While the fees will not hurt everyone, some third-party developers say the new bills from Reddit would be exorbitant. But this month, the company detailed what the cost would be, causing outcry among some of the third-party apps. In April, Reddit announced new fees for allowing third parties to access the site's data. Huffman says he's willing to negotiate with third-party developers wanting to have "productive conversations" "The protest, what it really affects is the everyday users, most of whom aren't involved in this or the changes that spurred this," Huffman said. Huffman characterized the Reddit protesters as a small but vocal cadre of angry users who are not in touch with the greater Reddit community. Huffman said the action did not cost the company much, even though it managed to create "a fair amount of trouble," he said. The coordinated backlash had a rallying cry: "Don't Let Reddit Kill 3rd Party Apps!" It lasted for 48 hours, but some groups have extended the "blackout" period. Reddit is used by some 57 million people every day to discuss all sorts of things, like news developments share memes and favorite recipes swap stock market tips and chronicle public photos of bread stapled to trees.īut on Monday, Reddit's unpaid volunteer moderators turned thousands of discussion groups private, making them inaccessible. "But I think the greater Reddit community just wants to participate with their fellow community members." We made a business decision that upset them," Huffman told NPR in his first interview since nearly 9,000 subreddits staged a 48-hour boycott. "It's a small group that's very upset, and there's no way around that. Reddit CEO Steve Huffman says a mass protest on Reddit did not change the company's plans to start charging for data, despite how it upended the popular site and turned thousands of discussion groups dark.
Randy Shropshire/Getty Images for Blavity Inc/AfroTech In an interview with NPR on Thursday, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman defended the company's plan to start charging for access to its data, a move that prompted a 48-hour blackout among thousands of Reddit communities.
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