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Reddit says new accessibility tools for moderators are coming. Mods are skeptical (www.npr.org)

submitted 1 year ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] camelbeard@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For me it was also about the principle. Sure Reddit can make monkey and be a healthy business. But don't pretend people are leeching of your data, because all the content is created by the users, not Reddit, even the mods are volunteers.

I really hate the attitude where they expect free stuff but don't want to give anything back.

[–] Laxaria@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Exactly! There is absolutely nothing wrong for both third-party developers using Reddit and Reddit itself to be profitable. However, Reddit's leadership has decided this absolutely cannot fly.

There's general broad agreement that if Reddit wants to charge for API access, that's fine, but the prices and timelines are absolutely not practical for any third-party developer. All existing third-party applications today get by because of an exemption (signed under NDA). The fact that Narwhal's developer has not divulged the specifics of the agreement and has generally pussy-footed around it when asked speaks volumes about Reddit's "transparency".

There were so many ways to monetize this out of the users directly instead of going after third-party developers; instead Reddit decided that the third-party developers were a direct enemy and competitor, rather than a value-added component of their platform. It's absolutely stupid.