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[iDJ]

Most of the subs are down in protest.

 

[iDJ]

Life without reddit is depressing.

 

[iDJ]

Protesting subs are back.

 

[iDJ]

Strike continues on most sub reddit I care.

Reddit Blackout: Top subreddits pledge revolt will “continue indefinitely” - Dexerto

The communities at the heart of Reddit are continuing their blackout, as sweeping changes to the way the company handles its API see backlash.

www.dexerto.com

 

[Kuttusan]

Reddit Threatens to Remove Moderators From Subreddits Continuing Apollo-Related Blackouts

As some subreddits continue blackouts to protest Reddit's plans to charge high prices for its API, Reddit has informed the moderators of those...

www.macrumors.com

 

[Kuttusan]

Here’s the note Reddit sent to moderators threatening them if they don’t reopen

Reddit is trying to turn mods against mods.

www.theverge.com

 

[Kuttusan]

Reddit is in crisis as prominent moderators loudly protest the company's treatment of developers

Reddit moderators tell CNBC that company management has failed to engage with them in rolling out a huge price increase for developers.

www.cnbc.com

 

[Kuttusan]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Piracy/comments/14briu5

 

[Bapun]

Reddit mods are calling for an “affordable return” for third-party apps

They want Reddit to respond by June 29th.

www.theverge.com

 

[Bapun]

According to leaked audio obtained by CNBC, Google’s senior vice president of Search Prabhakar Raghavan claimed at a company all-hands meeting earlier this month that Google users were “not quite happy” with the search engine following the blackout. The issue lies in how people may optimize Google searches by adding “reddit” as a modifier to get more specific results when researching a product, television show, problem, life hack, et cetera. Hundreds of the largest subreddits going dark or creating spam posts of John Oliver made those results inaccessible or irrelevant.

Google Says the Reddit Blackout Made Search Worse

A senior Google VP said earlier this month that Google users who couldn't add "Reddit" to their queries were “not quite happy” following the protest.

gizmodo.com