Reddit CEO Steve Huffman is fighting a losing battle against the site's moderators

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Technology • 2 years ago

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Reddit CEO Steve Huffman is fighting a losing battle against the site's moderators

xuxebiko ( @xuxebiko@kbin.social )

Technology • 2 years ago

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The company wants to charge for API access. Its volunteer moderators have other ideas

The company wants to charge for API access. Its volunteer moderators have other ideas

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rothaine ( @rothaine@beehaw.org )
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9•2 years ago
AI firms will just scrape anyway.
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  Which, somewhat hilariously, will be more resource intensive than the API. It’s a part of the reason why companies have APIs, to dissuade scraping.

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