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Yeah I don't know either. How hard could it be to build though? I say that half-jokingly... Is the reddit API complex?

• 1270018080 3y ago
  I doubt the API would be complicated, the issue will be in all of the little QoL/scaling features: moderator settings, automoderation bots, hosting photos and videos in a scalable way. I imagine behind the scenes bot/spam detection is an entire engineering team.
  • graypegg 3y ago
    Yep, definitely. The API was only a small sample of the actual business logic inside the Reddit site as a whole.
    • alvarezbjm-hn 3y ago
      You are talking in past tense. Reddit is not dead, yet. The couple communities I participate in ("top 5%") aren't aware of anything happening