Going outside is a really good one. Honestly, I was late to the Reddit train, didn’t join until 2015 or 2016 or so. I noticed a marked decline in my overall mental well-being but I really did feel addicted to … Read more
Over 8,000 subreddits have gone dark in protest of Reddit’s upcoming API changes, and it’s highlighted just how empty Google becomes without access to those subreddits. The sheer number of very specific subreddits (essentially smaller forums dedicated to a certain … Read more
Much has been written about the Reddit boycott recently, but I have kind of a wild take. A lot of the analyses have examined the issue as if Reddit is an independent company preparing for an IPO. That is, they … Read more
On May 31, 2023, Reddit announced a policy change that will kill essentially every third-party Reddit app now operating, from Apollo to Reddit is Fun to Narwhal to BaconReader, leaving Reddit’s official mobile app as the only usable option; an … Read more
Programming note: Barring big news, Platformer will be off Thursday as I take a personal day. Hard Fork will publish Friday as usual. Monday is the Juneteenth holiday, so expect to see us back in your inbox on Tuesday. When … Read more
My Day Away From Reddit | Unsupervision Home Blog 13 Jun, 2023 Once upon a time in the grand epoch of earlier this week, many of us performed the unthinkable. We didn’t just reduce our screen time or limit ourselves … Read more
Lots of speculation on Twitter about this—a failed attempt to re-open all closed subreddits and instate their own moderators. I can’t imagine it’d be that, although I do enjoy the conspiracy, and more likely they were using the window of … Read more
Reddiw – The Reddit alternative API Reddit banned Reddiw’s subreddit (and author’s Reddit account) As of 2023/06/08, Reddit has banned this API, its subreddit and the author’s personal Reddit account. They have also removed the original post referencing this website … Read more
reader comments 68 with In the early days, reddit’s community was built up thanks to hundreds of fake profiles created by the site’s co-founders, according to Steve Huffman (coincidentally, a reddit co-founder). To make the site look populated and diverse, … Read more
I’m writing an article about the upcoming Reddit blackout and during my research, I discovered a very interesting connection between Reddit and a startup named Vetted.ai. I’m sharing my findings here as part of my ongoing investigation because I feel … Read more