What the Reddit blackout says about the internet
As the profit motive becomes more pressing for Reddit’s CEO, the volunteer moderators he relies on are ‘going dark’ in protest
22 June 2023 - 05:00
Reddit was once “the front page of news on the internet” — a titled subsequently held by Twitter, and since usurped by TikTok.
Reddit is the granddaddy of internet forums. It’s reminiscent of the early bulletin boards and has a highly engaged community. For a long time, it was the de facto source of internet memes, before social media apps took over that role...
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