r/ProgrammerHumor will be shutting down to protest Reddit's API changes

Re:r/ProgrammerHumor will be shutting down to protest Reddit... by SauciestGNU on Thursday June 08, 2023 @10:20PM (#36252305)

I recall one popular but controversial subreddit's founder (think it was KotakuInAction) shut down the subreddit because he didn't like what it had become, and the admins demodded him and gave the sub to its other mods.

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Re:r/ProgrammerHumor will be shutting down to protest Reddit... by hn_throwaway_99 on Friday June 09, 2023 @10:25AM (#36258269)

That's a pretty different case, and exactly why I asked the question.

I have heard of cases where essentially a mod went on a power trip/tantrum and wanted to shut down a subreddit, but that behavior specifically angered the vast majority of subscribers to that subreddit. I think the optics and reality of that are very different from a subreddit shutting down to protest the API changes (in some cases, subreddits held polls).

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