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7972 subreddits — and counting — have gone dark.
I’m signing off for the day, but I wanted to share the latest count of subreddits that are going private to protest Reddit’s API changes. 8,304 subreddits have pledged to do so, according to a live tracker.
The subreddit blackouts are expected to last until June 14th.