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Megathread for Reddit Blackouts and News - Rest of the Week(?) (beehaw.org)
submitted 1 year ago by alyaza@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org
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hey everyone. if you want to post links or discuss the Reddit blackout, its aftermath, and what's happening going forward, please localize it to this thread in order to keep things tidy! thanks! we'll see if we need to cycle the thread again before the end of this week, but i don't know that we'll need to

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[-] briongloid@aussie.zone 14 points 1 year ago

Reddit users continue their blackout protest against the platform's new pricing plan, which will force several popular third-party apps to shut down or pay up starting July 1. While some subreddits have reopened, moderators of r/aww, r/videos, and r/music have kept their forums closed, holding out for more movement from Reddit's executives.

Over 300 other subreddits are still private, and moderators are polling their users to gauge interest before joining the indefinite shutdowns. CEO Steve Huffman's leaked memo, which warned employees not to sport a Reddit logo in public, has been criticized for "trivializing" the concerns of moderators and volunteers who maintain much of the platform.

source: tldrdaily.news

[-] SgtSilverLining 30 points 1 year ago

300? The tracking site is still showing 5k.

[-] tenkuucastle@kbin.tenkuu.social 20 points 1 year ago

It does say “over 300” so I guess technically correct, if misleading

[-] Casmael@u.fail 5 points 1 year ago

‘More than 12 subreddits are still dark’

[-] abff08f4813c@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I think the 300 is coming from those who pledged to stay dark. Some might have stayed dark without explicitly repledging.

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