Reddit’s position on free speech — and its refusal to commit to an outright ban of hate speech — makes it one of the loneonline communitiesin the digital age. Many of its peers, including Apple, Facebook, Google, Instagram, YouTube, Microsoft, Twitch, Playstation, Xbox Live, Steam, ...
The news,first spotted by theHuffington Post, comes from a leaked conversation between Reddit CEO Steve Huffman and Reddit user Zachary Swanson, known as “whatllmyusernamebe” on the site. Swanson asked Huffman to reconsider his permissive stance on hate speech on the site, pointi...
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Reddit’s policy, according to the admin, is based on specific instances of harassment rather than general offensiveness. “We will ban subreddits that allow their communities to use the subreddit as a platform to harass individuals when moderators don’t take action. We’re banning behavior, ...
Public health surveillance using social media must account for these communication differences, as conclusions about a population’s reaction to disease can differ substantially based on the platform surveyed. Policy Implications Public health officials can use these findings to design community- and ...
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It's easy to find pretty juicy stories on Reddit, but not all of them give us a satisfying ending like we hoped. However, with r/BestofRedditorUpdates, we were able to get the closure we needed for at least some of the stories that had us glued to the screen. These are the best...
staff in February of this year. While there has been semi-regular Living Story updates, the last full expansion was released almost two full years ago. So when there was anannouncement countdown livestream eventon Twitch, the dedicated fans were hopeful. Maybe there would be a new expansion?
This is a stat called "daily active users" that other social media companies, including Facebook and Twitter, share in company updates. Previously, Reddit only shared its monthly active users (430 million, as of last year). It's easy to see why: 52 million barely holds a candle to Face...
“We take a very long view on Reddit,” Wong says. “We’ve been around for 15 years. I am confident we’ll be around for the next 15 years in an even bigger, more influential way.”