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Reddit Threatens Subs to Go Public Again, or Else... (gizmodo.com)
submitted 2 years ago by L4s to c/technology
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The site is handing out Thursday deadlines for reopening as key metrics take a hit.

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[–] Thereisalamp 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Agreed. Additionally, you couldn't breath a whisper about the official app without the thread turning into "you don't know what you're missing, try x,y,z app!" Which had to encourage more than a few app immigrants

[–] xaxl 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

At the very least, anyone who bothered investigating a 3rd party app for Reddit was probably also bothered enough to post and comment on Reddit too and potentially be a power user. That's going to be a drain on quality content at the very least.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

The sole purpose for me using a 3rd party app was finding out you could block subs.

Switched to boost and purged all the right wing bullshit I could find