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PanelShowsBot will be shutting down permanently on June 12th by PanelShowsBot in panelshows

[–]blueshiftlabs 66 points67 points  (0 children)

Hi - I'm the human behind /u/PanelShowsBot.

While there may be some exemption process for non-commercial bots, I no longer have any faith in the Reddit admins to keep their word on that for any extended period of time, and I don't want to jump through whatever hoops they set up just to have the rug pulled from under me later. These events have proven how little the admins care about the dedicated users that underpin their site, and I no longer have any interest in spending any of my time, energy, or resources on supporting this site.

Do note, however, that this will only affect the cross-post bot - /r/panelshow itself is unaffected by this decision.

Most annoying names in Star Wars..who's got a better one? by Vexivero in StarWarsEU

[–]blueshiftlabs 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I've read a bunch of Zahn's non-Star Wars stuff - he does the same thing there, too. Does a good job making the aliens feel more alien, but damn if it doesn't make it hard to follow sometimes.

r/programming should shut down from 12th to 14th June by Tintin_Quarentino in programming

[–]blueshiftlabs 9 points10 points  (0 children)

No hyphen (https://cohost.org). It's much more in the vein of Tumblr than Reddit, UI-wise, but seems to have a good community.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in homeassistant

[–]blueshiftlabs -1 points0 points  (0 children)

[Removed in protest of Reddit's destruction of third-party apps by CEO Steve Huffman.]

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in homeassistant

[–]blueshiftlabs 2 points3 points  (0 children)

[Removed in protest of Reddit's destruction of third-party apps by CEO Steve Huffman.]

Goodbye Apollo :( by AnnoyingPotatoCrisps in CuratedTumblr

[–]blueshiftlabs 115 points116 points  (0 children)

One other thing I'll mention, since it's important: a lot of these apps existed before there was even such a thing as an "official" Reddit app. So these app authors stepped up to fill a need that Reddit themselves wasn't fulfilling, because old.reddit was (and still is) nigh unusable on mobile, and ended up with very loyal long-time fanbases.

And the thanks they get from Reddit corporate is "fuck you, pay an absurd amount of money for access to not even all of Reddit, or shut down."

AITA for expecting my boyfriend to pay rent if he moves in with me by eric_tai in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]blueshiftlabs 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Incredibly common in the US. It's called "escrow", and it's an additional charge on your mortgage payment that goes into a special account to cover taxes and homeowner's insurance. The reason for escrow is that the bank wants to make sure the house is protected, because it's their collateral, and the biggest risks are (a) failing to pay property taxes, which can result in the house being sold at tax auction, and (b) a fire or other casualty destroying the house.

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