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Unofficial Reddit API (github.com)
submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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I am making a Unofficial Reddit API, which mimics the official one.

Its early days, but I would like to have a discussion here about it since my post was blocked on reddit(of course).

Let me know what you think of the project, if you have any input, let me know.

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[–] felbane 245 points 7 months ago (14 children)

API access was only half the problem. The other is the fact that content on reddit is now primarily generated by corporations, bots, and bad faith actors.

Going there for specific threads (e.g. help posts in programming subs) seems okay-ish, but scrolling the front page is a doomed endeavor at this point... not much different from Facebook or Instagram.

[–] coolmojo 14 points 7 months ago (3 children)

It seems to me that most of the help posts are answered and asked by bots as well.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'm not sure this is a change. A LOT of 'help' articles for Linux are deeply technical procedures that amount to yum install nano with a lot of fluff.

[–] clearedtoland 1 points 7 months ago

So it’s like cooking recipes but for programming. I hope they at least add some useless background info about their Nana using DOS or what have you.

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