The Reddit Blackout protesting the company's unpopular API changes is continuing, nearly five days after the "48-hour" action started on Monday. But, contrary to what Reddit is saying publicly, it seems like the company has had enough of the protests. On Friday, moderators of popular Reddit...
[03:43.12]And the moderators planned a blackout[03:46.60]during which their pages will go private.[03:50.52]That means millions of users will be left[03:53.80]without access to those communities.[03:57.64]Huffman noted the...
Throughout June, Reddit has been forced to deal with negative feedback to its decision to implement API access charges that effectively cut out popularthird-party appsthat Redditors use to access the site. Now, in an attempt to try and make the site's moderators happy, it is goin...
The blackout, supported by subreddit moderators and community voting, affects some of the most popular subreddits, including r/Aww, r/Music, r/Programming, and r/Futurology, which collectively have over 100 million members. That means you won't find what you're looking for if you go to ...
Thousands of subreddits are continuing to protest beyond the initial 48-hour blackout, as Reddit says it has no plans to back down from the changes it’s making to its API.
to be proud of our work. And so, in any moment, there’s a lot of noise outside, external noise: “Reddit should do this. Reddit should do that. Reddit shouldn’t do this. That was so stupid. Look what the CEO said.” In those moments, we just have to tune most of it out....
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. ...
Despite this important role assigned by Reddit to the NSFW concept, only a few researchers have investigated the phenomenon of NSFW content in this social platform. Specifically, the authors of [3] studied the behavior of NSFW moderators, compared to SFW ones, during a specific Reddit moderator ...
Reddit Blackout Jun 16 Posted byAzuriel In case you were unaware, there is a sort of Reddit protest currently underway. Essentially, ahead of an expected IPO, the Reddit admin team pulled a Twitter and changed their 3rd-party API policy from “free” to “a gazillion dollars.” It’s a...
"We are not removing moderators because they are protesting, nor are we taking over subreddits for participating in the blackout," Rathschmidt said. "We have a unique system of checks and balances, (including our Moderator Code of Conduct), and we respect the communities' right t...