A mass user protest six months ago over technical tweaks had big downstream effects, and now the social media site is changed for everIn June, thousands of Reddit communities plunged into darkness â making their pages inaccessible to the public in a mass protest of corporate policy changes. Users of a social network lambasting it is nothing new; but Redditâs moderators rebelled on a scale never seen before. Six months later, users and researchers say reforms sparked by the movement are still rippling through the social network, which bills itself as the âfront page of the internetâ.The changes are a mixed bag, they say. The quality of the posts on the forum site has changed, some say, but the social networkâs corporate parent appears more attentive, making changes long requested by users and moderators alike. The conflict with the company left Redditâs denizens angry and skeptical, but many say theyâre sticking around to see how things go with Redditâs new normal. Continue reading…
