The Battle to Save Reddit
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Last Monday, Reddit moderators from nearly 9,000 subreddits shut down their forums in what might be the largest moderator-coordinated social media protest in internet history. They\'re battling against Reddit CEO Steve Huffman\'s decision to start charging for access to the platform\'s software framework, or API, in an attempt to spin a profit, woo investors, and eventually IPO in the second half of 2023.\\xa0Although the blackout began to die down within 48 hours of its inception, over 3,000 subreddits, such as those with over 30 million followers each like r/funny, r/gaming, and r/music are still dark to\\xa0this day.\\xa0On this week\'s podcast extra, OTM correspondent Micah Loewinger speaks with\\xa0Jason Koebler, the editor-in-chief at Motherboard, Vice\\u2019s tech section,\\xa0to discuss the intricacies of the protest and why he dubbed it "a battle for the soul of the human internet.\\u201d
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