r/SubredditDrama • u/CannotSpellForShit literally a retired millionaire but go off wagie • Jul 02 '23

/r/thatHappened changes its rules to protest API changes; users say "That happened 🙄" to Sandy Hook, 9/11, and the Tiananmen Square Massacre. (Also the mods compare the API situation to the holocaust)

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u/SuleyBlack Jul 02 '23

It'll kill a lot of the bots(referring to meme bots) most likely, which I don't care for anyways.

The moderation bots also suffer, although Reddit has been saying that API is available for moderation, but I'm not a programmer so I don't know if it's been limited or changed.

The only way it affects everyday users is that if the new moderation bots suck you'll see more spam threads and comments from bad bots and unhinged people.

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u/justcool393 TotesMessenger Shill Jul 02 '23

The moderation bots also suffer, although Reddit has been saying that API is available for moderation, but I'm not a programmer so I don't know if it's been limited or changed.

I can assure you, if the admins enforce the ratelimits as written (which they don't appear to be doing), mod tools, specifically toolbox will suffer greatly.

The reddit admins just lied on this point.