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  • newtosh@kbin.social
    6·
    1 year ago

    Some links on newest developments on the Reddit situation:

    Reddit CEO Steve Huffman isn’t backing down: our full interview

    Okay, hold on, timeout. You go to the App Store, you type in Reddit, you get two options, right? There’s Apollo. You go to one, it’s my business, and you look at our ads, use our products. That’s 95 percent of our iOS users.

    Here’s the note Reddit sent to moderators threatening them if they don’t reopen

    We are willing to work with you to process a Top Mod Removal request or reorder the mod team to achieve this goal if mods higher up the list are hindering reopening.

    Reddit appears to be restoring edited/deleted comments

    I can confirm a comment I made in r/vmware has been restored. I typically delete my comments after 24 hours. I have a single comment from 20 days ago that was previously deleted now back on my profile.

    • kbrot@kbin.socialOP
      7·
      1 year ago

      First, good on the Verge for actually pushing that line of questioning; it’s important. I’m no particular fan of Verge reporting but this is legit and should be commended.

      Second, spez KEEPS. FUCKING. SAYING. “OUR DATA.” And it just makes me want to smack him (via protest). It is OUR – you and me and content creators’ – data. Not theirs. They pay for infrastructure and indexing and are allowed to eke out a margin of profit by feeding us ads. Totally fine, for me at least. This harvesting of user IP has always been an unspoken truth and accepted thing, but now the exploitation of it and punishment of the owners is way beyond permissible.

      Last, I’m seeing rumors they’re watermarking content now on test subs? Anyone confirm?

      • anon@kbin.social
        2·
        1 year ago

        And it just makes me want to smack him (via protest). It is OUR – you and me and content creators’ – data. Not theirs

        This is why I’ve deleted my thousands of posts and comments before leaving Reddit at the start of the blackout. I didn’t just leave quietly, I reclaimed ownership of my data by leaving with it.

        I encourage everyone to do the same - even if you keep contributing or lurking on Reddit, at least nuke your old content (using tools such as redact.dev). This will hurt Reddit far more - at least until they turn off the API at the end of the month, and you are no longer able to bulk delete.

        It will also reduce the risk of getting doxxed or targeted by increasingly automated and sophisticated attacks that can infer a lot about you based on your past posts.