If people thought algorithms were bad before, they’re about to get a titans times worse for Reddit.
I have a self-hosted troddit instance I use to check up on smaller communities, or to replace Reddit.com queries from search engine results with abs when it loads the front page vs the Reddit.com front page is vastly different.
There’s no surprise why they got rid of the api, because they’re playing with engagement and need more direct access.
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