Thousands of Reddit communities went dark this week in protest of upcoming API changes, which include a controversial policy that will charge some third-party apps for continued use.
FILE - The Reddit app icon is seen on a smartphone on Feb. 28, 2023, in Marple Township, Pa. More than 8,000 subreddits, or Reddit communities, have gone dark as of Tuesday, June 13, in protest of upcoming API changes, which include a controversial policy that will charge some third-party apps for continued use.
Nearly 9,000 subreddits went dark this week and more than 4,000 remained dark on Friday, including communities with tens of millions of subscribers like r/music and r/videos — according to a But Reddit announced it would be changing its API access polices earlier this year. Starting July 1, Reddit plans to charge third-party apps requiring higher usage limits.
Reddit's backbone of volunteer moderators who rely on these and similar apps will likely feel the brunt of the impacts, experts note.
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