The last major holdouts in the protest against Reddit’s API pricing relented, abandoning the so-called “John Oliver rules” which only allowed posts featuring the TV host. It's the official end of the battle. The Reddit protest is over, and Reddit won.
In June, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman decided to start charging for API access, establishing a fee for third-party apps that integrate with Reddit’s social networkff essential tools used by the site’s legion of unpaid moderators. Immediately, tensions ran high. Moderators saw the change as a destructive and greedy cash grab, and more thanimpossible to access their content. That action was so significant that aIt set off a game of chicken.
assuring that “like all blowups on Reddit, this one will pass,” but suggested that employees should avoid company swag in public to avoid targeting. Moments after the memo leaked, a number of moderators threatened an “infinite blackout.”
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