Subreddits and third-party apps are going dark in response to Reddit’s proposed API changes. It’s the latest front in a labor battle between algorithms and the humans who feed them.

Given that the API changes and rate limits went into effect on July 1, Reddit is preparing for a new chapter with fewer third-party apps, more focus on its own apps and an unhappy community.

And despite the changes to improve the logged-out experience, I’ve still seen the annoying pop-up on mobile web asking if I want to view content in the Reddit app or in Safari.

Reddit admins, who will approve or deny these Community Type settings change requests, are employed by the company. Earlier this year, Reddit became a publicly traded company on the stock market.

They were protesting against Reddit’s plan to charge some third-party-app developers for access to the site’s data. By June 14th most moderators had made their subreddits public again; on June ...

Reddit changes the rules to make sitewide protests much more difficult. Moderators will now have to get admin approval when switching a subreddit from public to private or when adding a NSFW tag.

Reddit users - or Redditors - will typically join a variety of subreddits, rather than following individual users on other platforms, and see posts from these communities in their feed.

Like it or not Amid controversial changes, Reddit is getting more popular—and profitable With Reddit finally making money, the Reddit of yesteryear isn't coming back.

Reddit user belisaurius, who is listed as a mod for several active subreddits, including a 336,000-member one for the Philadelphia Eagles NFL team, said that the policy change “removes ...

Talking about the change to Sky News, Reddit’s chief product officer Pali Bhat said: “Our focus is not just on the video, but the conversation around the video.

Multiple subreddits and moderators are protesting Reddit’s API pricing changes that may shut down many third-party clients. Popular subreddits such as r/aww, r/video, r/Futurology, r/LifeHacks ...