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Are the Reddit / Twitter changes on the same day a coincidence?


Was just reflecting on Twitter closing access without login is happening on the same day that reddit is shutting down it's API. Seems a little odd they're happening at nearly the exact same time.

I know there are some external factors around scraping for AI training content but within one day of each other seems a little odd to me.

Probably just a coincidence but wondered if anyone else had guesses as to why. Some kind of regulatory reason? Twitter doing it at a time where there might be less attention because of the reddit changes?

Maybe I'm reading into it too much.


  👤 MattGaiser Accepted Answer ✓
At most, it is Twitter hoping that Reddit drama takes the attention off its own actions. The Reddit API change was planned long in advance.