"Reddit Faces Backlash: Alternative Forms of Protest and Hackers Demand Action"

Multiple subreddits are adopting alternative methods of protesting against Reddit's API rule changes, including publishing only one kind of post, changing the topic in focus, and days when the community turns private. Reddit pointed out that moderators must keep the community open and can't decide that their community should go dark without a public vote. To get around the moderator removal action, multiple communities are running polls to decide what type of posts are allowed on the subreddit. Through these public votes, communities are trying to prove that a large number of people are unhappy with the changes made by Reddit.