Reddit Threatens to Remove Moderators of Private Communities for Non-Compliance with Reopening
Reddit notifies private protesting community moderators of impending revocation of mod status
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Reddit notifies private protesting community moderators of impending revocation of mod status
The developer of Relay for Reddit announced Friday that the app would continue to be available after July 1st, while the developer of Now and Nara for Reddit said those apps will continue on, too. Other apps are shutting down due to Reddit’s API changes.
Despite mass protests by users and moderators, Reddit's unique communities look likely to survive the rebellion over the company's new business strategy.
Reddit moderators have voiced their concerns and demands through open letters, addressing key issues such as affordable solutions
Some users on the Sync for Reddit subreddit reported running into rate limits on Tuesday, and Apollo for Reddit developer Christian Selig tells The Verge he’s been seeing rate limits, too. While that might sound like an early rollout ahead of the official July 1st start date, Reddit spokesperson Tim Rathschmidt tells The Verge that the company hasn’t implemented the rate limits ahead of schedule and that Reddit had a bug on its end on Monday. “Folks shouldn’t be experiencing issues anymore, as it was resolved yesterday,” Rathschmidt says. And some comments in the Sync for Reddit pos...