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And we did it!! Thank you all for your support and getting our #Reddit past 10,000 members!
We will be hosting a giveaway for a BIG game over there starting tomorrow, so go subscribe if you haven’t yet:
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Our #Reddit only needs 4 more users to get it to 3,500 members! Come on over and join the sub for quality content, tech support, and a growing community.
And can't forget our weekly giveaways!!
#Reddit is coming up with new manipulative design patterns… that’s an accomplishment I guess 🙄 https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/18/23799266/reddit-app-icons-ugly
#uxdesign #manipulativedesign #manipulativeux
Reddit’s only free iOS app icons are ugly now
Reddit switched its default icon to a pixelated version of its logo, and if you want to switch to one that uses a more standard version of its usual logo, you’ll need to subscribe to Reddit Premium.Jay Peters (The Verge)
r/Firefox is doing it right - The mods announced they were reopening the #subreddit, but made it so new posts could only be pictures of foxes or red pandas…then said if people wanted to post about technical stuff, to do it on their kbin.
THAT is how you do it. The subreddit is still there, but functionally unusable, and there’s direction to the new place. #Reddit
https://teddit.net/r/firefox/comments/14mmjv1/announcement_we_have_reopened/
📣 Announcement: We have reopened. : r/firefox
The protest has never ended. We have been trying to communicate with Reddit admins, who seemed at first to be willing toteddit
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Apparently as part of what #Reddit is doing with the API, while they allowed some specific #accessibility apps an exemption, they didn't offer it to any apps that provided #blind users with full moderator functionality.
Which means in July, Reddit is going to start removing blind moderators for not being able to moderate, due to Reddit not planning on built-in accessibility to their site or their app, and not allowing exemptions for third party apps that support blind moderators. Indeed, Reddit admins seem somewhat unaware they have blind users and blind moderators.
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I don't think #AaronSwartz would approve. But it seems clear to me that Huffman has no respect for what that man stood for and died for in the first place, and perhaps he never did. If he did, we the tech community would never have forgotten Swartz.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/23/23771396/reddit-subreddit-community-transcribers-accessibility
Reddit is about to get a little less accessible
r/TranscribersOfReddit, a Reddit community of volunteers who write transcriptions for images, audio, and video that appear on other subreddits, will be closing down on June 30th.Jay Peters (The Verge)
Reddit's API Protest Is An Absolute Disaster
When the reddit protest first began I was hoping it would go well but now I'm very doubtful and I'm getting less and less hopeful every single day that passe...YouTube
Great article about the Reddit saga by Mike Masnick! @mmasnick
Reddit CEO Triples Down, Insults Protesters, Whines About Not Making Enough Money From Reddit Users
Steve Huffman, the CEO of Reddit, has decided to just keep on talking. After his disastrous AMA helped inspire more subreddits to join a 48 hour blackout, and his dismissal of the protesting subred…Techdirt
In response to threats to forcibly remove moderators if subreddits don’t reopen, /r/pics polled it’s users and has chosen to reopen after changing its rules to allow only sexy pics of John Oliver.
Malicious compliance at its finest. Way to go, fam!
#Reddit #protest #tech
https://old.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/14bai7s/henceforth_rpics_will_feature_only_images_of_john
Henceforth, /r/Pics will feature only images of John Oliver...
Hello, /r/Pics subscribers! As many of you are aware, we recently [held a...reddit
Looking for a Reddit alternative? Lemmy tell you, they currently kinda suck
I tried out a growing Reddit alternative, Lemmy, for a week, and its clear that federated apps aren't ready to replace Reddit yet.Dhruv Bhutani (Android Authority)
Reddit's API Pricing Is Absolute Insanity
Reddit recently unveiled some absolutely crazy pricing for their API and this shouldn't be surprising considering Twitter already opened the gates to making ...YouTube
Holy shit. It's not just that the #Lemmy dev is a tankie, he's a LaRouche conspiracy-brain NazBol. Okay #fediverse tell me how this isn't as bad as Gleason's Soapbox and how you are separating art & artist because making them a Eugen-level BDFL just has to happen because of the #Reddit exodus.
https://raddle.me/f/lobby/155371/warning-lemmy-doesn-t-care-about-your-privacy-everything-is
Also, if you're looking for a queer-centered general use #lemmy server, maybe check out The Honey Hive?
Fun stuff within some of the infosec subreddits:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ModCoord/comments/148ks6u/comment/jo0v7sf/
#reddit #redditBlackout #infosec
What started out as a two-day protest against Reddit virtually destroying third party apps and it's API has turned into an "indefinite" protest because the Reddit CEO has blown off the initial protest saying "it will pass" in a leaked internal memo.
List of demands:
- Lower the price of API calls to a level that doesn't kill Apollo, Reddit is Fun, Narwhal, Baconreader, and similar third-party apps.
- Communicate on a more open and timely basis about changes to Reddit which will affect large numbers of moderators and users.
- To allow mods to continue keeping Reddit safe for all users, NSFW subreddit data must remain available through the API.
More info here: https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/13/23759559/reddit-internal-memo-api-pricing-changes-steve-huffman
Reddit CEO tells employees that subreddit blackout ‘will pass’
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman says in an internal memo that the latest protest over API changes “will pass.” He also warned employees about wearing Reddit items in public.Mia Sato (The Verge)
🆕 blog! “Why did Usenet fail?”
This is annecdata - not a serious academic study. Adjust your expectations accordingly. When I first got online, the World Wide Web was still in its infancy - so CompuServe was my gateway to the Internet. I loved their well organised chat room. A couple of clicks and I could be discussing Babylon 5 with […]
👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2023/06/why-did-usenet-fail/
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