https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/g5yykm/the-reddit-protest-is-a-battle-for-the-soul-of-the-human-internet

Thousands of subreddits representing hundreds of millions of users have gone dark in what is likely the largest moderator-coordinated protest in the history of social media. The protest brings Reddit’s business model and operating strategy into focus by highlighting the power of its moderators and the site’s reliance on unpaid labor. 

How the situation is resolved will determine the direction of one of the last good social media sites and will impact how people interact with it. A complex argument over the specifics of API pricing is, actually, a battle for the soul of the human internet, and an important labor dispute that will partially determine whether people or corporations control the internet.