I’m happy that this finally created enough drama to shed enough users to make reddit alternatives viable. It’s a good think they exploded so spectacularly and Im glad that mods are fighting back because the subreddit drama created again will cause reddit to shake off more users.

That said its reddit’s right to close their api, and I dont even begrudge spez for wanting to sell out for a fat check. It would have still rubbed a lot of redditors wrong and the result would shake off a lot of users, but if they handled it a little more tactfully they could have gotten less heat. Still despite being technically correct and despite making things worse by being dipshits I cant imagine it would have blown over all the way.

This is what happens when we centralize our entire message board and community and fan experience in one 1st party controlled private business.