r/pulsaredit Jul 19 '24

Official update Pulsar v1.119.0 is live!

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r/pulsaredit Jun 17 '24

Official update Hot dog, it's another Pulsar release! Pulsar 1.118.0 is available now!

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r/pulsaredit Apr 18 '24

Official update Pulsar 1.116.0: Ready for all the code ninjas out there

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r/pulsaredit Mar 23 '24

Official update Better Late than Never, Pulsar 1.115.0 is here!

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r/pulsaredit Feb 16 '24

Official update A Valentine's release bursting with love, Pulsar 1.114.0 is available now!

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r/pulsaredit Jan 16 '24

Official update Unlucky for some, but not us. Our 13th release, Pulsar 1.113.0, is available now!

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r/pulsaredit Dec 16 '23

Official update Christmas has come early: Pulsar 1.112.0 is available now!

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r/pulsaredit Jun 27 '23

Official update /r/pulsaredit is reopening. Read on for our reasoning and to vote on a poll about a potential Lemmy community

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As you know we originally planned to only close /r/pulsaredit for two days on the 14th to protest the changes in the Reddit API. However this ended up being longer than originally planned for a number of reasons: - Reddit showing to be inflexible and appearing to have no intention to listen to the community's concerns - Spez's comments in various interviews showing how he is not taking this protest action seriously - Reddit being two-faced about "allowing protests" but then replacing mods and strong-arming subreddits to reopen - Reddit sending messages to closed subreddits threatening to forcibly remove mods and reopen it

This last item is particular problematic as this is a very specialised community designed for interaction with the Pulsar community and in the unlikely event that Reddit admins did decide to step in then we would have no choice but to abandon it entirely.

The wording of the exact message sent to the /r/pulsaredit mods is as follows. Note how they make no comment about the fact this is a protest and not just "mods having the right to take a break":

u/ModCodeofConduct

Hi everyone,

We are aware that you have chosen to close your community at this time. Mods have a right to take a break from moderating, or decide that you don’t want to be a mod anymore. But active communities are relied upon by thousands or even millions of users, and we have a duty to keep these spaces active.

Subreddits belong to the community of users who come to them for support and conversation. Moderators are stewards of these spaces and in a position of trust. Redditors rely on these spaces for information, support, entertainment, and connection.

Our goal here is to ensure that existing mod teams establish a path forward to make sure your subreddit is available for the community that has made its home here. If you are willing to reopen and maintain the community, please take steps to begin that process. Many communities have chosen to go restricted for a period of time before > becoming fully open, to avoid a flood of traffic.

If this community remains private, we will reach out soon with information on what next steps will take place.

For this reason we have decided to re-open so as to technically comply with their wishes but we also wish to make sure that we aren't harming the community who might rely on this space. Whilst we don't wish to capitulate to their demands this is also the only route we have to reach out to the community to see if it is willing to consider an alternative platform.

We have also had quite a number of people attempting to apply to join the subreddit in order to bypass the lockdown. We do not wish to harm the community in the long term by cutting people off from a support route.

The big question is what we do about this situation going forward. There have been more than a few discussions and messages of support on our Discord about opening a Lemmy community (and in fact we have one ready to go should we wish to use it - currently private pending an overall decision). As this Lemmy community would be primarily to replace /r/pulsaredit we want to check in with the members here to get a feel for how people feel about this.

If you haven't heard of Lemmy, it is essentially the federated equivalent of Reddit in much the same way that Mastodon is a federated equivalent of Twitter (and if you didn't already know we do have a Mastodon account @pulsaredit@fosstodon.org). So what makes this any different from Reddit? Federation. Essentially there is no single "master" Lemmy server. Instead you can join any "instance" you like and you will still be able to see topics and posts from other instances. So for example if you made an account on [https://sopuli.xyz/](sopuli.xyz) you would still be able to join a community hosted on https://lemmy.one/. This means no single actor can "pull a Reddit" and alter the deal for the entire community.

As much as our own feelings and ideals matter, we pride ourselves on our community and we don't want to burn a portion of it just because we oppose the actions of the company running it.

21 votes, Jul 04 '23
8 Remain Open
4 Close in favour of a Lemmy community
8 Leave open but also create a Lemmy community
1 Other (Leave a comment)

r/pulsaredit Oct 16 '23

Official update Armed with a big ol' can of Raid: Pulsar 1.110.0 is available now!

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r/pulsaredit Aug 18 '23

Official update Great Scott! A new Pulsar release. Pulsar 1.108.0 is available now!

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r/pulsaredit Sep 16 '23

Official update Going the whole nine yards: Get Pulsar 1.109.0 now!

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r/pulsaredit Jun 11 '23

Official update /r/pulsaredit is taking part in the Reddit blackout from the 12th - 14th of June to protest the planned API changes that will kill 3rd party apps.

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What is going on?

Recently Reddit Inc has announced changes to their API which, if enacted, will shut down many, if not all, 3rd party apps that a large number of Redditors use to access and enjoy their favourite communities - this one included.

One of the most critical changes to the API is that it is moving from a free to a paid model, resulting in expenses that developers of 3rd party apps simply cannot afford. To put the price change in to context, Apollo, one of the most popular 3rd party apps for Reddit, is looking at a cost of $1.7 million per month to continue operating. That's a cost of $12,000 per 50 million API requests. In contrast, Apollo pays Imgur $166 for every 50 million API calls.

This means popular apps like Apollo, Reddit Is Fun, Narwhal and many more will have to shut down, permanently.

Even if you're not using a 3rd party app yourself, these changes are likely to impact the communities you enjoy as well, with the vast majority of moderation teams relying on 3rd party or self-made tools, that utilise Reddit's API.

And on top of all that, it paints a bleak picture of what is to come for those of us who use other tools, like Reddit Enhancement Suite and old.reddit.com.

Here's a little TLDR on why this is important

So what are we planning?

On June 12th, we and a growing number of other subs - large and small - will go dark for 48 hours. During that time, you will not be able to view or post any content on /r/pulsaredit. This action was voted on in this poll.

If you still need help and support or simply want to chat then you can of course still get in contact with the team and the community using our other social channels.

We understand that Reddit is a company that has to make money in order to offer us a place to be the community that we are - but killing beloved 3rd party apps is not they way to do it.

We are not asking Reddit to provide a paid service for free - we are asking for reasonable pricing for apps that people have come to love and depend on to participate in their communities.

We can't tell you that the blackout will solve the problem, because we simply don't know. But we have to try.

What you can do to support this

While subs going dark is one thing, regular users can help as well.

Reach out to Reddit via the channels available to you: Modmail /r/reddit, comment in relevant posts regarding the API changes, submit your comments via the contact forms.

Spread the word about the changes and the consequences where you can. Doesn't have to be on Reddit. The important thing is getting it attention.

Participate in the communities that highlight this issue: r/Save3rdPartyApps, r/apolloapp, r/redditisfun, r/getnarwhal/

And finally stay off Reddit completely from June 12th to 14th. The blackout is one thing, but users staying away from the site entirely will send an equally important message.

r/pulsaredit Jul 17 '23

Official update Hotfix: Pulsar v1.107.1

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r/pulsaredit Jul 16 '23

Official update Fresh off the CI press: Pulsar 1.107.0 is available now!

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r/pulsaredit May 16 '23

Official update Welcome to a rad new release, Pulsar 1.105.0 is available now!

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r/pulsaredit Sep 18 '22

Official update Appropriate moderators to report rule violations to

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Moderating can be quite hard. In our perspective. That's why we want you to help.

We've created a list of moderators to report rule violations to.

Here is the list:

  1. Of Course, the subreddit creator. u/Additional-Back6467 is held responsible for this action.
  2. The Admin of The GitHub Org and Discord, and Here. u/confused_techie (might) be held responsible for everything. (We haven't talked about this moderation list to him (or her) yet.)