I wonder if restricting API access might be related to the explosion of GPT where ML companies need training data and they’ve been sucking it up from everywhere they can. Reddit and Twitter realized that they could charge these companies for access instead and hence all of a sudden API access costs money.
Both platforms started out with fake users posting a dozen or so comments on top posts to feign activity on top posts and incentive others to join in.
Why didn’t many other platforms do the same? They did. But it takes labor, and labor costs money. So who cares, right?
Except that’s not true anymoee. Now, in a post-ChatGTP, the labor cost is gone. And screw “dozens”. If someone has access to enough training data, they can design a machine that does HUNDREDS of typical-user.
Reddit right now is the picture perfect of the conservatives they love to hate on so much on WhitePeopleTwitter. They went in through a door, got theirs, and now are afraid and trying to keep it closed from the other side.
I’m pretty that is the main reason why there was changes to the API. Also, gaining an new potential revenue stream (highly unlikely with the rate they “charged”) for a company that doesn’t turn a profit would have been great.
That has been the reasoning from Reddit. I believe it’s one of those business conveniences where yes, he’s not wrong, and gives them an excuse to kill something they think is extracting revenue from them (3rd party apps). Convenient excuse, but no one believes it.
I mean the purpose of a commercial platform is to create profit for the owners of the platform. I find it kind of funny that people are all outraged that these platform are pursuing their business interests. The mistake people made was to rely on these platforms to build their communities thinking that made them stakeholders.
I wonder if restricting API access might be related to the explosion of GPT where ML companies need training data and they’ve been sucking it up from everywhere they can. Reddit and Twitter realized that they could charge these companies for access instead and hence all of a sudden API access costs money.
🤯 This is totally it. No way it’s just a coincidence 2 big social platforms “close” their APIs
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Both platforms started out with fake users posting a dozen or so comments on top posts to feign activity on top posts and incentive others to join in.
Why didn’t many other platforms do the same? They did. But it takes labor, and labor costs money. So who cares, right?
Except that’s not true anymoee. Now, in a post-ChatGTP, the labor cost is gone. And screw “dozens”. If someone has access to enough training data, they can design a machine that does HUNDREDS of typical-user.
Reddit right now is the picture perfect of the conservatives they love to hate on so much on WhitePeopleTwitter. They went in through a door, got theirs, and now are afraid and trying to keep it closed from the other side.
I’m pretty that is the main reason why there was changes to the API. Also, gaining an new potential revenue stream (highly unlikely with the rate they “charged”) for a company that doesn’t turn a profit would have been great.
That has been the reasoning from Reddit. I believe it’s one of those business conveniences where yes, he’s not wrong, and gives them an excuse to kill something they think is extracting revenue from them (3rd party apps). Convenient excuse, but no one believes it.
I mean the purpose of a commercial platform is to create profit for the owners of the platform. I find it kind of funny that people are all outraged that these platform are pursuing their business interests. The mistake people made was to rely on these platforms to build their communities thinking that made them stakeholders.