Just a reminder, the 3rd party API tools Reddit is crying about are the tools used to systematically censor their user base.

submitted by Musky from (midi.moe)

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[–]SoCo 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Instead, they pulled a Digg. They revamped the UI to a super heavy mess, bloated ti with other features, and turned the content into mostly curated corporate crap, more-so than user posted content

[–]LordBeetusRises 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

"they used unapproved letter sequences, they must be stopped!"

-Reddit Mods

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Gross.

[–]orangered 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

3rd party api tools are not black/white there are tools for:
For Free Speech: reveddit.com,unddit.com

For Privacy : libreddit,teddit

For Censorship: saferbot,masstagger

[–]Musky[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Fair point, but those are not not what I see the reddit mods complaining about. Post after post regarding subs going dark is about not having the tools to efficiently ban users.

[–]Musky[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

https://old.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/147b2qz/eli5_why_are_so_many_subreddits_going_dark/