Multiple subreddits are embracing alternative methods of protest, such as only posting one type of post, changing the topic in question, and days the community goes private.

Many of these communities participated in the Reddit blackout from June 12-14 to protest against Reddit API Rule Changes, which could effectively kill many third-party applications. When the company, and its CEO, Steve Huffman, decided not to make any changes, the subreddits began to think about shutting down indefinitely.

However, Reddit noted that moderators should keep the community open. Also, they can’t decide to have their community go dark without a public vote. The company even sent messages to the moderators saying they will be removed if they all continue to emit particles in the blackout.

To circumvent the moderator removal action, several communities are running polls to decide what type of posts are allowed on the subreddit. they are too relaxing a bit rules — Due to the changes, certain tools will not be available to moderators, which will make their job more difficult.

Some of the larger communities like r/photos, r/ayyr/GIF decided to post photos of John Oliver and gifs. In a tweet, Oliver approved this move.

In the case of r/aww, the community can also post images of chiijohn. r/iPhone decided to post photos celebrating The “handsome” Tim Cook.

There are also some really weird forms of protest:

While these methods are innovative and fun, we’ll have to see if Reddit’s management shows any tendency to cave. In recent interviews, Huffman vehemently defended the company’s API rule changes and said that he wants to be profitable. He also suggested that these protests were led by a “small group that is very upset” and had no impact on the company’s revenue. Through these public votes, communities try to show that a large number of people are not happy with the changes made by Reddit.

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