Null User Object@lemmy.world to Technology@beehaw.org · 2 years agoAPI pricing protests caused Reddit to crash for 3 hoursarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1268arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1267arrow-down1external-linkAPI pricing protests caused Reddit to crash for 3 hoursarstechnica.comNull User Object@lemmy.world to Technology@beehaw.org · 2 years agomessage-square51fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareFiskFisk33@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up30·2 years agoI saw a lot of people saying they used bots to rewrite their entire post history to things like “fuck /u/spez” I’m thinking that amount of comment editing might be quite the spike on the servers.
minus-squarelawliot@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up16·edit-22 years agoI did that, but not “fuck u/spez” because that might get the comment deleted altogether making the edit meaningless. Instead I edited to say the comments been deleted in protest against the API changes.
minus-squareGork@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 years agoIf enough of us do it, entire comment chains will be illegible lol
I saw a lot of people saying they used bots to rewrite their entire post history to things like “fuck /u/spez”
I’m thinking that amount of comment editing might be quite the spike on the servers.
I did that, but not “fuck u/spez” because that might get the comment deleted altogether making the edit meaningless. Instead I edited to say the comments been deleted in protest against the API changes.
If enough of us do it, entire comment chains will be illegible lol