For those who don’t know, Reddit announced they would start asking outrageous prices for API access, which will essentially kill off all third party apps.
We’ve received quite a few new account requests after this announcement, and expect to receive more, so this post is aimed at you, prospective lemmygrad member!
We’ll go through each account application with due diligence, but we would like you to know before you request an account that Lemmygrad is a Marxist instance, principally Marxist-Leninist. We like Stalin and we uphold the DPRK’s sovereignty and legitimacy over the whole of Korea. We love China’s Socialism with Chinese Characteristics.
You can always request an account but you will likely be disappointed in your browsing experience if we approve you and you find yourself surrounded by MLs if you are not one.
Up to a few seconds ago, our tagline said “leftist communities” instead of “marxist communities” on join-lemmy, and I’m guessing that’s why many non-marxist socialists wanted to join us.
You might prefer lemmy.ml or hexbear.net, although hexbear is not federated with anyone yet.
Honestly I have no clue what API access is and I don’t want to know but a new influx of users is fun to see
API is a way for software to communicate with each other, basically a format for sharing data. 3rd party reddit apps ask reddit for information about posts through the API and then format that information for users. Reddit wants to charge the apps for doing this now, which isn’t unusual, but the pricing is ridiculous considering most reddit apps are developed by individual devs, who absolutely cannot afford it (20+ million USD per year!!!). Reddit wants people to use their official app so advertisement revenue goes to them and not developers of superior 3rd party apps.