Reddit protests: ‘Rif is fun’, other 3rd-party apps say they are shutting down; Users dismayed
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Reddit is arguably the biggest discussion forum on the web. According to Similarweb, it ranks 20th in the most visited websites in the world. Part of the reason for Reddit's popularity is its cohesive ecosystem that is maintained by users, moderators, third-party app developers, and Reddit administrators (the corporate team behind the platform) all working together. So, it was not really a surprise that after Reddit announced its new API policy and its pricing system, the entire ecosystem has been thrown into chaos due to the vehement protests against the move.A perfect example came yesterday, June 12, as many major subreddits went private causing a Reddit blackout, the website suffered one of its biggest outages and users were left frustrated at not being able to access their fa...