Reddit Communities Protest New Fees with Blackout

Thousands of communities on Reddit are "going dark" for two days starting Monday to protest controversial new fees the site is charging third-party developers. Reddit CEO Steve Huffman hosted an AMA — short for "ask me anything" — on the site recently in an attempt to quell the furor over the changes. The access changes to its application programming interface, also known as API, are part of a larger shake-up at the company that has included reductions in its staff by 5% and also in future hiring.