What's going on?

A recent Reddit policy change threatens to kill many beloved third-party mobile apps, making a great many quality-of-life features not seen in the official mobile app permanently inaccessible to users.

On May 31, 2023, Reddit announced they were raising the price to make calls to their API from being free to a level that will kill every third party app on Reddit, from Apollo to Reddit is Fun to Narwhal to BaconReader.

Even if you're not a mobile user and don't use any of those apps, this is a step toward killing other ways of customizing Reddit, such as Reddit Enhancement Suite or the use of the old.reddit.com desktop interface .

This isn't only a problem on the user level: many subreddit moderators depend on tools only available outside the official app to keep their communities on-topic and spam-free.

What's the plan?

On June 12th, many subreddits will be going dark to protest this policy. Some will return after 48 hours: others will go away permanently unless the issue is adequately addressed, since many moderators aren't able to put in the work they do with the poor tools available through the official app. This isn't something any of us do lightly: we do what we do because we love Reddit, and we truly believe this change will make it impossible to keep doing what we love.

The two-day blackout isn't the goal, and it isn't the end. Should things reach the 14th with no sign of Reddit choosing to fix what they've broken, we'll use the community and buzz we've built between then and now as a tool for further action.

What can you do?

1. Complain. Message the mods of /r/reddit.com, who are the admins of the site: message /u/reddit: submit a support request: comment in relevant threads on /r/reddit, such as this one, leave a negative review on their official iOS or Android app- and sign your username in support to this post.

2. Spread the word. Rabble-rouse on related subreddits. Meme it up, make it spicy. Bitch about it to your cat. Suggest anyone you know who moderates a subreddit join us at our sister sub at /r/ModCoord - but please don't pester mods you don't know by simply spamming their modmail.

3. Boycott and spread the word...to Reddit's competition! Stay off Reddit entirely on June 12th through the 13th- instead, take to your favorite non-Reddit platform of choice and make some noise in support!

4. Don't be a jerk. As upsetting this may be, threats, profanity and vandalism will be worse than useless in getting people on our side. Please make every effort to be as restrained, polite, reasonable and law-abiding as possible. This includes not harassing moderators of subreddits who have chosen not to take part: no one likes a missionary, a used-car salesman, or a flame warrior.

What this means for /r/Triumph

We will be marking the sub as private from June 12-14. You will not be able to access this sub during that timeframe. We will open it back up late on June 14. Please reach out if you have any questions. I know this is just a nuisance for many, and plenty of people don't use 3rd party apps, but this is just the beginning of reddit putting a strangle on content, flexibility, and freedom the platform flourished with.

Happy Friday!

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We are looking for Ambassadors to improve our Discord community. A few months ago I created a Discord channel to provide additional flexibility in how the community can communicate - including specific outlets for classifieds and trades, which are generally not allowed here on our subreddit.

We see the Discord server as a great extension to our community here on reddit.

I, personally don't have much Discord experience, so I am unable to effectively moderate, grow, and set up the community to support the amount of activity it currently has or should have.

That is where YOU come in.

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Qualities we are looking for in Discord Ambassadors:

• Triumph fans
• Discord moderation skill/experience
• Good people who can help promote positive Triumph discussion
• Active on both Reddit and Discord
• Creative and motivated to build a platform and community
• Highly communicative and collaborative with the overall Admin/Mod/Ambassador team

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Activities we anticipate Ambassadors performing:

• Discord admin/setup improvements
• Bot setup and tweaks
• Moderation of communities/channels
• Recommendations on channels and structure
• Community engagement

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Link to "apply": https://forms.gle/vfhPeLXtoHdWPDqR9

Thanks for everyone who applied to be a moderator of r/Triumph. u/EvacuationRelocation brings experience to the team from his moderator duties on various Canadian-based subreddits.

We have been effectively modded by only myself for the past couple of years. Our founder, koalaokala, is no longer active on Reddit. I have not been able to keep up or dedicate the necessary time to continue to improve this community. This will be a big help!

Good things are in store, and we are excited to implement feedback soon.

If anyone has Discord mod experience, please get in touch with the mod team. We are looking for ambassadors to help grow that channel.

Today I released the new look and feel of this subreddit. I have been working all week on creating and testing it so hopefully it is an improvement over the vanilla theme we had before.

The guts of the theme is from /r/motorcycles but with our own Triumph spin on it. Let me know if you have any other suggestions. I will be creating plenty more banners (that will randomly change as you visit the site) over time so keep a look out. If you have a high resolution picture of your bike, send it to me and I might be able to turn it into a banner for all to see!

If you find any bugs or annoyances with anything, please contact me and I will look into it. I anticipate there to be a couple minor issues to get flushed out still.