• notannpc@lemmy.world
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    3 minutes ago

    Gotta launder that Russian money somehow. Now they can pay him more without having to make as many accounts.

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    3 hours ago

    Can’t see how many one is surprised, that a capitalist company Reddit did this api fee, now x is doing it. Capitalist see, capitalist do.

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    6 hours ago

    Didn’t Reddit do exactly this? Isn’t that why I’m here?

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    10 hours ago

    It’s a weird decision to further monetize access to a platform that’s hemorrhaging users and engagement.

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      9 hours ago

      You don’t get it. Because there’s less and less they need to squeeze them even further!

      🧠🧠🧠

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    8 hours ago

    This would have sounding effects on researchers, like mis- and dis-information, as most are still spread there, where they use API to aggregate and analyze tweets (or whatever it is called now).