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Last Epoch devs announce upcoming AMA on Games subreddit – Destructoid

It’s always nice to have a way of discussing a game with its developers, and Last Epoch has provided a plethora of ways for fans to do just that. From Twitch Q&As to a thriving Discord, Eleventh Hour is always happy to talk to players, accept feedback and answer questions.  Now they’ve announced they’ll take it one step further with the team hosting a Reddit Ask Me Anything on February 20th at 11 am CST (so that’s 9 am PST / 12 pm EST / 5 pm GMT) on the r/Games Subreddit.  If you’ve got any questions about the…

Dry January? This Subreddit Is Going After Caffeine

“Caffeinated society is a battlefield where everyone loses,” reads the headline on one of the most recent posts on r/decaf, a subreddit for those who have recently weaned themselves off their daily coffee habit. In the post, the author, who goes by u/fuhgg_, outlines how quitting caffeine is “a hero’s journey” and how those who embark on the process “should feel proud for every minute that you have suffered for this goal.” “Calm salute comrades,” it concludes. The tone of the post is earnest, sweeping, and…

Reddit Takes Over Popular Subreddit Amid Moderator Protest

Reddit followed through on its threat to take over subreddits if they did not reopen to the public with its takeover of r/malefashionadvice on Thursday. Prior to closing down in protest of Reddit’s API price changes. The subreddit was one of the biggest on the platform that was still engaged in the protest, boasting more than five million subscribers.Reddit Knowingly Downvoting Self | Future TechReddit reached out to moderators telling them if they didn’t reopen their subreddits they would be in violation of the company’s

Reddit takes control of popular subreddit that protested API changes

, Reddit has been taking over control of subreddits that shut down to protest changes to the platform's API. The admin account u/ModCodeofConduct has taken sole charge of r/malefashionadvice, a community with more than 5.4 million subscribers. The subreddit in closing shop in mid-June to show opposition to . Other subreddits started allowing users to in protest. Third-party developers used the API to build thousands of apps that hook into Reddit. Many of their apps helped with moderation or accessibility. However,…

Reddit kicks out moderators, takes over one of the biggest protesting subreddits

Reddit protests have been going on for more than a month now over the company's API pricing changes. Over the course of this period, many third-party applications shut down their operations citing the excessively high prices for API requests. Showing solidarity with the app developers, many subreddit moderators took their subreddits private for 48 hours, meaning no one could view, post or comment. The pressure tactic did not work, however, and some subreddits chose to stay dark for an indefinite period of time. One such…

Reddit Traffic Returns to Normal After Subreddit Blackout

While Reddit’s recent moderator-led protests against the company’s new API pricing have been loud, dramatic, and sympathetic to most, they don’t seem to have affected traffic to the social media platform in a significant way, according to new data.Reddit Knowingly Downvoting Self | Future TechData from the independent web traffic analyst Similarweb shared with Gizmodo shows that traffic dropped about 5% on June 12—the first day of the protest where more than 8,000 subreddits went private—from 57.8 million visits to 54.3…

Protests cause “influx of sexualised goblin content” in ‘DnD’ subreddit

A Dungeons And Dragons subreddit with over a million members is experiencing an “influx of sexualised goblin content”, due to ongoing protests surrounding Reddit‘s controversial pricing changes. For several weeks, Reddit communities have been protesting the site’s controversial changes to its charging Application Programming Interface (API), which has resulted in a number of third-party Reddit apps being forced to close. While the protests began with days of subreddit blackouts, Reddit leadership soon warned that it…

In shocking move, Reddit hits back at moderators over API price hike protests

In a shocking development, Reddit moderators, who participated in the protests against the company over its API pricing change, were reportedly being removed from their position. The moderators who were being suspended were the ones who changed their subreddit's label to Not Safe For Work (NSFW). The label indicates that sexual content is allowed on the subreddit. The ongoing protests began on June 12 when many Reddit communities went private to show their displeasure over the planned price hikes for API requests that…

reddit daily visitors: Reddit’s average daily traffic fell during subredditor’s protest: report

During the subreddit's protest against the company's new application programming interface (API) pricing changes, Reddit's average daily traffic reportedly fell as compared to the last month.According to Engadget, citing sources, the impact was small but noticeable.More than 57 million daily visits to the social discussion platform were recorded on June 11, the day before the blackout started, across desktop and mobile web clients.Daily visitors dropped below 55 million by the end of the first day of the protest. Less…