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What Reddit Got Wrong
After weeks of burning through users’ goodwill, Reddit is facing a moderator strike and an exodus of its most important users. It’s the latest example of a social media site making a critical mistake: users aren’t there for the services, they’re there for the community.
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Reddit CEO tells employees that subreddit blackout “will pass”
In an internal memo sent Monday afternoon to Reddit staff, CEO Steve Huffman addressed the recent blowback directed at the company, telling employees to block out the “noise” and that the ongoing blackout of thousands of subreddits will eventually pass.
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Reddit CEO warns employees not to wear Reddit swag in public as users revolt
In a memo to employees, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman cautioned them not to wear branded gear in public. He also said the mass user backlash "will pass."
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Reddit Blackout Crashes The Site As Reddit Users Realize They’re In The Power Position
Apparently, all those sites going private resulted in… Reddit itself falling over.
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Reddit blackout: Subreddits to go private on Monday
Thousands of Reddit communities will be inaccessible on Monday in protest at how the site is being run. Reddit is introducing controversial charges to developers of third-party apps, which are used to browse the social media platform. But this has resulted in a backlash, with moderators of some of the biggest subreddits making their communities private for 48 hours in protest.
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Millions of Reddit users face a blackout over pricing revolt
Thousands of Reddit communities are planning a widespread blackout that will impact millions of users. The revolt comes in response to proposed charges for third-party app developers, which they claim will make the social media platform inaccessible for a significant proportion of users.
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Reddit’s users and moderators are revolting against its CEO
A lot of Reddit will go dark soon in protest of API changes
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Reddit blackout: Subreddits to go private on Monday
More than 1,000 subreddits will be inaccessible for 48 hours to protest changes.
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Reddit is the latest tech company to announce layoffs, affecting 5 percent of its workers
The layoffs will see 90 people lose their jobs at Reddit, which will also cut down on hiring for the rest of the year. The company is also facing a backlash against its updated API pricing.
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WSJ News Exclusive | Reddit Laying Off About 90 Employees and Slowing Hiring Amid Restructuring
Reddit is making the moves to address priorities, including funding projects and achieving its goal of breaking even next year, Chief Executive Steve Huffman told employees.
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Major Reddit communities will go dark to protest threat to third-party apps
Moderators say third-party apps are essential for their work.
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Fidelity has cut Reddit valuation by 41% since 2021 investment
Fidelity, the lead investor in Reddit's most recent funding round, has cut the estimated value of its stake in the social platform by 41%.
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Reddit may force Apollo and third-party clients to shut down, asking for $20M per year API fee
Following Twitter’s move to shut down third-party apps earlier this year, it looks like Reddit may be the next platform...
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Reddit’s API pricing results in shocking $20 million-a-year bill for Apollo
Reddit is an enormously popular website, but the official design has always needed some reworking. This is even more true of the mobile experience, which didn't have a mobile app until 2016, and even then, not everyone's a fan of it. The site's popularity rose partly thanks to third-party developers filling in the gaps with pre-existing and better mobile apps.
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Popular Reddit App Apollo Would Need to Pay $20 Million Per Year Under New API Pricing
Popular Reddit app Apollo might not be able to operate as is in the future due to planned API pricing that Reddit is implementing. Apollo developer Christian Selig was today told that Reddit plans to charge $12,000 for 50 million API requests. Last month, Apollo made seven billion requests, which would mean Selig would need to pay $1.7 million per month or $20 million per year to Reddit to keep the app running.
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r/RedditAlternatives
r/RedditAlternatives: A subreddit for cataloging, dispersing and sharing all reddit alternatives out there.
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Reddit is trying chat rooms again
Reddit is building chat channels into subreddits.
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Reddit is testing Discord-like channels for community chat
Reddit is not the only company launching ways for communities to host conversations.
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Reddit wants to be paid for the training it provided AI bots
Reddit has announced new API changes that put its "valuable" data behind a paywall
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Big changes are coming to Reddit - and some users really aren't happy
From Instagram's Reels to YouTube's Shorts, major social media apps have been unashamedly adopting the aesthetic that's helped make TikTok a success for some time now. Reddit is getting ready to introduce a similar feature, but does it risk alienating its existing audience?
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