More than 6,000 forums have gone dark in protest of the social forum website Reddit charging developers for access to its internal code, a protest that could leave users unable to use large portions of the website for days.
Several subreddits, or smaller forums dedicated to specific subjects on Reddit, set themselves to private on Monday, meaning users will not have access, including those who had previously subscribed. The protesting subreddits include some of the website's largest, such as r/funny, r/aww, r/gaming, r/music, and r/science.
The protest is scheduled from June 12-14, although some subreddits may extend the shutdown until Reddit updates its API policy.Reddit CEO Steve Huffman hosted an"Ask Me Anything" on Friday over the API changes, but the questioning session was poorly received. Several users slammed Huffman, calling him a coward and stating they lost his trust.
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