Reddit protest updates: news on the apps shutting down and Reddit’s fights with mods
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Reddit communities went dark to protest recent changes.

Here’s the list of highlights from the article, as it’s a good TL;DR:

  • The Reddit app-pocalyse is here: Apollo, Sync, and BaconReader go dark
  • How Reddit crushed the biggest protest in its history
  • Reddit will remove mods of private communities unless they reopen
  • Reddit CEO Steve Huffman isn’t backing down: our full interview
  • Why disabled users joined the Reddit blackout
  • Apollo’s Christian Selig explains his fight with Reddit — and why users revolted
  • A developer says Reddit could charge him $20 million a year to keep his app working
  • ᗪᗩᗰᑎ@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    s down, they’ll start leaving. Sadly this means that the current investors will get pockets full of IPO money.

    I only occasionally visit reddit (from desktop) to scout smaller communities for post to keep this place interesting. Once the communities here are more “alive” I can stop visiting reddit for good.