While we all know deep down that even the blackout is not the preferred course of action, it is being considered as a last resort if Reddit remains unresponsive to the open letter and other efforts. If the blackout becomes necessary, the current plan is forevery participating subreddits to...
But Huffman said he is holding firm. He also said that the subreddits currently participating in the blackout are “not going to stay offline indefinitely” — even if that means finding new moderators. The company’s response to the blackout has fueled furt...
In an internal memo sent Monday afternoon to Reddit staff, CEO Steve Huffman addressed the recent blowback directed at the company, telling employees to block out the “noise” and that the ongoing blackout of thousands of subreddits will eventually pass. The memo, a copy of which was obtain...
He also said that the subreddits currently participating in the blackout are “not going to stay offline indefinitely” — even if that means finding new moderators. The company’s response to the blackout has fueled further outrage among protest organizers, partciularly after the move to ...
Indeed, programming subreddits such as r/WebDev and r/AskProgramming and many others have gone dark in response to the API changes, making it hard for developers to access them. Although Reddit leadership seems confident so far that they will weather the blackout relatively unscathed, the pr...
The blackout, which was planned ahead of time, was supposed to last 48 hours but has been extended by hundreds of subreddits with no end date in sight.
The Reddit blackout protests didn't quite force the company to reverse course on its API changes that resulted in the shutdown of many popular third-party apps, but it did succeed in dominating the conversation around the platform for weeks....
Since then, Huffman has faced backlash for how the company handled the decision to charge for data. rally slogan Integral Regression Fixed: “Don’t let third-party apps kill reddit!” The blackout took Reddit down temporarily. Huffman admitted to The Verge that it took a “beating.” Ask ...
"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...
18th To Call Attention to US Bill That Threatens Open Internet Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media JANUARY 17, 2012 Sites includes Wikipedia , Reddit , BoingBoing , and Global Voices are “going dark” and will black out the Global Voices Advocacy site for 12 hours on January...