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Is it possible Lemmy's API changes the way reddits did? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 1 year ago by SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml
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I don't mean the recent selling API rights at absurd costs but when they went from open sourcish to closed.

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[–] zzzzz@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Was Reddit ever open source?

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yup. Not a lot of people remember this but it also used to be written in LISP.

[–] SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago

I'm pretty sure it was for a few years. Stopped in 2008 as far as i know