Three of the biggest Reddit communities reopened in the funniest way possible
by Jay Peters from The Verge - All Posts on (#6C9YF)
Photo by: Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty Images Three huge subreddits, r/pics, r/gifs, and r/aww, now only allow posts about comedian and Last Week Tonight host John Oliver. The subreddits have reopened after participating in the ongoing protests toward Reddit, and after each community polled users, the new rules are now in place.
As many of you are aware, we recently held a poll to decide on the future of the subreddit," wrote r/gifs moderator u/IronSentinel. This initiative was prompted by statements from Reddit's CEO, who suggested that the desires of the platform's everyday users were being eclipsed by those of moderators." Moderators of thousands of subreddits set their communities to private or restricted modes to protest upcoming API changes that will force beloved...