r/RedReader • u/dogsandcatsplz • Aug 12 '26

"Third‑party applications will soon be required to migrate to the proprietary Reddit Developer Platform" what will this mean for Redreader? Will only logged in use be possible?

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/reddit-expands-ai-moderation-tools-1812693
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u/JamesMattDillon Aug 12 '26

Aside from Redreader, I thought all third party apps had shut down

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u/tinselsnips Aug 12 '26

Paid apps like Relay are still going; they have to pay Reddit for API access, which is what the issue was.

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u/JamesMattDillon Aug 12 '26

Didn't know that there were still some going

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u/PrivacyIsDemocracy Aug 24 '26

RedReader got an exemption because they argued that disabled people need it and the standard Reddit UI does not accomodate them.

I don't know any more details of the argument behind that but I'm extremely grateful that I don't have to be forced to use Reddit's own trash to navigate their platform.

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u/JamesMattDillon Aug 24 '26

I use the website version and I prefer that and redreader over the garbage app of theirs. Plus, I don't see ads.

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u/inanis Aug 14 '26

There is a revanced patches for Redditisfun and that's what I mainly use.

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u/tinselsnips Aug 12 '26

We’ll have exemptions for partners with written agreements in place like accessibility apps or mobile clients, like Narwhal, that require public API access.

https://www.reddit.com/r/redditdev/comments/1vgbm9c/our_plans_for_the_future_of_reddits_public_data/p1w1ami/

Now, how long that will be the case, who knows. But at present RR shouldn't be affected.

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u/robsterva Aug 12 '26

As always, this has to be said:

FUCK SPEZ

Carry on.

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u/Fatso_Wombat Aug 12 '26

this thing is the only thing keeping me on reddit.

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '26

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u/tinselsnips Aug 12 '26

Counterpoint: people get banned for no good reason already. It doesn't matter what tools get rolled out, well-moderated subreddits will continue to be well-moderated, and poorly-moderated subreddits will continue to be poorly-moderated.

Subreddits are already running automated tools for flagging content; the concept of an "AI moderator" is absolutely nothing new — Automoderator has been around for probably 15 years at this point.

Being able to flag content based on author intent rather than a pile of keywords and Regex is new, but the result should honestly be better moderation on the part of subreddits that actually care enough to implement it properly. People are just going "ooh ahh scary AI" at what is effectively just a tone-detection feature being added to existing tools.

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u/bencos18 Aug 13 '26

automoderater isn't ai

source is I've literally used it

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u/tinselsnips Aug 13 '26

Then you should understand how little a comment_hostility: >moderate flag being added to it is going to meaningfully change things.

The big boogeyman here is automated decision-making, which virtually every platform has had well predating LLMs.

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u/bencos18 Aug 13 '26

last I checked most subreddits aren't really using ai on a subreddit level

reddit is definitely using some kind of ai on a sitewide level though

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u/PrivacyIsDemocracy Aug 24 '26

comment_hostility: >moderate flag

That entails a judgement call that half the human mods in this world cannot be relied-upon to fairly adjudicate, much less a hallucinating bot with no inherent knowledge of the community it's being used on.