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>>dredmo+(OP)
We’ve come along way from running our own web rings and PHPBBs. The internet was our audience but then we put it in the hands of companies looking to profit off our niche communities and now we’re having a leopards ate our face moment.

My unpopular opinion is Reddit is making the right move and likely their only move. Moderators got what they signed up for and once a community was created and they owed it to their communities to hand over the keys when they ‘quit’ in protest. In the end, anyone unhappy with how Reddit handled the API situation should have walked instead of sticking around to watch Rome burn.

>>sandoz+Df
>My unpopular opinion is Reddit is making the right move and likely their only move

the inevitable move, maybe. The only move (for profits), yes. But they are executing this absolutely horribly. Reddit has never been an overly formal site, and I guess that is built into the culture of the admins as well.

>they owed it to their communities to hand over the keys when they ‘quit’ in protest

Historically speaking, they never did. We have seen mods run a sub to the ground several times and the result was users jumping ship to a new community.

So while inevitable, it is inherently hypocritical for Reddit to suddenly care now as if they ever cared about users.