FlowingData: Growth of Subreddits. “Reddit started in 2005 as a single hub to discuss and share links. In early 2006, subreddits were introduced as topic-specific categories. Growing ever since, as of September 2018, there were 892 million comments for the year so far, spread out over 355,939 subreddits.”
MakeUseOf: What Is Reddiquette? 8 Things You Should Never Do on Reddit
MakeUseOf: What Is Reddiquette? 8 Things You Should Never Do on Reddit. “Reddit is one of the internet’s premiere places for the latest news, memes, and anything else you can think of. While you can get plenty out of Reddit just by browsing, after some time you may decide it’s time to create an account and actually get involved. Before you start posting, though, it’s a good idea to go over some basic rules of Reddit etiquette for the site—often called ‘Reddiquette.’ Let’s talk about some of the things not to do on Reddit. Avoid them, and you’ll be on your way to a more pleasant experience.”
Intelligencer: ‘I Fundamentally Believe That My Time at Reddit Made the World a Worse Place’
Intelligencer: ‘I Fundamentally Believe That My Time at Reddit Made the World a Worse Place’. “Over the last few months, Select All has interviewed more than a dozen prominent technology figures about what has gone wrong with the contemporary internet for a project called ‘The Internet Apologizes.’ We’re now publishing lengthier transcripts of each individual interview. This interview features Dan McComas, the former senior vice-president for product of Reddit and the founder and CEO of Imzy, a community-focused platform.”
CNET: Reddit adds appeals process to offensive-subreddit Quarantine policy
CNET: Reddit adds appeals process to offensive-subreddit Quarantine policy. “It’s been a few years since Reddit instituted its Quarantine policy, which added an opt-in click to view subreddits deemed offensive. Now the company has added a major update to it: an appeals process for the flagged-subreddit moderators.”
NBC News: On Reddit, Russian propagandists try new tricks
NBC News: On Reddit, Russian propagandists try new tricks. “The ongoing cat-and-mouse game between Russia-linked propagandists and tech companies now includes a simple tactic the Russians are using to sidestep social media bans — changing web addresses.”
Neowin: Reddit swings the ban hammer on several subreddits promoting piracy
Neowin: Reddit swings the ban hammer on several subreddits promoting piracy . “Policing user-submitted content on sites with forums is a tough job, and not only because it involves maintaining constructive discussions, but because it also requires preventing the spread of pirated content. One such website is Reddit, also known as ‘the front page of the internet’, which solely relies on content submitted by its tens of millions of users. After warning its communities against sharing copyright-infringing content a few months ago, Reddit has now started banning them for continued violation of its rules.”
CNET: How Reddit helped me tackle my biggest insecurity
CNET: How Reddit helped me tackle my biggest insecurity. “Like many preteens going through puberty, I had acne. And like many preteens suffering from the problem, I was mortified by it. Starting when I was 12, each new blistering breakout made me anxious to go outside (let alone attend school), talk to my classmates and meet new people. While my skin cleared up a bit once I emerged from the universally awkward hell known as adolescence, I still have leftover facial scarring and intermittent breakouts that make me apprehensive to appear in photos or CNET videos without makeup. But recently, I’ve begun to embrace this lingering insecurity. And surprisingly, it all stems from Reddit, a site many consider to be the most toxic place on the internet because of the infamous vitriol and trolling by some of its millions and millions of anonymous users.”
