The last major holdouts in the protest against Reddit’s API pricing relented, abandoning the so-called “John Oliver rules” which only allowed posts featuring the TV host. It's the official end of the battle. The Reddit protest is over, and Reddit won.

The Reddit Protest Is Finally Over. Reddit Won.::Reddit corporate claims victory over its disgruntled mods as r/aww, r/pics, and r/videos abandon the “John Oliver rule.”

  • Flying SquidEnglish
    6•1 year ago

    But your mom was probably not part of the 1% of Reddit posting things people cared about. A lot of those people left and, I’m told (I haven’t been back to look), the change is noticeable.

    • @MrFagtron9000English
      7•1 year ago

      Here are the subs I used to go to…

      • Askgaybros - Doesn’t exist on the fediverse
      • Gaybros - exists but barely gets one post per day
      • Politics - I’m banned because of my username, but plenty of subscribers. Interestingly I can’t figure out how to contact a moderator to get unbanned. The information page doesn’t list who the moderators are. I had a similarly “offensive” name on Reddit for a decade and never got banned from r/politics
      • askreddit - plenty of subscribers on Lemmy
      • Android - plenty of subscribers on Lemmy
      • Linux - plenty of subscribers on Lemmy
      • Economics - maybe a post or two a day

      When I go back to Reddit, on desktop, all of those are operating as they normally do, with no perceptible change on the amount of posts.