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Reddit news9/25/2023 ![]() ![]() “Reddit has budged microscopically,” u/SpicyThunder335, a moderator for r/ModCoord, wrote in the post. And in response to Huffman’s dismissive memo, moderators of hundreds of communities now say they will extend the blackout indefinitely beyond its planned two days. Over the past day, the number of Reddits that have gone dark expanded from around 7,000 to more than 8,400. On the whole, though, Huffman’s bet against the sustained energy of the Reddit community appears to have misfired. (In particular, I find the nested comments under each post bizarrely difficult to expand or collapse the tap targets for your fingers are microscopic.) Reddit didn’t really navigate the transition to mobile devices so much as it endured it it’s little wonder that millions of the service’s power users have sought refuge in third-party apps with more modern designs. Huffman is right that, in the end, the whole situation reflects a product problem: the native Reddit apps, both on desktop and on mobile, are ugly and difficult to use. The only long term solution is improving our product, and in the short term we have a few upcoming critical mod tool launches we need to nail. We absolutely must ship what we said we would. The most important things we can do right now are stay focused, adapt to challenges, and keep moving forward. Please know that our teams are on it, and like all blowups on Reddit, this one will pass as well. He said as much in a memo to employees that leaked to Mia Sato and Jay Peters at The Verge. Today we got our most solid indication to date of how Reddit plans to handle this revolt - and CEO Steve Huffman is making it clear that the company does not intend to offer any concessions. ![]() They have called on Reddit’s leaders to reverse the changes and ensure that third-party development of the network’s ecosystem can continue. ![]() In response, moderators have made thousands of the site’s most popular forums private, essentially taking them offline. On Monday, I wrote about the revolt at Reddit, where plans to begin charging developers to use the company’s formerly free API is expected to crush the most popular third-party clients - and might also put moderation tools, accessibility-focused apps, and other enhancements to the network at risk. Or it can keep calm and carry on, betting that the furor will subside after a few news cycles and allow the company to return to business as usual. The company can make concessions to users, walking back an unpopular change or offering some other consolation. When a platform’s user base is in revolt, it generally has two choices. Monday is the Juneteenth holiday, so expect to see us back in your inbox on Tuesday. Programming note: Barring big news, Platformer will be off Thursday as I take a personal day. ![]()
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