Most of the subreddits have pledged to go private — preventing outside access — for 48 hours, though some, like the 26 million-member community r/videos, have said they’ll remain private indefinitely. According tothis post on r/ModCoord, protests will end when Reddit addresses issues wit...
The Reddit API blackout, explained In protest of Reddit’s API changes and the effect it’s having on third-party apps, thousands of subreddits have announced a 48-hour blackout. The protest,called Reddark, includes nearly 8,000 subreddits, most of which have been set to private as of...
Reddit is expected to implement the API fee on June 19. It is unclear whether the blackout will change the minds of Reddit's management, but it may still send a message that the community is unhappy with potentially losing access to well-loved apps. In a list of popular subreddits g...
News sites are reporting that close to a total of 3500 subreddits have joined the "blackout" effort. According to the BBC this includes "five of the 10 most popular communities on the site - r/gaming, r/aww, r/Music, r/todayilearned and r/pics - which each have memberships of more...
But since the Reddit blackout started June 12 and was followed by other forms of user protest, that trick is less effective. As of this writing, over 2,400 subreddits are still private in protest, according to the Reddark_247 counter on Twitch, while others are read-only, su...