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Reddit nukes everyone’s pre-2023 chats and messages::Shooting itself in the foot again

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[–] SeeJayEmm@lemmy.procrastinati.org 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Did people actually use the chat feature in Reddit?

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

the constant spam messages I got say yes. By spammers.

The few times I looked that all I ever saw was spam.

[–] TwilightVulpine@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I used it once for that Circle of Trust april fools thing, then never again.

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Didn't seem to be supported in 3rd party app (sync pro anyways) or i probably would have at some point. Probably a lesson there for the fediverse. If a feature exists and you want people to use it, don't make it invisible(or so bad it should be invisible)

For developers a list of features that people aren't using should probably be posted and also with a quick gif of it in action so those not technically inclined can recognize them

Chat was specifically a feature that wasn't exposed via the public API. You had to use the "new" website or the official app.