Hello, r/wholesomememes!

As many of you are already aware, Reddit has announced significant upcoming changes to their API that will have a serious impact on many users. There is currently a planned protest across hundreds of subreddits to black out on June 12th.

What's going on?

On May 31, 2023, Reddit announced they were raising the price to make calls to their API from being free to a level that will kill every third-party app on Reddit, from Apollo to Reddit is Fun to Narwhal to BaconReader.

Even if you're not a mobile user and don't use any of those apps, this is a step toward killing other ways of customizing Reddit, such as Reddit Enhancement Suite or using the old.reddit.com desktop interface.

This isn't only a problem on the user level: many subreddit moderators depend on tools only available outside the official app to keep their communities on-topic and spam-free.

Open Letter to Reddit & Blackout

In lieu of what’s happening above, an open letter has been released by the broader moderation community. Part of this initiative includes a potential subreddit blackout (meaning the subreddit will be privatized) on June 12th, lasting 48 hours or longer.

We would like to give the community a voice in this as we deeply care about how everyone in this community feels. Should we fully support the protest and blackout the subreddit for at least June 12th? How long if we do? Feel free to leave your thoughts and opinions below.