anji@lemmy.anji.nl to Technology@beehaw.org · 2 years agoReddit mods are organizing blackouts to protest against API changeswww.reddit.comexternal-linkmessage-square201fedilinkarrow-up1347arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: tech
arrow-up1347arrow-down1external-linkReddit mods are organizing blackouts to protest against API changeswww.reddit.comanji@lemmy.anji.nl to Technology@beehaw.org · 2 years agomessage-square201fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: tech
Some of the planned blackouts will be temporary, others plan to shut their subreddits down indefinitely in protest.
minus-squareargv_minus_one@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 years ago Much less toxicity than on Reddit. This. The 2016 US presidential election attracted an awful lot of awfully hateful people to Reddit, and they’ve been there pushing my buttons ever since.
minus-squareGarrathian@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years agoAround then I feel is when spam bots on the site started to become really rampant too. I could be mistaken though
This. The 2016 US presidential election attracted an awful lot of awfully hateful people to Reddit, and they’ve been there pushing my buttons ever since.
Around then I feel is when spam bots on the site started to become really rampant too. I could be mistaken though