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Reddit kicks out moderators, takes over one of the biggest protesting subreddits
21Jul By adminNo Comments
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Reddit kicks out moderators, takes over one of the biggest protesting subreddits

[ad_1] Reddit protests have been going on for more than a month now over the company's API pricing changes. Over the course of this period, many third-party applications shut down their operations citing the excessively high prices for API requests. Showing solidarity with the app developers, many subreddit moderators took their subreddits private for 48 hours, meaning no one could view, post or comment. The pressure tactic did not work, however, and some subreddits chose to stay dark for an indefinite period of time. One such protesting subreddit was r/malefashionadvice, but yesterday it finally surfaced after Reddit took over the subreddit and kicked out the moderators.According to a report by The Verge, the moderators of r/malefashionadvice made the subreddit private last week and be...
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Reddit alternative? Google introduces Perspectives, a search feed with results from humans
24Jun By adminNo Comments
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Reddit alternative? Google introduces Perspectives, a search feed with results from humans

[ad_1] Google has been trying to revamp its search engine for a while. At the Google I/O event, CEO Sundar Pichai announced an AI-powered search experience where users can see more relevant results with detailed information in a unified feed, assisted by an AI chatbot. Now, Google has announced yet another feature where users will get to see search results that entirely consist of human perspectives, created by everyday people and experts, somewhat like a Reddit thread. Interestingly, it comes at a time when Reddit is dealing with massive protests by its user base, moderators, and third-party apps over its new API pricing changes. Can Google Perspectives be a good alternative for Reddit? Let us take a look.Today, June 24, Google announced in a tweet, “Last month at #GoogleIO we shared u...
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Reddit hit by protests! Check out the ‘killer’ reason and much more | Explainer
13Jun By adminNo Comments
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Reddit hit by protests! Check out the ‘killer’ reason and much more | Explainer

[ad_1] Reddit, the popular online discussion forum is facing major protests from its users, moderators, and third-party apps. Yesterday, thousands of subreddits went private as a part of their 48 hours long protest against the company's new API pricing policy. Reddit even suffered a massive outage on Monday after so many subreddits went dark. Even now, Reddit is struggling with frustrated users as most of the popular communities are not accessible to them. But what has prompted Reddit users and moderators to take such drastic measures and what exactly is this new API pricing policy that has been called a “third-party app killer”? Let us take a look.What made the subreddits go dark?On April 18, 2023, Reddit announced that it would start charging third parties for its application programm...
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Reddit suffers MASSIVE outage ahead of planned API changes; Thousands of subreddits go dark
13Jun By adminNo Comments
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Reddit suffers MASSIVE outage ahead of planned API changes; Thousands of subreddits go dark

[ad_1] On Monday, June 12, the popular discussion forum Reddit suffered a massive global outage. As many as 45,000 users reported issues accessing the website and different subreddits, as per Downdetector, the online outage monitor. The outage occurred the same day when thousands of subreddits planned to protest the company's new API pricing changes by going private. According to a report, subreddits going dark was in part the reason behind the company suffering the outage. The subreddits are expected to protest till June 14th.A Reddit spokesperson told The Verge, “A significant number of subreddits shifting to private caused some expected stability issues, and we've been working on resolving the anticipated issue”. The servers began working normally after a couple of hours, however man...
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