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“To subreddit mods: Please stay dark indefinitely!”

That’s the message from the reddark_247 Twitch stream, which shows a live count of which subreddits have gone dark to protest Reddit’s new API rules. Many communities are planning to extend their blackouts past the original Wednesday end date.

A screenshot of the reddark_247 Twitch stream.
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