Miami Heat

Hey guys, human dev of u/jimmy-b-bot here. It's been real, but I'm out at the end of this month. I thought up this bot years ago when I fell in love with Jimmy Butler as an incredible player and wild personality. It took me a couple years to get confident in my career as a developer before I actually built him, but I did it. He started as a simple clone of u/bobby-b-bot, but I upgraded him a few times to be more "sentient." I never thought jimmy-b-bot would get nearly the amount of love you guys have shown. I'm so grateful for you all and happy that I could contribute some laughs to the reddit community these past couple seasons.

I'm sure many of you have heard about the recent drama with reddit and their new API fees. I've gotta be honest with you--I don't even know if the updates will affect reddit bots like mine at all, but the fact is they are ruining the reddit experience for me and many others by forcing third-party apps like Apollo and RIF to shut down.

I'm writing this post from the RIF app right now. It's all I use, and I don't want to switch over to reddit's crappy official app. Plus, I think reddit is becoming a shitty company, so I want to hurt their bottom line in whatever small way I can. I thought about offering up the username to anyone interested in maintaining the bot, but I think shutting down altogether sends a stronger message to reddit.

To be clear, I probably won't delete the account, but I will shut off the server...AKA I will unplug my raspberry pi and do something else with it.

If you want to read more about what's going on, please follow these threads by people who know way more about it:

From the Apollo dev: https://old.reddit.com/r/apolloapp/comments/144f6xm/apollo_will_close_down_on_june_30th_reddits/

From the RIF dev: https://www.reddit.com/r/redditisfun/comments/144gmfq/rif_will_shut_down_on_june_30_2023_in_response_to

I don't check this inbox very often, so if you have any questions please feel free to send a message to my main account, u/princessParking. Although that account probably won't be active after July 1 either, since--again--I use RIF which is shutting down.

Anyway, I love you guys, let's get this championship, go Heat! I hope to see you all again someday on a decent reddit alternative where villains are welcome. ❤️