Reddit communities to ‘go dark’ in protest over third-party app charges
by Alex Hern UK technology editor from Technology | The Guardian on (#6C547)
Thousands of subreddits to become private' after plans to charge other companies for access to data
Some of the largest communities on Reddit will lock their doors in protest at the social news site's decision to try to monetise access to its data.
More than 3,000 subreddits have joined the protest, and will go private" on Monday, preventing anyone outside the community from seeing their posts.
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