Reddit takes control of popular subreddit that protested API changes

As it promised , Reddit has been taking over control of subreddits that shut down to protest changes to the platform's API. The admin account u/ModCodeofConduct has taken sole charge of r/malefashionadvice, a community with more than 5.4 million subscribers. The subreddit joined thousands of others in closing shop in mid-June to show opposition to the new API rules . Other subreddits started allowing users to post porn in protest. Third-party developers used the API to build thousands of apps th...