The recent protest on Reddit, where over 8,000 subreddits went dark for 48 hours to express their discontent with the platform’s upcoming API changes, appears to have had a tangible effect. During the protest, Reddit experienced a “major outage” that affected its desktop and mobile websites, as well as mobile apps. CEO Steve Huffman’s subsequent media offensive attempting to dismiss the concerns of users and moderators, who dedicate their time to make Reddit a vibrant platform, further escalated tensions.
