Reddit Faces Backlash Over API Changes and Layoffs
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Reddit CEO Steve Huffman will host an AMA on Friday, June 9th to address the community's concerns over the company's planned API changes, which have led to the closure of two popular third-party clients and sparked a mass protest among more than 3,000 subreddits. The AMA will focus on accessibility and moderation tools, but third-party clients are likely to feature prominently in users' questions.
- Reddit CEO will host an AMA on API changes as thousands of subreddits plan to 'go dark' Engadget
- Apollo for Reddit is shutting down The Verge
- Reddit insists on being “fairly paid” amid API price protest plans, layoffs Ars Technica
- New Orleans subreddit to go dark in protest of changes moderators say will limit access Axios
- [Updated] Apollo for Reddit may soon start showing ads due to new Reddit API policy; petition against changes goes live PiunikaWeb
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