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Some subreddits are already going dark.

A few subreddits, like r/TIHI and r/polls, went private on Friday ahead of the mass platform protest that’s set to start on Monday. A mod for r/polls cited CEO Steve Huffman’s AMA as the reason for going dark early.

Thousands of subreddits are expected to participate in the protest — the latest count I’ve seen is 3,589.

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