Reddit pressures mods to end the blackout as they find new ways to protest

Reddit appears to be ramping up the pressure on moderators to open communities that closed in the blackout protest against recently announced platform changes. A Reddit admin — an employee of Reddit — has told unpaid volunteer moderators of a subreddit that the “expectation here is that communities reopen,” according to a message shared publicly by

The pressure worked. The community was closed, but it reopened on…