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Reddit communities boycott forum site over API changes

June 13, 2023 10:16

More than 7,600 communities, or subreddits, have gone dark to protest Reddit’s plan to start charging third parties for access to the site’s data.

Some subreddits have been set to private by their individual moderators to protest the changes, while others became temporarily closed for new posts or edits. The blackout is set to run from 12 to 14 June, though a number of subreddits are planning to protest for longer, according to site Save 3rd Party Apps.

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Nico Arboleda was a contract reporter at Mumbrella, covering adtech and martech. He left Mumbrella in June 2023.

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