Reddit API controversy was a dispute between Reddit and portions of its user and developer communities following Reddit's April 2023 announcement that it would begin charging for access to its API, which had previously been free. The changes affected third-party applications and raised concerns about the continued availability of moderation tools and accessibility applications.
The Reddit Protest Is a Battle for the Soul of the Human Internet
An esoteric battle over API fees and access is highlighting a power struggle between corporate overlords and unpaid moderators. It's worth understanding, and it's worth fighting for.
They finally did it: Reddit made it impossible for blind Redditors to moderate their own sub
3.9K votes, 275 comments. Since the latest "accessibility" update to the Reddit app , the amount and magnitude of new accessibility related bugs has…
Reddit is still in turmoil | TechCrunch
Although Pao was seen as the driving force behind efforts to make Reddit respectable enough to appeal to advertisers, the company continued its clean-up
Exclusive: Reddit in AI content licensing deal with Google
Social media platform Reddit has struck a deal with Google to make its content available for training the search engine giant's artificial intelligence models, three people familiar with the matter said.
Reddit sues Anthropic over AI scraping that retained users’ deleted posts
Amazon’s revamped Alexa at center of Reddit’s legal fight with Anthropic.
Reddit's disrespectful design
An overview of Reddit's adversarial and seemingly counter-productive changes.
Almost everyone is doing the API economy wrong | TechCrunch
It’s time to hold companies to a higher standard when it comes to APIs. As software "eats the world," it seems like it’s not enough for a business to just serve its customers and hopefully make a profit, they also have to be “platforms” -- and, as any developer would respond, these days you just can’t be a platform without an API.
Facebook's alleged use of APIs to crush competition is a warning to other data companies
Forget Instagram and WhatsApp. The real villains in the FTC lawsuit are Facebook's abuse of data and APIs.
Reddit holds the secret to fixing Facebook
News discussion site Reddit offers a model for a fairer internet - if it can overcome its flaws.
Storming Reddit's Moat
A Guide to Reddit, Its Key Competitive Advantages, and How to Unbundle It
Supreme Court Halts Federal Limits on Social Media Algorithm Regulation
U.S. Supreme Court Blocks Online Transparency and Fairness Act On October 1, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a critical emergency injunction that effectively halted the enforcement of the Online…
The API-as-a-marketplace - Version One Ventures
As we’ve been spending time on B2B marketplaces and dev tools/platforms, we’ve come to realize that there’s an interesting sub-category that combines elements of both: the API-as-a-marketplace. What is an API-as-a-marketplace? Just like a traditional marketplace, an API-as-a-marketplace has two sides: suppliers and buyers. But, the interface is different. In a traditional marketplace, discovery and […]
It’s Like Reddit, Without the Trolls
Imzy, started by two former Reddit employees, wants to be a kinder, gentler version of the controversial discussion site.
@pfrazee.com question. is there a technical reason why social-app forks are not able to quickly launch native apps? We have blacksky and mu and witchsky, yet no alternative social-app native apps. @rude1.blacksky.team I recall you putting out a request for development contributions to put out an app
Substack's CEO now trying to scare people into *only* distributing their content through their proprietary app, not email. (The link he posted warns users away from email.) It's not enough that Substack's locking in publishers & readers with "notes" and comments, now they're escalating tactics.
