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Reddit mods are calling for an ‘affordable return’ for third-party apps (www.theverge.com)

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Some of Reddit’s most popular communities have posted open letters to the company with a series of requests regarding many key issues at the heart of the recent protests on the platform. They want a response by June 29th.

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[–] 0110010001100010@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mod of /r/homeimprovement here. I don't know that "keep" is the right word but we have built an amazing community over the years. The API changes rubbed us all the wrong way (as we all mod from third-party apps) but what really clinched it was the utter abhorrent treatment of us after we shut down. We are still shut down, and reddit continues to actively threaten UNPAID VOLUNTEERS. The free content and moderation is literally the only thing keeping reddit relevant. We are actively going to force reddit to replace us or backtrack. It will likely be the former, but at least we have made them work for it. It's sad really...I love the community but I'm not going to continue to be free labor for a company that simply doesn't give a single shit about us or their users.

[–] Rashnet@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

r/homeimprovement was one of my favorite subs and a topic I hope takes off over here. Glad you all are sticking to your guns.

[–] 0110010001100010@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I hope it does too! This seems like a great place for the community to thrive. That said, I don't think I have it in me to mod again (at least not now). It's been...hard to say the least. But yeah, we are sticking it out until the end! I posted a "give it up for day 14" meme on our Discord today, lol.

EDIT: Oh, and thank you for the kudos on the community! We really do appreciate it!!