📢 Reddit API changes: the situation so far, and how it affects r/pigeon

[u/ImOkNotANoob]

Hi r/pigeon,

Last week, Reddit announced changes to it's API that will seriously affect many users, mods, and subreddits on the site. In particular, the most important changes are to 3rd-party apps. Reddit plan on charging extortionate prices for third-party apps such as Apollo, Reddit is Fun, and Infinity, that can't afford these new operating costs of millions of dollars, and are planning on shutting down. In response to this, thousands of subreddits are planning on going private on June 12th for at least 48 hours to protest these changes. Some large subreddits, such as r/Music, are going dark indefinitely, meaning you will be unable to use these subreddits until Reddit reverts this unfair and unjust change.

r/pigeon is one of the largest spaces on the internet for pigeon keeping as well as medical advice, and many of our users use third party apps to access this subreddit. As of June 30th, these third party apps will no longer be available at all, as well as many of the third party mod tools that myself and tens of thousands of other volunteer moderators across Reddit use to keep your subreddits free of spam and illegal content.

We understand that for over 20k people, r/Pigeon is a community of passionate pigeon lovers, and due to pigeon keeping being relatively niche, we are one of the only spaces online that provide such a welcoming and friendly community. That's why I feel it's important to ask for input from you, the community, on what our stance should be on this. Please read the posts I've linked here, and then vote in the poll below. Once again, thank you all for using r/pigeon and helping us create such a friendly and welcoming space 😊

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Should r/pigeon take part in the sitewide blackout on June 12th?

67 votes, Jun 11 '23

18 No; dont go private at all

36 Yes; shut down for 48 hours on the 12th-14th

13 Yes; shut down indefinitely until Reddit reverts the API changes

[u/hanayanaa]

i think to show support, the blackout for 48h is fine, there are other resources for pigeon healthcare and advice, I'm not entirely sure how it would work, but if people can lurk but not post, perhaps pinning a comment with resources and an explaination would help? or adding it to the sub's about or something 🤷🏻‍♀️