The last major holdouts in the protest against Reddit’s API pricing relented, abandoning the so-called “John Oliver rules” which only allowed posts featuring the TV host. It's the official end of the battle. The Reddit protest is over, and Reddit won.

The Reddit Protest Is Finally Over. Reddit Won.::Reddit corporate claims victory over its disgruntled mods as r/aww, r/pics, and r/videos abandon the “John Oliver rule.”

  • atempuser23@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    11 months ago

    This is not a zero sum game. I benefitted by finding Lenny and Lenny benefited from an influx of users.

    Reddit hurt its self by damming the social contract with mods. That doesn’t help Lenny.

    That isn’t a win, but reddit aren’t going away either.