💬 Quoted… “We truly believe this change will make it impossible to keep doing what we love.”

Several of Reddit’s biggest communities (aka subreddits) announced yesterday that they will be going dark for two days beginning on June 12 to protest the platform’s new API pricing. The subreddits, which reach over 300 million Reddit users, say the new pricing model will put many of the third-party apps that moderators rely on out of business.

• For instance: the creator of Apollo, a third-party browser for Reddit, said it would now need to pay over $20 million/year to service its customers.

👪 Stat of the Day: Vin Diesel once said “there’s nothing stronger than family” – and it looks like he was right. According to a recent Pew Research Center survey, almost three-quarters of respondents said spending time with family was one of the most important things in their lives.

• Meanwhile, only about 5% of respondents counted ‘being involved in social or political causes’ as one of their most important things.

🤯 Did You Know?... Can someone call Mario and ask him to bring as many mushrooms as he can? According to a study published by Current Biology on Monday, fungi neutralize over a third of the planet’s fossil fuel emissions – or enough to cancel out the yearly carbon pollution of China.

📖 Worth a Read: Customer Ratings Have Become Meaningless. ‘People Hand Out 5 Stars Like It’s Candy’ → (WSJ)