- cross-posted to:
- [email protected]
- [email protected]
- [email protected]
- cross-posted to:
- [email protected]
- [email protected]
- [email protected]
‘Nothing is changing’ — Reddit is denying a report from The Washington Post that it might force users to log in to see content if it can’t reach deals with AI companies::Reddit initially denied a report from The Washington Post that it might force users to log in to see content. However, the Post says it may still block search crawlers, and Reddit didn’t deny to The Verge that it may do so.
You must log in or register to comment.
Nothing is changing says company that keeps changing everything
After saying they won’t
Yeah, Reddit lies constantly. About everything. I guarantee they just weren’t ready to announce this yet but they will by the end of the year. It’s not the first time they’ve pulled this routine.
If they haven’t reached deals with AI companies by limiting the API, then why haven’t they returned access to third party app developers? They obviously see how far their engagement and quality has dropped.
I won’t use their official app, ever.
Even if they return to the old standard, they have shown to be too unreliable and ready for scummy corporate decisions.
Didn’t Steve Huffman praise Elon Musk and say that his handling of Twitter was an example for him? Perfectly natural for him to think it would somehow be a good idea to make account creation mandatory on Reddit.
“I’m also a CEO that can really shake things up” Immediately tanks the companies value and user base like Elon
Narwhal just went behind the paywhal for me to today. So, I guess I’m finally done with Reddit now? I’ve been in there at least 14 years. It’s just wild to me that I lost Twitter and Reddit after so much time.
I still use RedReader for general stuff, and rss feeds of subs for porn, and I’ll check the bird once a week for people I follow for the same reason. But for reddit, my few hours a day has become a fraction, and even a decent amount of the people I watch on both platforms are either shifting elsewhere (yay) or just closing up shop (very not yay).
I was ~11 years in for reddit, and like 9 or so with birdy.
Same, got the prompt to pay for narwhal, I’m not gonna do it. Will only Reddit on a pc now.
I’ll tell ya one thing that’s changed. I deleted my posts and comments, along with my account last night after being inactive since June. Idiots
Did you use a program to scrub that? I haven’t been on since June, but I wouldn’t mind twisting the knife a bit.
Redact. I will say, I was on there over 11 years and it took almost 2 hours for it to wipe my comments
DOOOO IT!!!
Reddit: Nothing’s changing. Also Reddit: It’s changing.
Too bad builtin reddit search completely sucks.
This will actually make search more viable in the long run because at the moment too much of the solutions for small technical problems are on reddit. The main driver from new users will be gone.
Fuck Huffman
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The Washington Post reported Friday that Reddit might cut off Google and force users to log in to Reddit itself to read anything if it can’t reach deals with generative AI companies to pay for its data.
The Washington Post’s report wasn’t just focused on Reddit — it’s about how more than 535 news organizations have opted to block their content from being scraped by companies like OpenAI to help train products such as ChatGPT.
According to the original report, Reddit is in negotiations with AI companies to get them to pay to use its data, and if it couldn’t strike those agreements, it might require logins to see content.
That could have the knock-on effect of preventing Reddit results from showing up in Google searches.
(In my June interview with Reddit CEO Steve Huffman, he said that “we’re in talks” with AI companies about the pricing changes.
X, formerly Twitter, has also implemented new pricing tiers for accessing its API, and X owner Elon Musk blamed data scraping by AI startups as a way to justify the reading limits implemented this summer.
The original article contains 353 words, the summary contains 183 words. Saved 48%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!
That will never happen, it would destroy their search engine results that lead traffic to their site more than what they get from regular users.
Lol yeah, sure. Because as we all know, Reddit definitely doesn’t have a well deserved decade+ reputation for half-baked decisions and dealing self-inflicted blows to its own business.
Hey guys, we should let the most dedicated and toxic moderators, moderate even more with multiple subs!
Hey guys, let’s like, buy an app, and like, ruin it!
Hey guys, let’s redesign the site to be less space and data efficient.
Hey guys, let’s roll our own video player! Who here knows anything about video players? Anyone?
Hey guys, let’s add random coins and gifts and avatars and let’s dive into the crypto scene! We can’t lose!
Hey guys, let’s go public! What could go wrong?
Hey guys, we should shun all our porn communities!
Hey guys, let’s force all apps except ours to pay us or gtfo!
[you are here in the timeline]
Hey guys, let’s stop showing up in Google results! Who needs search?
Hey guys, let’s force logins like X!
