Two of Reddit's biggest communities in chaos return from private in a humorous way


by Zach Copley

When Reddit, an overseas bulletin board, announced that it would charge for the API , it received a fierce backlash from third-party app developers and subreddit moderators, and thousands of subreddits became unreadable. However, two of Reddit's most popular subreddits have lifted the deprivation with unique restrictions.

Two of the biggest Reddit communities now only feature John Oliver posts - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/17/23764729/reddit-users-pics-gifs-subreddits-john-oliver



In April 2023, Reddit announced that it would limit the number of API requests made by third-party apps to charge APIs and browse Reddit. As a result, third-party Reddit browsing apps will have to pay for the API, and Christian Selig, developer of the popular client app Apollo, said, ``The new API will cost $ 20 million a year (about 2.8 billion yen). ),” he announced the end of the app.

Third-party application 'Apollo' announces service termination due to Reddit's API charge - GIGAZINE



API charging by Reddit has been widely criticized not only by developers of third-party applications but also by subreddit moderators. To address this, Reddit CEO Tieb Hoffman responded to questions from users, but the result was 'more disastrous'.

Reddit is on fire due to API charging, CEO responds to the question 'Do you have any questions?' Plan access block of - GIGAZINE



After that, more than 7,000 subreddits on Reddit were made private on June 12, 2023 local time to protest Reddit's API charging and became unreadable. As a result, Reddit has been down for 3 hours.

Reddit's server is down for 3 hours due to protests due to API charging - GIGAZINE



Two popular subreddits on Reddit, ' r/pics ' and ' r/gifs ', were also taken private to protest API charging.

However, Reddit's Hoffman CEO said in an interview with The Verge, ``This is like a protest in the city that has lasted too long, and the rest of the city residents (general users of Reddit) want to live their lives. I want to use Reddit as usual),' he said.

Then, 'r / pics' and 'r / gifs' announced that they will conduct a vote to let users decide the future of subreddit in response to Hoffman's remarks.

The moderator of 'r/pics' said on June 16, 2023 local time, 'We, the so-called 'nobles of the land' (moderators of r/pics), definitely want to follow the wishes of the 'royal family' (Reddit). And they told us that we need to run the subreddit the way our members want it, so the only reasonable way is to ask them directly how they want things to go going forward. I thought it was, ”he announced that he decided to decide the future of the subreddit together with the users.

POLL: Decide on the future of /r/Pics!
https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/14b2a6q/poll_decide_on_the_future_of_rpics/



The moderator of 'r/gifs' said on June 17, 2023 local time, 'As many of you know, we recently held a poll to decide the future of the subreddit (r/gifs).' This was caused by Reddit's CEO's statement suggesting that the requests of general users of the platform were overshadowed by the requests of the moderators,' he posted, adding that the moderators' dogmatic and prejudiced decisions alone could determine the future of the subreddit. He revealed that he decided to vote on the subreddit's future to avoid making decisions.

From now on, only GIFs of John Oliver may be posted in /r/GIFs!
https://www.reddit.com/r/gifs/comments/14bfcps/from_now_on_only_gifs_of_john_oliver_may_be/



'r/pics', which has more than 30 million registered users, voted for two options: 'Return to normal' and 'Only allow posting of images that make John Oliver look sexy.' The result was '2329 votes' vs. '37,331 votes', and it was decided that 'only allow posting of images where John Oliver looks sexy'.

'r/gifs', which has more than 21 million registered users, voted for two options: 'Return to normal' and 'Allow only John Oliver's GIF images'. The result was '1851 votes' vs. '13,696 votes', and it was decided to 'allow only GIF images of John Oliver'.

As a result, the two subreddits will be undisclosed under the policy of 'only allowing posts about Mr. John Oliver , a comedian and also known as the host of Last Week Tonight '.

As a result, both 'r/pics' and 'r/gifs' were filled with content related to John Oliver at the time of writing the article.

About this, John Oliver tweeted on his Twitter account, 'Dear Reddit, great job.'




However, according to Reddit , which tracks protests against Reddit's API charges, more than 4,000 subreddits have taken part in the protests and gone private, but many have already unprivatized. has become

In addition, Reddit sent a message to some subreddit moderators, saying, 'If a higher moderator is preventing the subreddit from being republished, you can cooperate with the moderator's deletion request.' It was revealed that he was trying to appease some moderators for.

Meanwhile, some moderators commented, 'Our dedication has shaped the platform's success. To maintain the vibrant community that makes Reddit Reddit, we need Reddit to listen to our concerns and work with us. It's important to work together.Until our voices are heard and our demands are met, we will continue to keep our subreddits private without fear of any threat.' I will .

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