A growing number of subreddits are proposing a blackout from June 12-14. Essentially setting their subs to private so no content can be posted there.

I wonder if 3rd party user’s themselves could follow that lead, and just not visit the site during that period. It would be difficult. I know people would want to peak to see if it had any effect. But imagine all the 3rd party users, plus old.Reddit users who worry that that’s next to be axed, not contributing for several days. At all. No api calls, no content, no comments, no upvotes. No interaction at all.

I’ve been an Apollo user since the day it launched. I do not want to lose the app that I’ve grown to depend on to interact with Reddit. Especially as a mod of a small reading community. It just makes things so much easier.

I visited the site on mobile earlier and saw a blue link with no preview like Apollo shows. Rick rolls and Manning face are back on the menu. That’s a feature I’m going to miss.

I have definitely got my moneys worth out of this app regardless of what happens. I bought Pro the day it launched for I believe $2. I bought Ultra lifetime the day that launched for $20. Even tipping here and there, the money I’ve spent on this app has been more than worth it to me.

I don’t want this app to die, or any 3rd party app that people use to interact and contribute to this site where all the content is created by us.

So my question is, in solidarity with all 3rd party apps, would you, could you, boycott Reddit for 48 hours, or longer if needed?