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What Happened to Reddit? API Changes, Shadowbans, Bots, and Community Decline

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“Ask David!” Question:

“First it was Quora, and now it's Reddit. It just sucks and feels dead. Why?? It seems like real human interaction has been totally replaced by bots, heavy moderation, and shadowbans. Is there any real alternative left for building an online community where you actually control your content and culture?” -Ex-Redditor

You're not imagining it, and you definitely aren't the only person saying it.

Spend five minutes browsing tech forums, creator communities, or independent discussion boards and

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What Happened to Quora? Building a Q&A Site That Won’t Sell Out Your Users

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Quora has become a cautionary tale for the modern developer. It is still technically online, but the platform has been hollowed out from the inside. What was once a destination for expertise has devolved into a cluttered space of bot-generated questions, AI-regurgitated answers, and an intrusive volume of ads that make the site nearly unreadable.

From a development and management perspective, this wasn’t an accident or the result of a hostile takeover. Despite raising hundreds of millions to stay independent,

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