Reddit's average daily traffic fell during blackout, according to third-party data

When more than 8,000 subreddits went dark for 48 hours earlier this week to protest Reddit's forthcoming API changes, there were signs the action had an immediate effect on the platform. On the morning of the first day of the protest, Reddit suffered a " major outage " affecting its desktop and mobile websites, as well as mobile apps. Days later, company CEO Steve Huffman went on a media offensive where he attempted to cast aggrieved users and moderators, many of whom give countless hours of the...