post links or discuss the Reddit blackout, please localize it to this thread in order to keep things tidy!

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[–] admin@beehaw.org 14 points 2 years ago (9 children)

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/12/business/media/reddit-subreddit-blackout-protest.html

[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 32 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (8 children)

Mr. Rathschmidt added that some apps are more efficient and require significantly fewer A.P.I. calls and that “Apollo is notably less efficient than other third-party apps.”

“The vast majority of A.P.I. users will not have to pay for access; not all third-party apps usage requires paid access,” he wrote, adding that access is “is free for moderator tools and bots.”

That is some shoddy reporting there. Selig is cited earlier in the piece, so to let that quote stand unchallenged either means an editor didn't see it or ... well, I'd rather not get more confirmation from the Times on that front.

[–] TheiaTheMoonMaker@beehaw.org 20 points 2 years ago

They’re still going on about efficiency, meanwhile Apollo only used 0.4% of the requested daily limit Reddit required of 3rd party apps.

They set the limit, and are now acting like their hands were forced by an app hitting 1/250th of that limit.

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