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    Reddit CEO Steve Huffman: 'It's time we grow up and behave like an adult company'

    In his first interview since thousands of subreddits went dark in protest, Huffman said he is not going to reverse his plan to start charging for outside access to Reddit data.
    by Bobby Allyn Jun 15, 2023 4 minutes
    In an interview with NPR on Thursday, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman defended the company's plan to start charging for access to its data, a move that prompted a 48-hour blackout among thousands of Reddit communities.

    Reddit CEO Steve Huffman says a mass protest on Reddit did not change the company's plans to start charging for data, despite how it upended the popular site and turned thousands of discussion groups dark.

    "It's a small group that's very upset, and there's no way around that. We made a business decision that upset them," Huffman told NPR in his first interview since nearly 9,000 subreddits staged a 48-hour boycott. "But I think the greater Reddit community just wants to participate with their fellow community members."

    Reddit is used by some 57 million people every day to discuss all sorts of things, like news public photos of bread stapled to trees.

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