Many popular third-party Reddit apps will be shutting down on Friday, including Apollo, RIF, Sync, and Boost, and fans of the apps are sending them off with heartfelt posts and memes.

Reddit played an important part in the meme-stock frenzy, but could become a meme stock in its own right Last Updated: March 9, 2024 at 8:35 a.m. ET First Published: March 7, 2024 at 2:30 p.m. ET ...

The move sets up Reddit to become a meme stock — a term coined in reference to the wild GameStop short squeeze of 2021, which was driven by a group of Reddit users on its community r/WallStreetBets.

Reddit Fueled Meme-Stock Mania. Now Its CEO Is Overseeing His Own Company’s IPO. Steve Huffman built the social-media platform nearly two decades ago while in college.