The fact that the Reddit API scandal has now been spun into some ‘battle’ of salty users vs Reddit is, in microcosm, a win for Reddit. By all appearances, when viewed under that lens, they ‘won’.

It was never a struggle, it was a statement of intent. And that statement of intent has, in my opinion, been actioned because here we are now, with a promising alternative.

Reddit will probably flourish under its new guise, accepting that isn’t a sort of capitulation. Just move on.

Yeah that’s my point. The fact they were suddenly asking for astronomical fees was conveniently skimmed over in favor of this ‘greedy 3rd parties want stuff for free’ narrative.

It’s a shame that PM has garnered the reputation that he has. He’s a legitimate legend of the industry and is clearly incredibly passionate and ambitious. Students study him and his games.

His recent track record of overpromising and underdelivering is no more egregious than the other major players in the space. Players that actually have more scope and resources to execute, to boot.

I hope he sticks the landing for something soon.

Same setup Love it.

If you can just hijack any and all “good” policies as inherently progressive then you’re just a self-fuelling fire who wants to hate conservatives no matter what.

The blatant astroturfing is what really icked me out. From day one of the API changes, it was clear that Reddit had spun up the spin machine and had begun to misrepresent the issues.

The main one was how they tried to push the “they just want the API for free”, “we’re entitled to charge for our services” narrative.

Everywhere Reddit goes, it takes the cringe with it, it seems.

He also continues to stick the boot into Spez and Reddit to this day.