Marketing dollars! Only reason they did this is so they can say “hey look! We still have 3rd party apps!”

Is this their second comeback?

Remember when Reddit had the breaking stories LONG before everyone else?

Wow! I completely forgot that this existed!

I agree. I think Reddit is delusional if they think they will be able to successfully monetize what are essentially just forums. Reddit users themselves don’t give a hoot about Reddit as a brand, company, or product. They care about communities and being able to have discussions on their favorite subjects. There’s no secret sauce proprietary to Reddit at all and people will go where ever everyone else is

I haven’t seen a single comment that began with “Imagine…” yet. The lack of immature and pointless sarcasm is a breath of fresh air

It is baffling to me the timeline they chose for this. If I were an investor I would see this as complete desperation. What stable company makes these decisions seemingly on a whim?

I completely agree.

The site has been basically the same and unimproved for a decade. What do the Reddit employees even do? When was the last time they actually improved the site?

as long as there are suckers out there, crypto will live.

With the popularity of Reddit and how simple (in theory) of a concept it is, it blows my mind that there is not an alternative. Kbin and Lemmy are okay, but they are pretty big compromise so far.

It is insane that they are off by default

This is so true. The mocking and hostile replies were enough for me to not even bother most of the time

Love it

If anything, 3rd party apps and free apis makes bots and fake users MUCH easier. This new policy should help Reddit in that regard

I don’t. I like how I can comment on something and not have it buried. Engagement is much higher here

Great idea! I really miss r/MMA

well he’s not wrong…

He has to be trolling

And had to buy a 3rd party app themselves

Steve isn’t backing down, but cowardly mods certainly are!