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Re:Don't let Reddit kill 3rd party apps by atomicnumber3 on Saturday June 03, 2023 @10:10PM (#36182390)
I would wager that 90% or more of their revenue comes from the generic TikTok meme slurry of r/all and the front page. I think some big % of their users aren't even signed in.

So the long tail of hobby subs are probably just noise and operational burden. So if they're wanting to IPO, they probably want to cut costs and focus hard on ad revenue. I'm guessing banning nsfw stuff is probably in the works too.

Re:Don't let Reddit kill 3rd party apps by russelg on Saturday June 03, 2023 @11:00PM (#36182667)
Yep, their API won't be serving NSFW content anymore.
Re:Don't let Reddit kill 3rd party apps by Seattle3503 on Sunday June 04, 2023 @12:01AM (#36182981)
Depending on how they implement that change, that is going to mess with a lot of spam control bots.
Re:Don't let Reddit kill 3rd party apps by marisnom on Sunday June 04, 2023 @10:00PM (#36191416)
that seems going too far from me, they would be killing their strongest positives (easy to access communities for niches) just to become tiktoks sewage outlet?