Reddit protest updates: news on the apps shutting down and Reddit’s fights with mods
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Reddit communities went dark to protest recent changes.

Here’s the list of highlights from the article, as it’s a good TL;DR:

  • The Reddit app-pocalyse is here: Apollo, Sync, and BaconReader go dark
  • How Reddit crushed the biggest protest in its history
  • Reddit will remove mods of private communities unless they reopen
  • Reddit CEO Steve Huffman isn’t backing down: our full interview
  • Why disabled users joined the Reddit blackout
  • Apollo’s Christian Selig explains his fight with Reddit — and why users revolted
  • A developer says Reddit could charge him $20 million a year to keep his app working
  • Tangentism
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    1 year ago

    One of the reasons for the one of the pre-V4 exodus’ was people getting banned for posting the DVD crack code.