It’s rare for all of a company’s users to turn against it in such an intense way, but Reddit has managed to alienate all of their users at once. After a <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/14/hundreds-of-subreddits-plan-to-go-dark-indefinitely-after-reddit-ceos-internal-memo/">recent announcemen</a>t that the company will no longer be offering their API for third-party apps, <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/19/reddit-communities-adopt-alternative-forms-of-protest-as-the-company-threats-action-on-moderators/">users have closed ranks and made the site virtually unusable</a>. This week guest-host Haje Kamps talks with TechCrunch Sr. Reporter <a href="https://techcrunch.com/author/morgan-sung/">Morgan Sung</a> about whether there is room for compromise between the moderators who keep the site running, third-party apps that users love, and the profit-motivated Reddit management team.
Articles from the episode:
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<li><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/20/a-whistleblower-raised-safety-concerns-about-oceangates-submersible-in-2018-then-he-was-fired/?activate-overlay=true">A whistleblower raised safety concerns about OceanGate’s submersible in 2018. Then he was fired.</a></li>
<li><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/20/volkswagens-battery-lithium-ion-breakthrough/?activate-overlay=true">Volkswagen’s breakthrough could spark a battery manufacturing gold rush</a></li>
<li><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/19/whatsapp-introduces-feature-to-automatically-silence-call-from-unknown-numbers/?activate-overlay=true">WhatsApp introduces feature to automatically silence calls from unknown numbers</a></li>
<li><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/20/netflix-launches-website-based-on-the-fictional-streaming-service-from-black-mirror/?activate-overlay=true">Netflix launches website based on the fictional streaming service from ‘Black Mirror’</a></li>
<li><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/14/hundreds-of-subreddits-plan-to-go-dark-indefinitely-after-reddit-ceos-internal-memo/">Hundreds of subreddits plan to go dark indefinitely after Reddit CEO’s internal memo</a></li>
<li><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/19/reddit-communities-adopt-alternative-forms-of-protest-as-the-company-threats-action-on-moderators/">Reddit communities adopt alternative forms of protest, as the company threatens action on moderators</a></li>
<li><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/19/hackers-threaten-to-leak-80gb-of-confidential-data-stolen-from-reddit/">Hackers threaten to leak 80GB of confidential data stolen from Reddit</a></li>
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It’s rare for all of a company’s users to turn against it in such an intense way, but Reddit has managed to alienate all of their users at once. After a recent announcement that the company will no longer be offering their API for third-party apps, users have closed ranks and made the site virtually [&hellip;]

TechCrunch Podcast Episode #62

Reddit vs Redditors and other TC news