# Is Reddit Really Going to Have A 'Blackout'?

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**Created:** [June 10, 2023, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-reddit-really-going-to-have-a-blackout/985278 "2023-06-10T06:02:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2023, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-reddit-really-going-to-have-a-blackout/985278/2 "2023-06-10T06:34:56Z")

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We already have a thread about this. I tried my best to explain in this post:

> [@AI affecting Stack Overflow and Reddit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-affecting-stack-overflow-and-reddit/985120/3):
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> The Reddit one, at least, isn’t really about AI. Reddit didn’t even initially claim it was. Yes, they did eventually mention that AI developers were using their API to scrape data. But they initially just said the problem was that some companies were very much abusing the API limits, costing them money, and that they wanted to charge back what the money they were losing. They also, however, said that they would work with the bot developers and third party app developers to minimize the effects …

And it’s not that people will have to pay to use third party apps. They are completely shutting down on June 30 because Reddit is charging them more than they can afford based on current rates (and forbidding them to run ads).

And, honestly, you’d get a lot more information if you go to Reddit. Check out the [/r/modcoord subreddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/modcoord) for more info.

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