• maple@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    This is embarrassing.

    What a weak revenue stream. Imagine being a business, investing in a subreddit, only for the subreddit to be inundated by bots.

    Reddit is going the way of Twitter and it’s astounding to watch.

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        1 year ago

        When the surviving 3rd party app users hit their limit for API calls you will absolutely get this message and probably an option to upgrade for $$$ too.

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          The Narhwal dev said this is how he’s approaching it. You get so many calls with a subscription and then have to top off with more if you hit it. So Prepaid mobile plans are coming to your favorite 3rd party apps for a website that’s free! People are desperate to give Reddit money even after all this.

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            Lol so spez found a (short term) way to get mods to not just work for free, but to pay him for the privilege of becoming his slaves! Truly genius.

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            Holy ducking shit! So you’re not just paying a sub to use Reddit, you’re paying rate limit charges as well?