"How Reddit Got Huge: Tons of Fake Accounts", "Here's the Cool Graph Reddit Fans Should Show Haters Who Still Claim It's Not a Legit News Site", "blog.reddit – what's new on reddit: reddit: billions served", "blog.reddit – what's new on reddit: 2 Billion & Beyond", "r/announcements - Upcoming changes to our content policy, our board, and where we're going from here", "Aliens in the valley: The complete and chaotic history of Reddit", "blog.reddit – what's new on reddit: comments! [331] There is also work that studied influence of Reddit post on popularity of Wikipedia content. Túrks-stormrage (Túrks) 25 December 2018 03:41 #1. [83], The site and its users protested the Federal Communications Commission as it prepared to scrap net neutrality rules. [332], Data from Reddit can also be used to assess academic publications. [280], In August 2015, Steve Huffman introduced a policy which led to the banning of several offensive and sexual communities. [73] After Huffman and Ohanian left Reddit, Erik Martin, who joined the company as a community manager in 2008 and later became general manager in 2011, played a role in Reddit's growth. [320], On August 3, 2020, moderators of the subreddit r/Animemes banned usage of the word 'trap' to refer to any person or fictional character. [184], As a response to Glenn Beck's August 28, 2010, Restoring Honor rally, in September 2010 Reddit users started a movement to persuade satirist Stephen Colbert to have a counter-rally in Washington, D.C.[185] The movement, which came to be called "Restoring Truthiness", was started by user mrsammercer, in a post where he described waking up from a dream in which Stephen Colbert was holding a satirical rally in D.C.[186] Over $600,000 was raised for charity to gain the attention of Colbert. Reddit's most upvoted post of 2019 was a clever protest of Chinese censorship By Morgan Sung 1 year, 2 months Reddit users criticized the platform's massive investment from a Chinese tech giant with a photo from the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, an event that China censors all mention of to this day. [21] Development for the new site took more than a year. [97], On December 13, 2020, Reddit announced it had acquired short-form video social platform Dubsmash, hiring its entire team, with the intention integrating its video creation tools into Reddit. [162] Redditors raised more than $600,000 for charity in support of comedians Jon Stewart's and Stephen Colbert's Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear; more than $180,000 for Haiti earthquake relief efforts; and delivered food pantries' Amazon wish lists. [282], In May 2016, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman said on an interview at the TNW Conference that, unlike Facebook, which "only knows what [its users are] willing to declare publicly", Reddit knows its users' "dark secrets"[283][284][285] at the same time that the website's "values" page was updated in regards to its "privacy" section. r/The_Donald was a subreddit where participants created discussions and memes in support of former U.S. president Donald Trump. The Brandwatch React team analyze the data around EA's customer service post that became the most downvoted comment in Reddit history. For example, users who were given Mold would only be able to see less posts per page as well as not being able to post anything containing the letter E. These effects were amplified upon receiving more Mold, such as losing the ability to post another letter for each Mold received.[195]. For April Fools' Day' 2018, an experiment launched on the subreddit r/circleoftrust. [182][183] In 2017, Huffman told The New York Times that without net neutrality protections, "you give internet service providers the ability to choose winners and losers". [96][77] The company was previously owned by Condé Nast, but was spun off as an independent company. Reddit 2020 By-The-Numbers: 52 million daily active users – up 44 % YoY* 303.4 million posts – up 52.4 % YoY; 2 billion comments – up 18.6 % YoY; 49.2 billion upvotes – up 53.8 % YoY [21] The site's content is divided into categories or communities known on-site as "subreddits", of which there are more than 138,000 active communities. Many famous people would proceed to participate in AmAs (Ask me Anything) from the community. The cause of death was not immediately known, but authorities said they did not suspect foul play. 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The experiment consisted of a community-driven sequencer that users interacted with by submitting GIFs or text slides to be compiled into a movie. [77][78] Reddit launched its Reddit Gold benefits program in July 2010, which offered new features to editors and created a new revenue stream for the business that did not rely on banner ads. [75], Reddit launched two different ways of advertising on the site in 2009. [26] Registered users who subscribe to subreddits see the top content from the subreddits to which they subscribe on their personal front pages. Mobile is anticipated to account for 57 percent of earnings from 2019. It also details information about requests law enforcement agencies have made for information about users or to take down content. Close. For example, noteworthy redditors include u/Poem_for_your_sprog, who responds to messages across Reddit in verse,[31] u/Shitty_Watercolour who posts paintings in response to posts,[32] u/gallowboob, with the highest karma on reddit,[33] and u/spez, the CEO of Reddit (Steve Huffman). [34], Reddit also releases transparency reports annually which have information like how many posts have been taken down by moderators and for what reason. Despite strict rules prohibiting harassment, Reddit's administrators spend considerable resources on moderating the site. [276][277][278][279] On July 10, Pao resigned as CEO and was replaced by former CEO and co-founder Steve Huffman. 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Registered members submit content to the site such as links, text posts, and images, which are then voted up or down by other members. [114], In 2015, Reddit enabled embedding, so users could share Reddit content on other sites. [34] The possibilities that subreddits provide create new opportunities for raising attention and fostering discussion across various areas. Reddit becomes operationally independent of Condé Nast. "Reddit's r/news bans RT.com for alleged spamming", "Say hello to men who hate NSA spying but blame women for being spied on", "Is Apple's iCloud safe after leak of Jennifer Lawrence and other celebrities' nude photos? Singer, P., Ferrara, E., Kooti, F., Strohmaier, M., & Lerman, K. (2016). Previously written in Lisp, then rewritten in Python in 2005. [59] For this idea, Huffman and Ohanian were accepted in Y Combinator's first class. Reddit bans five subreddits, citing an anti-harassment policy. ", "Reddit: Laute Rufe nach Absetzung von CEO Ellen Pao", "Reddit's CEO Allegedly Fired an Employee For Having Cancer and Not Recovering Fast Enough", "More than 200k people have signed a petition calling for Reddit's Ellen Pao to step down", "Petition for Pao resignation from Reddit grows to 130K", "Reddit CEO Pao Under Fire as Users Protest Removal of Executive", Reddit CEO Ellen Pao apologizes: 'We screwed up', Reddit CEO Ellen Pao Issues an Apology for the Direction of the Site, "Ellen Pao: Reddit CEO Apologizes After Petition for Her to Resign", "Petition calling for Reddit boss Ellen Pao to resign hits 200,000 as she admits 'we screwed up, "Reddit finally bans its most infamous racist communities because they 'made recruiting here more difficult. [165] In February 2014, Reddit announced it would donate 10% of its annual ad revenue to non-profits voted upon by its users. [62][63], The team expanded to include Christopher Slowe in November 2005. Many users started brigading the subreddit, which resulted in a loss of over 100,000 subscribers to the subreddit. [88] During her tenure, Reddit initiated an anti-harassment policy,[89] banned involuntary sexualization, and banned several forums that focused on bigoted content or harassment of individuals. As of August 1, 2018[update], r/IAmA, which is the most popular community for AMAs, was the eighth most popular subreddit on the site with 17.7 million subscribers. [84] Wong resigned from Reddit in 2014, after more than two years at the company, citing disagreements about his proposal to move the company's offices from San Francisco to nearby Daly City, but also the "stressful and draining" nature of the position. [268] One of the latter complaints concerned a subreddit that was "expressing support" for the perpetrator of the Charleston church shooting. [55][93] Slowe, the company's first employee, rejoined Reddit in 2017 as chief technology officer. On July 10, 2015 Pao resigned as CEO and was replaced by Reddit cofounder. Matt eventually proved that he was genuine by uploading his doctor's records. We acquired Aaron Swartz's company infogami 6mos after we launched." The community, which featured graphic depictions of violence against women, is banned after its moderators are found to be sharing users' personal information online, and collaborating to protect one another from sitewide bans. Archived. Reddit users begin sharing a large number of naked celebrity photos on the subreddit "TheFappening" in the, Reddit raises $50 million in funding in a, An official mobile application for browsing AMA (Ask Me Anything) threads is released for the iOS and Android platforms under the name, Reddit takes the unusual step of banning a subreddit; it bans "SonyGOP", which was being used to distribute. It is a brilliant story and currently the most upvoted comment of all time. My account "[131][132][133][134] She recommended that advertisers design promotions that "spark conversations and feedback. 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Reddit stops using default subreddits, centering its new discovery-oriented r/popular landing page. Reddit Premium unlocks several features not accessible to regular users, such as comment highlighting, exclusive subreddits, and a personalized Snoo (known as a "snoovatar"). [16] The number of upvotes or downvotes determines the posts' visibility on the site, so the most popular content is displayed to the most people. "[143] Lauren Orsini writes in ReadWrite that "Reddit's huge community is the perfect hype machine for promoting a new movie, a product release, or a lagging political campaign" but there is a "very specific set of etiquette. [24][25] The subreddit "r/all" does not filter topics and shows posts across all subreddits. [240], On October 18, 2011, an IT manager submitted a post to the subreddit r/gameswap offering Redditors to trade one of 312 codes he had been given for the game Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Answered. More than 99% of removals were marked as spam; the remainder made up of a mix of other offensive content. After clicking a titular button, an IRC-like chat window was opened with one other user, and allowed a certain time to pick among three options: "Grow", "Stay" and "Leave". [267] This move was seen as very controversial; some commenters said that the bans went too far, while others said that the bans did not go far enough. Bill Gates had the most popular Reddit AMA of 2019. Huffman and Ohanian attended a lecture by programmer-entrepreneur Paul Graham in Boston, Massachusetts, during their spring break from University of Virginia. [74] VentureBeat noted that Martin was "responsible for keeping the site going" under Condé Nast's ownership. [307], In February 2019, Chinese company Tencent invested $150 million into Reddit as part of its Series D.[308][309] This resulted in a large backlash from Reddit users, who were worried about potential censorship. [226] Eventually, the secret Santa program expanded to various other occasions through RedditGifts, which Reddit acquired in 2011. [55] The company launched a major redesign of its website in April 2018. [44][43], As part of its company culture, Reddit operates on a no-negotiation policy for employee salaries. The experiment ended on April 3, 2020. AMAs, or "Ask Me Anything" interviews, are among Reddit's most popular features. It was only made available for a user named Chris who goes by the alias u/shittymorph, who was known for posting well-written comments, only for them to end with the same copypasta referencing the 1998 Hell in a Cell match between wrestlers The Undertaker and Mankind. [48] The new features included user-to-user chat, a theater mode for viewing visual content, and mobile tools for the site's moderators. (and, later, "What makes you an imposter?") Reddit has become a popular place for worldwide political discussions. Community. in that language. [299][300] The forum's users and moderators accused Reddit administrators of having political motivations for the ban. [26], In a 2014 interview with Memeburn, Erik Martin, then general manager of Reddit, remarked that their "approach is to give the community moderators or curators as much control as possible so that they can shape and cultivate the type of communities they want". Posts are organized by subject into user-created boards called "communities" or "subreddits", which cover a variety of topics such as news, politics, science, movies, video games, music, books, sports, fitness, cooking, pets, and image-sharing. [206] During an AMA on r/IAmA and other subreddits, users can ask questions to interviewees. Reddit announces that its main code repositories, backing its desktop and mobile websites, are no longer open source. Today, Reddit attracts 542 million visitors every month, is the 4th most popular website in the United States, and the 9th most popular website in the world. Time period Key developments at Reddit 2005: In the beginning, Reddit's creators help seed Reddit with numerous fake accounts. Reddit announces that it will start a 12-hour sitewide blackout protesting the, The Reddit serial killer hoax is perpetrated by class members of ", Members of subreddit "findbostonbombers" wrongly identify a number of people as suspects in the Boston Bombings, including a missing. [246] Reddit general manager Martin later issued an apology for this behavior, criticizing the "online witch hunts and dangerous speculation" that took place on the website. [330] Another study evoked a connection between cognitive and attention dynamics and the usage of online social peer production platforms, including the effects of deterioration of user performance. [200] "Grow" would join the chat with another group, "Stay" would close the group chat and create a subreddit with that group as moderators and "Leave" would close the group chat. As of this writing, it has been downvoted more than 678,000 times. In October 2014, Reddit acquired one of them, Alien Blue, which became the official iOS Reddit app. [227] These in-person meetups are called Global Reddit Meetup Day. [146][147], Since 2017, Reddit has partnered with companies to host sponsored AMAs and other interactive events,[148][149] increased advertising offerings,[150] and introduced efforts to work with content publishers. [154] Its demographics allows for wide-ranging subject areas, as well as the ability for smaller subreddits to serve more niche purposes. and had an option to respond to the question after doing so. [110] The company released an app for Reddit's question-and-answer Ask Me Anything subreddit in 2014. Reddit outsourced the Reddit search engine to Flaptor, who used its search product IndexTank. A beginner's guide to the front page of the internet", "The Meaning of 35 Brand Names, From Etsy to Reddit", "Reddit reveals daily active user count for the first time: 52 million", "Reddit is extremely popular. The video reached the top of the website's main feed. React is exclusively used only on the redesigned Reddit that began deployment in 2018. [citation needed], As of November 10, 2009[update], Reddit decommissioned its own servers and migrated to Amazon Web Services. On June 5, 2020, Ohanian resigned from the board and planned to be replaced "by a Black candidate". General Discussion. It displayed a button and a 60-second countdown timer. [64][65] Ohanian later wrote that instead of labeling Swartz as a co-founder, the correct description is that Swartz's company was acquired by Reddit 6 months after he and Huffman had started. [182] On Reddit, Huffman urged redditors to express support for net neutrality and contact their elected representatives in Washington, D.C.[183] Huffman said that the repeal of net neutrality rules stifles competition. [citation needed] The campaign was mentioned on-air several times, and when the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear was held in Washington, D.C. on October 30, 2010, thousands of redditors made the journey. [242] The Monday after uploading the post, he received 138 threatening phone calls both at home and at his job, and by the end of the day he had been fired. The site is primarily written in English with no way to display it in another language. 25k+ upvotes on Reddit. [22] These moderators are volunteers who manage their communities, set and enforce community-specific rules, remove posts and comments that violate these rules, and generally work to keep discussions in their subreddit on topic. [193], In August 2015, Russia banned Reddit after Russia's Federal Drug Control Service decided that Reddit promoted conversations about psychedelic drugs. [245] The family later confirmed Tripathi's death was a result of suicide. [50] Individual chat rooms were rolled out in 2017 and community chat rooms for members of a given subreddit were rolled out in 2018. What actually is the most upvoted post on reddit, so far? It intends to rely on users to report bad actors in the community. Development forks continue slowly on Reddit-like alternative sites such as SaidIt.net, Ceddit.com, Notabug.io, and Rebbit.kr. [118] Reddit unveiled changes to its public front page, called r/popular, in 2017;[26] the change creates a front page free of potentially adult-oriented content for unregistered users. [125] Similar to the "Slashdot effect", the Reddit effect occurs when a smaller website crashes due to a high influx of traffic after being linked to on Reddit; this is also called the Reddit "hug of death". [48] Cake day adds an icon of a small slice of cake next to the user's name for 24 hours. Following the ban, the community's founder would reboot the subreddit under the name "beatingwomen2" in an attempt to circumvent the ban. [164] A similar donation drive in 2011 saw the atheism subreddit raise over $200,000 for charity. The most hated post on Reddit of all time is, predictably, more moderators telling more users to stop being jackasses and aim for the bare minimum of human decency. Maybe for Digg, Too", "Reddit just raised a new round that values the company at $1.8 billion", "Reddit opens its homepage to anyone willing to pay (invites)", "Reddit Adds Benefits For Gold Members To Further Monetize The Site Without More Ads", "blog.reddit – what's new online: Independence", "Reddit Plans SOPA 'Blackout' Protest Jan. 18", "Who cares about Reddit? [287][288], In September 2016, a Redditor named mormondocuments released thousands of administrative documents belonging to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, an action driven by the ex-Mormon and atheist communities of that site. Reddit created an Internet blackout day and was joined by Wikipedia and other sites in 2012 in protest of the Stop Online Piracy and Protect IP acts. This was done in protest of the recent firing of Victoria Taylor, an administrator who helped organize citizen-led interviews with famous people on the popular "Ask me Anything" subreddit. [96], On June 5, 2020, Alexis Ohanian resigned as a member of the board in response to the George Floyd protests and requested to be replaced "by a Black candidate". Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2021 storming of the United States Capitol. More recently, on a Reddit post in June 2020, a user, u/theMalleableDuck, claimed to have met Rick Astley backstage when they were 12 years old, but posted a link to the song instead of a picture verifying the encounter. "[136] Nissan ran a successful branded content promotion offering users free gifts to publicize a new car,[137][138] though the company was later ridiculed for suspected astroturfing when the CEO only answered puff piece questions on the site. [14] In February 2019, a $300 million funding round led by Tencent brought the company's valuation to $3 billion. This Reddit post was submitted to /r/todayilearned, a subreddit all about sharing new information with others, and links to a Wikipedia article about Robert Gould Shaw. Here is a link to the most upvoted Reddit post of all time posted by Rick Astley. [122][21] When Reddit revamped its website in April 2018, the company imposed several restrictions on how Snoo can be designed: Snoo's head "should always appear blank or neutral", Snoo's eyes are orange-red, and Snoo cannot have fingers. [314], On June 29, 2020, Reddit updated its content policy and introduced rules aimed at curbing the presence of communities they believed to be "promoting hate",[315] and banned approximately 2,000 subreddits that were found to be in violation of the new guidelines on the same day. One of the most popular subreddits, "IAmA" (I am a), is created. Why People Downvote Posts and Comments on Reddit. [77] Also during this time, Reddit began accepting the digital currency Bitcoin for its Reddit Gold subscription service through a partnership with bitcoin payment processor Coinbase in February 2013. [291][292] He did so by changing insulting comments made towards him and made it appear as if the insult were directed at the moderators of r/The_Donald. Reddit can be viewed without an account but registration is required to submit, comment or vote. The ban was predicated on the real-world usage of the word "trap" as a slur against transgender people, with moderators citing the trans panic defence. Notable participants include former-United States President Barack Obama (while campaigning for the 2012 election),[207] Bill Gates (multiple times),[208] and Donald Trump (also while campaigning). [116] Users still can upload images to Reddit using Imgur. [281] Some subreddits had also been quarantined due to having "highly-offensive or upsetting content", such as r/European, r/swedenyes, r/drawpeople, r/kiketown, r/blackfathers, r/greatapes, and r/whitesarecriminals. Here they are. [6][7], Reddit was founded by University of Virginia roommates Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian, and Aaron Swartz[8][9] in 2005. 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