This week on the TechCrunch Podcast, I’m stepping in for the podcast’s usual host Darrell, and taking a closer look at what’s happening at Reddit. The popular social media company seems to be hell-bent on alienating as much of its user base as possible after introducing a policy that significantly increases the price of access to its API. The move may be a reaction to toptechtrends.com/2023/06/01/fidelity-reddit-valuation/?activate-overlay=true”>Fidelity cutting its Reddit valuation by more than 40% since its 2021 investment. In any case, the users ain’t happy.
Articles from the episode – about Reddit:
- Ivan reports that toptechtrends.com/2023/06/22/reddit-is-battling-against-moderators-marking-their-communities-nsfw/”>Moderators are turning their communities NSFW
- Ivan reports that toptechtrends.com/2023/06/19/reddit-communities-adopt-alternative-forms-of-protest-as-the-company-threats-action-on-moderators/”>Reddit communities are adopting many forms of protest after the company threatens action on moderators
- Carly reports that toptechtrends.com/2023/06/19/hackers-threaten-to-leak-80gb-of-confidential-data-stolen-from-reddit/”>Hackers threaten to lead 80GB of stolen Reddit data
- Ivan reports that toptechtrends.com/2023/06/16/reddit-ceo-lashes-out-on-protests-moderators-and-third-party-apps/”>Reddit’s CEO lashes out against the protest, moderators, and third-party apps
- Ivan reports that toptechtrends.com/2023/06/14/hundreds-of-subreddits-plan-to-go-dark-indefinitely-after-reddit-ceos-internal-memo/”>hundreds of subreddits go dark indefinitely
- Morgan reported that toptechtrends.com/2023/06/12/reddit-blackout-8000-subreddits-went-dark-protest-api/”>thousands of subreddits protest the API pricing
- Sarah reports that toptechtrends.com/2023/06/12/reddit-goes-down-just-as-a-site-wide-protest-against-its-unpopular-new-api-policy-kicks-off/”>the entire Reddit site went down after the protests started
- Sarah reports that toptechtrends.com/2023/06/09/reddit-ceo-doubles-down-on-attack-on-apollo-developer-in-drama-filled-ama/”>Reddit’s CEO doubled down on his attacks on Apollo’s developer
- Sarah reports that toptechtrends.com/2023/06/08/popular-third-party-reddit-app-apollo-is-shutting-down-as-a-result-of-reddits-new-api-pricing/”>Reddit app Apollo shuts down due to Reddit’s new API pricing
- Ivan reports that a bunch of toptechtrends.com/2023/06/05/multiple-subreddits-and-moderators-are-now-protesting-reddits-api-changes/”>subreddits started a protest against Reddit’s API changes
Non-reddit news from the episode:
- Mark Harris reports that toptechtrends.com/2023/06/20/a-whistleblower-raised-safety-concerns-about-oceangates-submersible-in-2018-then-he-was-fired/”>a whistleblower raised safety concerns about OceanGate’s submersible.
- Tim De Chant reports on TC+ that toptechtrends.com/2023/06/20/volkswagens-battery-lithium-ion-breakthrough/?”>Volkswagen’s breakthrough could spark a battery manufacturing gold rush
- Ivan reports that toptechtrends.com/2023/06/19/whatsapp-introduces-feature-to-automatically-silence-call-from-unknown-numbers/”>WhatsApp introduces feature to automatically silence calls from unknown numbers
- Lauren reports that toptechtrends.com/2023/06/20/netflix-launches-website-based-on-the-fictional-streaming-service-from-black-mirror/?activate-overlay=true”>Netflix launches a website based on Streamberry, the fictional streaming service from ‘Black Mirror’
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Darrell is back in the host seat next week, thank you for hanging out with me for this episode!
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