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JuBe@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 2 years ago

Apparently the Reddit AMA with Steve Huffman went about as well as it could go off the rails.

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Apparently the Reddit AMA with Steve Huffman went about as well as it could go off the rails.

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JuBe@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 2 years ago
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Reddit CEO doubles down on attack on Apollo developer in drama-filled AMA
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Reddit’s unpopular decision to revise its API pricing in a move that’s forcing third-party apps out of business has taken a weird turn. In an AMA hosted today by Reddit co-founder and CEO Steve Huffman, aka u/spez on the internet forum site, the exec doubled down on accusations against the developer behind the well-liked third-party […]
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    Probably a good thing for Kbin as lots of Redditors will come to this site as a replacement, myself included (though I’m currently just trying it out).

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      Just deleted my Reddit account of 12 years. What a pompous loser. Here to stay.

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        12 years too. Really hoping this works out as a replacement, but I’ll miss Apollo greatly 🙁

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        12 years here as well. Been on Kbin only for a bit, but it looks promising!

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      Can confirm, hoping to make this my permanent replacement

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      Same here, just arrived and seems like a good place to stay

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        same. who knows what the future holds but they are actively destroying the community they built there. fuck spez and the rest of the board. may the be successful in destroying reddit.

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      Well welcome! Hope you stick around!

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      I just went to see what Kbin was about. The first search result was to a subreddit about it, except Reddit appears to be trying to block access to that subreddit by mobile users. I had to “Request Desktop Site” on my iPhone to get around it.

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      Samesies :)

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