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What do you think of r/books silence on the API changes? (self.books)

submitted 1 year ago by Knoll0114 to c/[email protected]

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Unlike many other large subreddits r/books has not made any statements about the API changes. I did try and post something about it but it ended up getting deleted. At 22.1 million users this would be a pretty significant addition to the protest.

Does anyone know why there hasn't been anything official?

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[–] MaajiB 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

At the end of the day, the only ones who can choose to make the subreddit private are the mods, and I don't think they've given any public statements on it either way. It may simply be that the mods aren't unified on whether or not to join.

[–] Knoll0114 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That they possibly aren't unified is a good point since that would explain the lack of statement either way. Whether they do/don't support it I think a clear statement is important for an issue of this scale and salience. At the moment it just seems like the whole community is ignoring it or doesn't care which can't be the case.

[–] drinksa_vodka_drink 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I agree. A few subs I'm in (was in?) asked members if they should go dark and went with the general consensus which was yes. I think that's a better way to go about it if the mods can't decide. Willful ignorance seems an odd choice

[–] Knoll0114 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah I agree. Apparently they have ended up turning off posting and comments but not going fully private which is a bit odd.