<s>
Reddit	B-Application
(	O
;	O
stylized	O
in	O
all	O
lowercase	O
as	O
reddit	B-Application
)	O
is	O
an	O
American	O
social	O
news	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
,	O
content	O
rating	O
,	O
and	O
discussion	B-Application
website	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reddit	B-Application
administrators	O
moderate	O
the	O
communities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Moderation	O
is	O
also	O
conducted	O
by	O
community-specific	O
moderators	O
,	O
who	O
are	O
not	O
Reddit	B-Application
employees	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
ranks	O
as	O
the	O
10th-most-visited	O
website	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
and	O
6th	O
most-visited	O
website	O
in	O
the	O
U.S.	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
Semrush	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Twenty-two	O
percent	O
of	O
U.S.	O
adults	O
aged	O
18	O
to	O
29	O
years	O
,	O
and	O
14	O
percent	O
of	O
U.S.	O
adults	O
aged	O
30	O
to	O
49	O
years	O
,	O
regularly	O
use	O
Reddit	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reddit	B-Application
was	O
founded	O
by	O
University	O
of	O
Virginia	O
roommates	O
Steve	O
Huffman	O
and	O
Alexis	O
Ohanian	O
,	O
with	O
Aaron	O
Swartz	O
,	O
in	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
became	O
an	O
independent	O
subsidiary	O
of	O
Condé	O
Nast	O
's	O
parent	O
company	O
,	O
Advance	O
Publications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2014	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
raised	O
$50	O
million	O
in	O
a	O
funding	O
round	O
led	O
by	O
Sam	O
Altman	O
and	O
including	O
investors	O
Marc	O
Andreessen	O
,	O
Peter	O
Thiel	O
,	O
Ron	O
Conway	O
,	O
Snoop	O
Dogg	O
,	O
and	O
Jared	O
Leto	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2017	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
raised	O
$200	O
million	O
for	O
a	O
$1.8	O
billion	O
valuation	O
,	O
with	O
Advance	O
Publications	O
remaining	O
the	O
majority	O
stakeholder	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reddit	B-Application
has	O
received	O
praise	O
for	O
many	O
of	O
its	O
features	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
create	O
several	O
subreddits	O
for	O
niche	O
communities	O
,	O
being	O
a	O
platform	O
for	O
raising	O
publicity	O
for	O
numerous	O
causes	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
grown	O
to	O
be	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
visited	O
websites	O
on	O
the	O
Internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
idea	O
and	O
initial	O
development	O
of	O
Reddit	B-Application
originated	O
with	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
college	O
roommates	O
Steve	O
Huffman	O
and	O
Alexis	O
Ohanian	O
in	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Their	O
initial	O
idea	O
,	O
My	O
Mobile	O
Menu	O
,	O
was	O
unsuccessful	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
intended	O
to	O
allow	O
users	O
to	O
order	O
food	O
by	O
SMS	B-Device
text	O
messaging	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
a	O
brainstorming	O
session	O
to	O
pitch	O
another	O
startup	O
,	O
the	O
idea	O
was	O
created	O
for	O
what	O
Graham	O
called	O
the	O
"	O
front	B-Application
page	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Internet	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Supported	O
by	O
the	O
funding	O
from	O
Y	O
Combinator	O
,	O
Huffman	O
coded	O
the	O
site	O
in	O
Common	B-Language
Lisp	I-Language
and	O
together	O
with	O
Ohanian	O
launched	O
Reddit	B-Application
in	O
June	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Between	O
November	O
2005	O
and	O
January	O
2006	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
merged	O
with	O
Aaron	O
Swartz	O
's	O
company	O
Infogami	O
,	O
and	O
Swartz	O
became	O
an	O
equal	O
owner	O
of	O
the	O
resulting	O
parent	O
company	O
,	O
Not	O
A	O
Bug	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ohanian	O
later	O
wrote	O
that	O
instead	O
of	O
labeling	O
Swartz	O
as	O
a	O
co-founder	O
,	O
the	O
correct	O
description	O
is	O
that	O
Swartz	O
's	O
company	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Reddit	B-Application
6	O
months	O
after	O
he	O
and	O
Huffman	O
had	O
started	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Huffman	O
and	O
Ohanian	O
sold	O
Reddit	B-Application
to	O
Condé	O
Nast	O
Publications	O
,	O
owner	O
of	O
Wired	O
,	O
on	O
October	O
31	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
for	O
a	O
reported	O
$10	O
million	O
to	O
$20	O
million	O
and	O
the	O
team	O
moved	O
to	O
San	O
Francisco	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Huffman	O
and	O
Ohanian	O
left	O
Reddit	B-Application
in	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Huffman	O
and	O
Ohanian	O
left	O
Reddit	B-Application
,	O
Erik	O
Martin	O
,	O
who	O
joined	O
the	O
company	O
as	O
a	O
community	O
manager	O
in	O
2008	O
and	O
later	O
became	O
general	O
manager	O
in	O
2011	O
,	O
played	O
a	O
role	O
in	O
Reddit	B-Application
's	O
growth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Martin	O
facilitated	O
the	O
purchase	O
of	O
Reddit	B-Application
Gifts	O
and	O
led	O
charity	O
initiatives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reddit	B-Application
launched	O
two	O
different	O
ways	O
of	O
advertising	O
on	O
the	O
site	O
in	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reddit	B-Application
launched	O
its	O
Reddit	B-Application
Gold	O
benefits	O
program	O
in	O
July	O
2010	O
,	O
which	O
offered	O
new	O
features	O
to	O
editors	O
and	O
created	O
a	O
new	O
revenue	O
stream	O
for	O
the	O
business	O
that	O
did	O
not	O
rely	O
on	O
banner	O
ads	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
6	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
became	O
operationally	O
independent	O
of	O
Condé	O
Nast	O
,	O
operating	O
as	O
a	O
separate	O
subsidiary	O
of	O
its	O
parent	O
company	O
,	O
Advance	O
Publications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reddit	B-Application
and	O
other	O
websites	O
participated	O
in	O
a	O
12-hour	O
sitewide	O
blackout	O
on	O
January	O
18	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
in	O
protest	O
of	O
the	O
Stop	B-Application
Online	I-Application
Piracy	I-Application
Act	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2012	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
joined	O
the	B-Application
Internet	I-Application
Defense	I-Application
League	I-Application
,	O
a	O
group	O
formed	O
to	O
organize	O
future	O
protests	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yishan	O
Wong	O
joined	O
Reddit	B-Application
as	O
CEO	B-Application
in	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wong	O
resigned	O
from	O
Reddit	B-Application
in	O
2014	O
,	O
citing	O
disagreements	O
about	O
his	O
proposal	O
to	O
move	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
offices	O
from	O
San	O
Francisco	O
to	O
nearby	O
Daly	O
City	O
,	O
but	O
also	O
the	O
"	O
stressful	O
and	O
draining	O
"	O
nature	O
of	O
the	O
position	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
during	O
this	O
time	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
began	O
accepting	O
the	O
digital	O
currency	O
Bitcoin	B-Protocol
for	O
its	O
Reddit	B-Application
Gold	O
subscription	O
service	O
through	O
a	O
partnership	O
with	O
bitcoin	B-Protocol
payment	O
processor	O
Coinbase	O
in	O
February	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ellen	O
Pao	O
replaced	O
Wong	O
as	O
interim	O
CEO	B-Application
in	O
2014	O
and	O
resigned	O
in	O
2015	O
amid	O
a	O
user	O
revolt	O
over	O
the	O
firing	O
of	O
a	O
popular	O
Reddit	B-Application
employee	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
her	O
tenure	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
initiated	O
an	O
anti-harassment	O
policy	O
,	O
banned	O
involuntary	O
sexualization	O
,	O
and	O
banned	O
several	O
forums	O
that	O
focused	O
on	O
bigoted	O
content	O
or	O
harassment	O
of	O
individuals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
five	O
years	O
away	O
from	O
the	O
company	O
,	O
Ohanian	O
and	O
Huffman	O
returned	O
to	O
leadership	O
roles	O
at	O
Reddit	B-Application
:	O
Ohanian	O
became	O
the	O
full-time	O
executive	O
chairman	O
in	O
November	O
2014	O
following	O
Wong	O
's	O
resignation	O
,	O
while	O
Pao	O
's	O
departure	O
on	O
July	O
10	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
led	O
to	O
Huffman	O
's	O
return	O
as	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
chief	O
executive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Huffman	O
rejoined	O
Reddit	B-Application
as	O
CEO	B-Application
,	O
he	O
launched	O
Reddit	B-Application
's	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
apps	O
,	O
fixed	O
Reddit	B-Application
's	O
mobile	O
website	O
,	O
and	O
created	O
A/B	O
testing	O
infrastructure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Huffman	O
said	O
new	O
users	O
were	O
turned	O
off	O
from	O
Reddit	B-Application
because	O
it	O
had	O
looked	O
like	O
a	O
"	O
dystopian	O
Craigslist	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reddit	B-Application
also	O
instituted	O
several	O
technological	O
improvements	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
new	O
tool	O
that	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
hide	O
posts	O
,	O
comments	O
,	O
and	O
private	O
messages	O
from	O
selected	O
redditors	O
in	O
an	O
attempt	O
to	O
curb	O
online	O
harassment	O
,	O
and	O
new	O
content	O
guidelines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Slowe	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
first	O
employee	O
,	O
rejoined	O
Reddit	B-Application
in	O
2017	O
as	O
chief	O
technology	O
officer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reddit	B-Application
's	O
largest	O
round	O
of	O
funding	O
came	O
in	O
2017	O
,	O
when	O
the	O
company	O
raised	O
$200	O
million	O
and	O
was	O
valued	O
at	O
$1.8	O
billion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
funding	O
supported	O
Reddit	B-Application
's	O
site	O
redesign	O
and	O
video	O
efforts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
13	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
announced	O
it	O
had	O
acquired	O
short-form	O
video	O
social	O
platform	O
Dubsmash	B-Application
,	O
hiring	O
its	O
entire	O
team	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
intention	O
of	O
integrating	O
its	O
video	O
creation	O
tools	O
into	O
Reddit	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
5	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
appointed	O
Drew	O
Vollero	O
,	O
who	O
has	O
worked	O
at	O
Snapchat	B-Application
's	O
parent	O
company	O
Snap	O
(	O
SNAP	O
)	O
,	O
as	O
its	O
first	O
Chief	O
Financial	O
Officer	O
weeks	O
after	O
the	O
site	O
was	O
thrust	O
into	O
the	O
spotlight	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
role	O
in	O
the	O
GameStop	O
trading	O
frenzy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2021	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
revealed	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
confidentially	O
filed	O
for	O
an	O
initial	O
public	O
offering	O
with	O
the	O
U.S.	O
Securities	O
and	O
Exchange	O
Commission	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2022	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
acquired	O
MeaningCloud	B-General_Concept
,	O
a	O
natural	O
language	O
processing	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2022	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
acquired	O
Spiketrap	O
for	O
an	O
undisclosed	O
sum	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reddit	B-Application
is	O
a	O
website	O
comprising	O
user-generated	O
content	O
—	O
including	O
photos	O
,	O
videos	O
,	O
links	O
,	O
and	O
text-based	O
posts	O
—	O
and	O
discussions	O
of	O
this	O
content	O
in	O
what	O
is	O
essentially	O
a	O
bulletin	B-Application
board	I-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
"	O
Reddit	B-Application
"	O
is	O
a	O
play-on-words	O
with	O
the	O
phrase	O
"	O
read	O
it	O
"	O
,	O
i.e.	O
,	O
"	O
I	O
read	O
it	O
on	O
Reddit.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Reddit	B-Application
,	O
in	O
2019	O
,	O
there	O
were	O
approximately	O
430	O
million	O
monthly	O
users	O
,	O
who	O
are	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
redditors	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
network	O
of	O
communities	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
's	O
core	O
content	O
consists	O
of	O
posts	O
from	O
its	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
key	O
feature	O
to	O
Reddit	B-Application
is	O
that	O
users	O
can	O
cast	O
positive	O
or	O
negative	O
votes	O
,	O
called	O
upvotes	O
and	O
downvotes	O
respectively	O
,	O
for	O
each	O
post	O
and	O
comment	O
on	O
the	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
also	O
earn	O
"	O
karma	O
"	O
for	O
their	O
posts	O
and	O
comments	O
,	O
a	O
status	O
that	O
reflects	O
their	O
standing	O
within	O
the	O
community	O
and	O
their	O
contributions	O
to	O
Reddit	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
default	O
for	O
those	O
users	O
,	O
the	O
front	O
page	O
will	O
display	O
the	O
subreddit	O
r/popular	O
,	O
featuring	O
top-ranked	O
posts	O
across	O
all	O
of	O
Reddit	B-Application
,	O
excluding	O
not-safe-for-work	O
communities	O
and	O
others	O
that	O
are	O
most	O
commonly	O
filtered	O
out	O
by	O
users	O
(	O
even	O
if	O
they	O
are	O
safe	O
for	O
work	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Registering	O
an	O
account	O
with	O
Reddit	B-Application
is	O
free	O
and	O
requires	O
an	O
email	O
address	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Reddit	B-Application
style	O
,	O
usernames	O
begin	O
with	O
"	O
u/	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
noteworthy	O
redditors	O
include	O
,	O
who	O
responds	O
to	O
messages	O
across	O
Reddit	B-Application
in	O
verse	O
,	O
who	O
posts	O
paintings	O
in	O
response	O
to	O
posts	O
,	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
second-highest	O
karma	O
on	O
Reddit	B-Application
,	O
and	O
,	O
the	O
CEO	B-Application
of	O
Reddit	B-Application
(	O
Steve	O
Huffman	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Subreddits	O
are	O
overseen	O
by	O
moderators	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
users	O
who	O
earn	O
the	O
title	O
by	O
creating	O
a	O
subreddit	O
or	O
being	O
promoted	O
by	O
a	O
current	O
moderator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Admins	O
,	O
by	O
contrast	O
,	O
are	O
paid	O
to	O
work	O
for	O
Reddit	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reddit	B-Application
also	O
releases	O
transparency	O
reports	O
annually	O
which	O
have	O
information	O
like	O
how	O
many	O
posts	O
have	O
been	O
taken	O
down	O
by	O
moderators	O
and	O
for	O
what	O
reason	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2020	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
removed	O
6%	O
of	O
posts	O
made	O
on	O
their	O
platform	O
(	O
approx	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
estimated	O
that	O
Reddit	B-Application
's	O
moderators	O
do	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
466	O
hours	O
of	O
work	O
every	O
day	O
,	O
which	O
totals	O
up	O
to	O
$3.4	O
million	O
in	O
unpaid	O
work	O
each	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Subreddits	O
(	O
officially	O
called	O
communities	O
)	O
are	O
user-created	O
areas	O
of	O
interest	O
where	O
discussions	O
on	O
Reddit	B-Application
are	O
organized	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
2014	O
interview	O
with	O
Memeburn	O
,	O
Erik	O
Martin	O
,	O
then	O
general	O
manager	O
of	O
Reddit	B-Application
,	O
remarked	O
that	O
their	O
"	O
approach	O
is	O
to	O
give	O
the	O
community	O
moderators	O
or	O
curators	O
as	O
much	O
control	O
as	O
possible	O
so	O
that	O
they	O
can	O
shape	O
and	O
cultivate	O
the	O
type	O
of	O
communities	O
they	O
want	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Subreddits	O
often	O
use	O
themed	O
variants	O
of	O
Reddit	B-Application
's	O
alien	O
mascot	O
,	O
Snoo	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
visual	O
styling	O
of	O
their	O
communities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reddit	B-Application
Premium	O
(	O
formerly	O
Reddit	B-Application
Gold	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
premium	O
membership	O
that	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
view	O
the	O
site	O
ad-free	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reddit	B-Application
Premium	O
unlocks	O
several	O
features	O
not	O
accessible	O
to	O
regular	O
users	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
comment	O
highlighting	O
,	O
exclusive	O
subreddits	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
personalized	O
Snoo	O
(	O
known	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
snoovatar	O
"	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reddit	B-Application
Gold	O
was	O
renamed	O
to	O
Reddit	B-Application
Premium	O
in	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reddit	B-Application
Public	O
Access	O
Network	O
,	O
commonly	O
known	O
as	O
RPAN	O
,	O
was	O
a	O
live	O
streaming	O
service	O
run	O
by	O
Reddit	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
19	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
announced	O
RPAN	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
1	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
RPAN	O
Studio	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
an	O
application	O
that	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
broadcast	O
live	O
from	O
desktop	B-Device
computers	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
RPAN	O
Studio	O
has	O
been	O
built	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
OBS	B-Language
,	O
an	O
open-source	B-License
streaming	O
and	O
recording	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
28	O
,	O
2021	O
Reddit	B-Application
permanently	O
increased	O
streaming	O
times	O
to	O
three	O
hours	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
7	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
announced	O
'	O
blockchain-backed	O
Collectible	O
Avatars	O
 '	O
,	O
customizable	O
avatars	O
which	O
are	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
subreddit	O
r/CollectibleAvatars	O
for	O
purchase	O
separate	O
from	O
Reddit	B-Application
Premium	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
use	O
Reddit	B-Application
's	O
Polygon	O
blockchain-powered	O
digital	O
wallet	O
the	O
Vault	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Richard	O
Lawler	O
of	O
The	O
Verge	O
described	O
them	O
as	O
"	O
non-fungible	O
tokens	O
(	O
NFTs	O
)	O
that	O
are	O
available	O
for	O
purchase	O
in	O
the	O
Reddit	B-Application
Avatar	O
Builder	O
"	O
;	O
as	O
NFTs	O
are	O
controversial	O
,	O
this	O
attracted	O
attention	O
from	O
many	O
media	O
outlets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
developed	O
its	O
own	O
real-time	O
chat	O
software	O
for	O
the	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
some	O
established	O
subreddits	O
have	O
used	O
third-party	O
software	O
to	O
chat	O
about	O
their	O
communities	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
built	O
chat	O
functions	O
that	O
it	O
hopes	O
will	O
become	O
an	O
integral	O
part	O
of	O
Reddit	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
tested	O
a	O
new	O
feature	O
which	O
allowed	O
users	O
to	O
tip	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reddit	B-Application
Talk	O
was	O
announced	O
in	O
April	O
2021	O
as	O
a	O
competitor	O
to	O
Clubhouse	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reddit	B-Application
Talk	O
lets	O
subreddit	O
moderators	O
start	O
audio	O
meeting	O
rooms	O
that	O
mimick	O
Clubhouse	B-Application
in	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2022	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
Talk	O
was	O
updated	O
to	O
support	O
recording	O
audio	O
rooms	O
and	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
web	O
version	O
of	O
Reddit	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
desktop	B-Device
app	O
is	O
reportedly	O
slated	O
for	O
a	O
late	O
February	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2021	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
introduced	O
a	O
TikTok-like	O
short-form	O
video	O
feature	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
that	O
lets	O
users	O
rapidly	O
swipe	O
through	O
a	O
feed	O
of	O
short	O
video	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2021	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
introduced	O
a	O
Spotify	O
Wrapped-like	O
feature	O
called	O
Reddit	B-Application
Recap	O
that	O
recaps	O
various	O
statistics	O
from	O
January	O
1	O
to	O
November	O
30	O
about	O
each	O
individual	O
user	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
how	O
much	O
time	O
they	O
spent	O
on	O
Reddit	B-Application
,	O
which	O
communities	O
they	O
joined	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
topics	O
that	O
they	O
engaged	O
with	O
,	O
and	O
allows	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
view	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reddit	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
written	O
in	O
Common	B-Language
Lisp	I-Language
but	O
was	O
rewritten	O
in	O
Python	B-Language
in	O
December	O
2005	O
for	O
wider	O
access	O
to	O
code	B-Library
libraries	I-Library
and	O
greater	O
development	O
flexibility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Python	B-Language
web	O
framework	O
that	O
Swartz	O
developed	O
to	O
run	O
the	O
site	O
,	O
web.py,	O
is	O
available	O
as	O
an	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
used	O
Pylons	O
as	O
its	O
web	O
framework	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reddit	B-Application
was	O
an	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
project	O
from	O
June	O
18	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
until	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
that	O
time	O
,	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
code	O
and	O
libraries	O
written	O
for	O
Reddit	B-Application
were	O
freely	O
available	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
,	O
with	O
the	O
exception	O
of	O
the	O
anti-spam/cheating	O
portions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
September	O
2017	O
announcement	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
we	O
've	O
been	O
doing	O
a	O
bad	O
job	O
of	O
keeping	O
our	O
open-source	B-License
product	O
repos	O
up	O
to	O
date	O
"	O
,	O
partially	O
because	O
"	O
open-source	B-License
makes	O
it	O
hard	O
for	O
us	O
to	O
develop	O
some	O
features	O
'	O
in	O
the	O
clear	O
 '	O
...	O
without	O
leaking	O
our	O
plans	O
too	O
far	O
in	O
advance	O
"	O
,	O
prompting	O
the	O
decision	O
to	O
archive	O
its	O
public	O
GitHub	B-Application
repos	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
decommissioned	O
its	O
own	O
servers	O
and	O
migrated	O
to	O
Amazon	B-Application
Web	I-Application
Services	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reddit	B-Application
uses	O
PostgreSQL	B-Application
as	O
its	O
primary	O
datastore	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
RabbitMQ	B-Application
for	O
offline	O
processing	O
,	O
HAProxy	B-Language
for	O
load	O
balancing	O
and	O
memcached	B-Application
for	O
caching	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
2009	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
started	O
using	O
jQuery	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
released	O
its	O
first	O
mobile	O
web	O
interface	O
for	O
easier	O
reading	O
and	O
navigating	O
the	O
website	O
on	O
touch	O
screen	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
several	O
years	O
,	O
redditors	O
relied	O
on	O
third-party	O
apps	O
to	O
access	O
Reddit	B-Application
on	O
mobile	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2014	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
acquired	O
one	O
of	O
them	O
,	O
Alien	O
Blue	O
,	O
which	O
became	O
the	O
official	O
iOS	B-Application
Reddit	B-Application
app	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reddit	B-Application
removed	O
Alien	O
Blue	O
and	O
released	O
its	O
official	O
application	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
:	O
The	O
Official	O
App	O
,	O
on	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
and	O
the	O
iOS	B-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
in	O
April	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
released	O
an	O
app	O
for	O
Reddit	B-Application
's	O
question-and-answer	O
Ask	O
Me	O
Anything	O
subreddit	O
in	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Allowing	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
subreddits	O
has	O
led	O
to	O
much	O
of	O
the	O
activity	O
that	O
redditors	O
would	O
recognize	O
that	O
helped	O
define	O
Reddit	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reddit	B-Application
rolled	O
out	O
its	O
multireddit	O
feature	O
,	O
the	O
site	O
's	O
biggest	O
change	O
to	O
its	O
front	O
page	O
in	O
years	O
,	O
in	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
enabled	O
embedding	O
,	O
so	O
users	O
could	O
share	O
Reddit	B-Application
content	O
on	O
other	O
sites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
began	O
hosting	O
images	O
using	O
a	O
new	O
image	O
uploading	O
tool	O
,	O
a	O
move	O
that	O
shifted	O
away	O
from	O
the	O
uploading	O
service	O
Imgur	B-Algorithm
that	O
had	O
been	O
the	O
de	O
facto	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
still	O
can	O
upload	O
images	O
to	O
Reddit	B-Application
using	O
Imgur	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reddit	B-Application
's	O
in-house	O
video	O
uploading	O
service	O
for	O
desktop	B-Device
and	O
mobile	O
launched	O
in	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Previously	O
,	O
users	O
had	O
to	O
use	O
third-party	O
video	O
uploading	O
services	O
,	O
which	O
Reddit	B-Application
acknowledged	O
was	O
time-consuming	O
for	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reddit	B-Application
released	O
its	O
"	O
spoiler	O
tags	O
"	O
feature	O
in	O
January	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reddit	B-Application
unveiled	O
changes	O
to	O
its	O
public	O
front	O
page	O
,	O
called	O
r/popular	O
,	O
in	O
2017	O
;	O
the	O
change	O
creates	O
a	O
front	O
page	O
free	O
of	O
potentially	O
adult-oriented	O
content	O
for	O
unregistered	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
2017	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
declared	O
it	O
wanted	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
mobile-first	O
site	O
,	O
launching	O
several	O
changes	O
to	O
its	O
apps	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reddit	B-Application
launched	O
its	O
redesigned	O
website	O
in	O
2018	O
,	O
with	O
its	O
first	O
major	O
visual	O
update	O
in	O
a	O
decade	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
result	O
of	O
an	O
initiative	O
by	O
Huffman	O
upon	O
returning	O
to	O
Reddit	B-Application
,	O
who	O
said	O
the	O
site	O
's	O
outdated	O
look	O
deterred	O
new	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
site	O
features	O
a	O
hamburger	O
menu	O
to	O
help	O
users	O
navigate	O
the	O
site	O
,	O
different	O
views	O
,	O
and	O
new	O
fonts	O
to	O
better	O
inform	O
redditors	O
if	O
they	O
are	O
clicking	O
on	O
a	O
Reddit	B-Application
post	O
or	O
an	O
external	O
link	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
goal	O
was	O
not	O
only	O
for	O
Reddit	B-Application
to	O
improve	O
its	O
appearance	O
,	O
but	O
also	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
easier	O
to	O
accommodate	O
a	O
new	O
generation	O
of	O
Reddit	B-Application
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
's	O
growth	O
had	O
strained	O
the	O
site	O
's	O
back	O
end	O
;	O
Huffman	O
and	O
Reddit	B-Application
Vice	O
President	O
of	O
Engineering	O
Nick	O
Caldwell	O
told	O
The	O
Wall	O
Street	O
Journals	O
COI	O
Journal	O
that	O
Reddit	B-Application
needed	O
to	O
leverage	O
artificial	O
intelligence	O
and	O
other	O
modern	O
digital	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Registered	O
users	O
can	O
opt-out	O
from	O
the	O
redesign	O
and	O
use	O
"	O
Old	O
Reddit	B-Application
"	O
which	O
continues	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
previous	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reddit	B-Application
's	O
logo	O
consists	O
of	O
a	O
time-traveling	O
alien	O
named	O
Snoo	O
and	O
the	O
company	O
name	O
stylized	O
as	O
"	O
reddit	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
,	O
to	O
tie	O
the	O
mascot	O
into	O
Reddit	B-Application
's	O
premise	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
front	B-Application
page	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Internet	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Over	O
the	O
years	O
,	O
the	O
Reddit	B-Application
logo	O
has	O
frequently	O
changed	O
for	O
holidays	O
and	O
other	O
special	O
events	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Reddit	B-Application
revamped	O
its	O
website	O
in	O
April	O
2018	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
imposed	O
several	O
restrictions	O
on	O
how	O
Snoo	O
can	O
be	O
designed	O
:	O
Snoo	O
's	O
head	O
"	O
should	O
always	O
appear	O
blank	O
or	O
neutral	O
"	O
,	O
Snoo	O
's	O
eyes	O
are	O
orange-red	O
,	O
and	O
Snoo	O
cannot	O
have	O
fingers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reddit	B-Application
is	O
a	O
private	O
company	O
based	O
in	O
San	O
Francisco	O
,	O
California	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reddit	B-Application
doubled	O
its	O
headcount	O
in	O
2017	O
;	O
,	O
it	O
employed	O
approximately	O
350	O
people	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
Advance	O
Publications	O
,	O
Condé	O
Nast	O
's	O
parent	O
company	O
,	O
retained	O
a	O
majority	O
stake	O
in	O
Reddit	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reddit	B-Application
's	O
key	O
management	O
personnel	O
includes	O
co-founder	O
and	O
CEO	B-Application
Steve	O
Huffman	O
,	O
Chief	O
Technology	O
Officer	O
Chris	O
Slowe	O
,	O
who	O
was	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
original	O
lead	O
engineer	O
,	O
and	O
Chief	O
Operating	O
Officer	O
Jen	O
Wong	O
,	O
a	O
former	O
president	O
of	O
digital	O
and	O
chief	O
operating	O
officer	O
at	O
Time	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reddit	B-Application
does	O
not	O
disclose	O
its	O
revenue	O
figures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
part	O
of	O
its	O
company	O
culture	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
operates	O
on	O
a	O
no-negotiation	O
policy	O
for	O
employee	O
salaries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
is	O
valued	O
at	O
more	O
than	O
$10	O
billion	O
following	O
a	O
$410	O
million	O
funding	O
round	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
CEO	B-Application
Steve	O
Huffman	O
says	O
the	O
company	O
has	O
not	O
decided	O
on	O
the	O
timing	O
for	O
when	O
to	O
go	O
public	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2021	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
announced	O
they	O
had	O
filed	O
a	O
draft	O
registration	O
statement	O
with	O
the	O
SEC	O
regarding	O
their	O
prospective	O
IPO	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2013	O
,	O
Betabeat	O
published	O
a	O
post	O
that	O
recognized	O
the	O
influx	O
of	O
multinational	O
corporations	O
like	O
Costco	O
,	O
Taco	O
Bell	O
,	O
Subaru	O
,	O
and	O
McDonald	O
's	O
posting	O
branded	O
content	O
on	O
Reddit	B-Application
that	O
was	O
made	O
to	O
appear	O
as	O
if	O
it	O
was	O
original	O
content	O
from	O
legitimate	O
Reddit	B-Application
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PAN	O
Communications	O
wrote	O
that	O
marketers	O
want	O
to	O
"	O
infiltrate	O
the	O
reddit	B-Application
community	O
on	O
behalf	O
of	O
their	O
brand	O
,	O
"	O
but	O
emphasized	O
that	O
"	O
self-promotion	O
is	O
frowned	O
upon	O
"	O
and	O
Reddit	B-Application
's	O
former	O
director	O
of	O
communications	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
site	O
is	O
"	O
100	O
percent	O
organic.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Nissan	O
ran	O
a	O
successful	O
branded	O
content	O
promotion	O
offering	O
users	O
free	O
gifts	O
to	O
publicize	O
a	O
new	O
car	O
,	O
though	O
the	O
company	O
was	O
later	O
ridiculed	O
for	O
suspected	O
astroturfing	O
when	O
the	O
CEO	B-Application
only	O
answered	O
puff	O
piece	O
questions	O
on	O
the	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reddit	B-Application
's	O
users	O
tend	O
to	O
be	O
more	O
privacy-conscious	O
than	O
on	O
other	O
websites	O
,	O
often	O
using	O
tools	O
like	O
AdBlock	B-Operating_System
and	O
proxies	B-Application
,	O
and	O
they	O
dislike	O
"	O
feeling	O
manipulated	O
by	O
brands	O
"	O
but	O
respond	O
well	O
to	O
"	O
content	O
that	O
begs	O
for	O
intelligent	O
viewers	O
and	O
participants.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Lauren	O
Orsini	O
writes	O
in	O
ReadWrite	O
that	O
"	O
Reddit	B-Application
's	O
huge	O
community	O
is	O
the	O
perfect	O
hype	O
machine	O
for	O
promoting	O
a	O
new	O
movie	O
,	O
a	O
product	O
release	O
,	O
or	O
a	O
lagging	O
political	O
campaign	O
"	O
but	O
there	O
is	O
a	O
"	O
very	O
specific	O
set	O
of	O
etiquette	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Journalists	O
have	O
used	O
the	O
site	O
as	O
a	O
basis	O
for	O
stories	O
,	O
though	O
they	O
are	O
advised	O
by	O
the	O
site	O
's	O
policies	O
to	O
respect	O
that	O
"	O
reddit	B-Application
's	O
communities	O
belong	O
to	O
their	O
members	O
"	O
and	O
to	O
seek	O
proper	O
attribution	O
for	O
people	O
's	O
contributions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reddit	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
begin	O
using	O
VigLink	O
to	O
redirect	O
affiliate	O
links	O
in	O
June	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2017	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
has	O
partnered	O
with	O
companies	O
to	O
host	O
sponsored	O
AMAs	O
and	O
other	O
interactive	O
events	O
,	O
increased	O
advertising	O
offerings	O
,	O
and	O
introduced	O
efforts	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
content	O
publishers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
hired	O
Jen	O
Wong	O
as	O
COO	O
,	O
responsible	O
for	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
business	O
strategy	O
and	O
growth	O
,	O
and	O
introduced	O
native	O
mobile	O
ads	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reddit	B-Application
opened	O
a	O
Chicago	O
office	O
to	O
be	O
closer	O
to	O
major	O
companies	O
and	O
advertising	O
agencies	O
located	O
in	O
and	O
around	O
Chicago	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
hired	O
former	O
Twitter	B-Application
ad	O
director	O
Shariq	O
Rizvi	O
as	O
its	O
vice	O
president	O
of	O
ad	O
products	O
and	O
engineering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
gaining	O
popularity	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
unique	O
users	O
per	O
day	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
has	O
been	O
a	O
platform	O
to	O
raise	O
publicity	O
for	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
causes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
the	O
user	O
base	O
of	O
Reddit	B-Application
has	O
given	O
birth	O
to	O
other	O
websites	O
,	O
including	O
image	B-Algorithm
sharing	I-Algorithm
community	O
and	O
image	B-Algorithm
host	I-Algorithm
Imgur	B-Algorithm
,	O
which	O
started	O
in	O
2009	O
as	O
a	O
gift	O
to	O
Reddit	B-Application
's	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Statistics	O
from	O
Google	O
Ad	O
Planner	O
suggest	O
that	O
74%	O
of	O
Reddit	B-Application
users	O
are	O
male	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
the	O
Pew	O
Research	O
Center	O
published	O
research	O
showing	O
that	O
4%	O
of	O
U.S.	O
adults	O
use	O
Reddit	B-Application
,	O
of	O
which	O
67%	O
are	O
men	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
78%	O
of	O
users	O
get	O
news	O
from	O
Reddit	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Politically	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
's	O
community	O
is	O
predominantly	O
left-leaning	O
,	O
with	O
less	O
than	O
19%	O
of	O
its	O
users	O
leaning	O
to	O
the	O
right	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reddit	B-Application
is	O
known	O
in	O
part	O
for	O
its	O
passionate	O
user	O
base	O
,	O
which	O
has	O
been	O
described	O
as	O
"	O
offbeat	O
,	O
quirky	O
,	O
and	O
anti-establishment	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
to	O
the	O
"	O
Slashdot	B-General_Concept
effect	I-General_Concept
"	O
,	O
the	O
Reddit	B-General_Concept
effect	I-General_Concept
occurs	O
when	O
a	O
smaller	O
website	O
crashes	O
due	O
to	O
a	O
high	O
influx	O
of	O
traffic	O
after	O
being	O
linked	O
to	O
on	O
Reddit	B-Application
;	O
this	O
is	O
also	O
called	O
the	O
Reddit	B-Application
"	O
hug	B-General_Concept
of	I-General_Concept
death	I-General_Concept
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
have	O
used	O
Reddit	B-Application
as	O
a	O
platform	O
for	O
their	O
charitable	O
and	O
philanthropic	O
efforts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2014	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
announced	O
it	O
would	O
donate	O
10%	O
of	O
its	O
annual	O
ad	O
revenue	O
to	O
non-profits	O
voted	O
upon	O
by	O
its	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
the	O
campaign	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
donating	O
$	O
82,765	O
each	O
to	O
Electronic	O
Frontier	O
Foundation	O
,	O
Planned	O
Parenthood	O
Federation	O
of	O
America	O
,	O
Doctors	O
Without	O
Borders	O
,	O
Erowid	O
Center	O
,	O
Wikimedia	O
Foundation	O
,	O
Multidisciplinary	O
Association	O
for	O
Psychedelic	O
Studies	O
,	O
NPR	O
,	O
Free	B-Operating_System
Software	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
,	O
Freedom	O
From	O
Religion	O
Foundation	O
,	O
and	O
Tor	B-Application
Project	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reddit	B-Application
has	O
been	O
used	O
for	O
a	O
wide	O
variety	O
of	O
political	O
engagement	O
including	O
the	O
presidential	O
campaigns	O
of	O
Barack	O
Obama	O
,	O
Donald	O
Trump	O
,	O
Hillary	O
Clinton	O
,	O
and	O
Bernie	O
Sanders	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reddit	B-Application
has	O
become	O
a	O
popular	O
place	O
for	O
worldwide	O
political	O
discussions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
March	O
for	O
Science	O
originated	O
from	O
a	O
discussion	O
on	O
Reddit	B-Application
over	O
the	O
deletion	O
of	O
all	O
references	O
to	O
climate	O
change	O
from	O
the	O
White	B-Application
House	I-Application
website	O
,	O
about	O
which	O
a	O
user	O
commented	O
that	O
"	O
There	O
needs	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
Scientists	O
 '	O
March	O
on	O
Washington	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reddit	B-Application
users	O
have	O
been	O
engaged	O
in	O
the	O
defense	O
of	O
Internet	O
privacy	O
,	O
net	O
neutrality	O
and	O
Internet	O
anonymity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reddit	B-Application
created	O
an	O
Internet	O
blackout	O
day	O
and	O
was	O
joined	O
by	O
Wikipedia	O
and	O
other	O
sites	O
in	O
2012	O
in	O
protest	O
of	O
the	O
Stop	B-Application
Online	I-Application
Piracy	I-Application
and	O
Protect	O
IP	O
acts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
18	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
participated	O
in	O
a	O
12-hour	O
sitewide	O
blackout	O
to	O
coincide	O
with	O
a	O
congressional	O
committee	O
hearing	O
on	O
the	O
measures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
that	O
time	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
displayed	O
a	O
message	O
on	O
the	O
legislation	O
's	O
effects	O
on	O
Reddit	B-Application
,	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
resources	O
on	O
the	O
proposed	O
laws	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2012	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
joined	O
the	B-Application
Internet	I-Application
Defense	I-Application
League	I-Application
,	O
a	O
group	O
formed	O
to	O
organize	O
future	O
protests	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reddit	B-Application
CEO	B-Application
Steve	O
Huffman	O
has	O
also	O
advocated	O
for	O
net	O
neutrality	O
rules	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
Reddit	B-Application
,	O
Huffman	O
urged	O
redditors	O
to	O
express	O
support	O
for	O
net	O
neutrality	O
and	O
contact	O
their	O
elected	O
representatives	O
in	O
Washington	O
,	O
D.C.	O
Huffman	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
repeal	O
of	O
net	O
neutrality	O
rules	O
stifles	O
competition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
said	O
he	O
and	O
Reddit	B-Application
would	O
continue	O
to	O
advocate	O
for	O
net	O
neutrality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
response	O
to	O
Glenn	O
Beck	O
's	O
August	O
28	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
Restoring	O
Honor	O
rally	O
,	O
in	O
September	O
2010	O
Reddit	B-Application
users	O
started	O
a	O
movement	O
to	O
persuade	O
satirist	O
Stephen	O
Colbert	O
to	O
have	O
a	O
counter-rally	O
in	O
Washington	O
,	O
D.C.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
a	O
post-rally	O
press	O
conference	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
co-founder	O
Ohanian	O
asked	O
,	O
"	O
What	O
role	O
did	O
the	O
Internet	O
campaign	O
play	O
in	O
convincing	O
you	O
to	O
hold	O
this	O
rally	O
?	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
message	O
to	O
the	O
Reddit	B-Application
community	O
,	O
Colbert	O
later	O
added	O
,	O
"	O
I	O
have	O
no	O
doubt	O
that	O
your	O
efforts	O
to	O
organize	O
and	O
the	O
joy	O
you	O
clearly	O
brought	O
to	O
your	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
story	O
contributed	O
greatly	O
to	O
the	O
turnout	O
and	O
success.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
May	O
2014	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
has	O
been	O
blocked	O
in	O
Indonesia	O
by	O
the	O
Ministry	O
of	O
Communication	O
and	O
Information	O
Technology	O
for	O
hosting	O
content	O
containing	O
nudity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2015	O
,	O
Russia	O
banned	O
Reddit	B-Application
after	O
Russia	O
's	O
Federal	O
Drug	O
Control	O
Service	O
decided	O
that	O
Reddit	B-Application
promoted	O
conversations	O
about	O
psychedelic	O
drugs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2015	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
was	O
blocked	O
in	O
China	O
for	O
a	O
few	O
weeks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ISPs	O
in	O
India	O
were	O
found	O
to	O
be	O
blocking	O
traffic	O
over	O
Reddit	B-Application
for	O
intermittent	O
periods	O
in	O
some	O
regions	O
in	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
Fools	O
 '	O
Day	O
2010	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
's	O
first	O
massive	O
April	O
Fool	O
's	O
social	O
experiment	O
was	O
to	O
make	O
everyone	O
on	O
site	O
an	O
admin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Any	O
modifications	O
to	O
Reddit	B-Application
only	O
occurred	O
through	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
perspective	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
Fools	O
 '	O
Day	O
2011	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
replaced	O
its	O
Reddit	B-Application
Gold	O
subscription	O
with	O
Reddit	B-Application
Mold	O
,	O
a	O
joke	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
premium	O
service	O
that	O
could	O
be	O
given	O
to	O
users	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
website	O
experience	O
worse	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
Fools	O
 '	O
Day	O
2013	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
claimed	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
acquired	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
Team	B-Application
Fortress	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
and	O
initiated	O
a	O
site-wide	O
event	O
where	O
users	O
were	O
randomly	O
assigned	O
into	O
two	O
teams	O
,	O
Orangered	O
and	O
Periwinkle	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
both	O
the	O
colors	O
of	O
the	O
Team	B-Application
Fortress	I-Application
2	I-Application
teams	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
colors	O
of	O
the	O
upvote	O
and	O
downvote	O
buttons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
in	O
Team	B-Application
Fortress	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
users	O
were	O
randomly	O
given	O
items	O
and	O
cosmetics	O
to	O
use	O
,	O
most	O
importantly	O
weapons	O
to	O
use	O
against	O
users	O
on	O
the	O
opposing	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Valve	O
also	O
participated	O
in	O
the	O
event	O
,	O
updating	O
Team	B-Application
Fortress	I-Application
2	I-Application
with	O
Reddit	B-Application
related	O
cosmetics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
April	O
Fools	O
 '	O
Day	O
2014	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
did	O
"	O
headdit	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
joke	O
way	O
to	O
navigate	O
and	O
use	O
the	O
website	O
using	O
the	O
webcam	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
clicking	O
a	O
titular	O
button	O
,	O
an	O
IRC-like	O
chat	O
window	O
was	O
opened	O
with	O
one	O
other	O
user	O
,	O
and	O
allowed	O
a	O
certain	O
time	O
to	O
pick	O
among	O
three	O
options	O
:	O
"	O
Grow	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
Stay	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
Leave	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
subreddit	O
contained	O
a	O
collaborative	O
pixel	B-Algorithm
art	O
canvas	O
,	O
where	O
a	O
user	O
could	O
place	O
a	O
pixel	B-Algorithm
every	O
five	O
minutes	O
(	O
the	O
timer	O
was	O
temporarily	O
ten	O
and	O
twenty	O
minutes	O
for	O
a	O
few	O
hours	O
on	O
April	O
1	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
April	O
Fools	O
 '	O
Day	O
2021	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
released	O
r/second	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
users	O
have	O
to	O
guess	O
the	O
second	O
most	O
popular	O
option	O
out	O
of	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
three	O
options	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
April	O
Fools	O
 '	O
Day	O
2022	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
once	O
again	O
featured	O
r/place	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
event	O
featured	O
in	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
subreddit	O
featured	O
a	O
1000	O
x	O
1000	O
pixel	B-Algorithm
collaborative	O
canvas	O
which	O
users	O
could	O
edit	O
the	O
color	O
of	O
a	O
single	O
pixel	B-Algorithm
every	O
five	O
minutes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
the	O
event	O
ended	O
,	O
users	O
were	O
only	O
allowed	O
to	O
place	O
white	O
pixels	B-Algorithm
,	O
reverting	O
the	O
canvas	O
back	O
to	O
its	O
original	O
state	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
April	O
Fools	O
 '	O
Day	O
2023	O
,	O
r/schrodingers	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
users	O
had	O
to	O
guess	O
answers	O
to	O
riddles	O
based	O
on	O
Reddit	B-Application
's	O
past	O
April	O
Fools	O
events	O
using	O
the	O
Schrödinger	O
equation	O
methods	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AMAs	O
,	O
or	O
"	O
Ask	O
Me	O
Anything	O
"	O
interviews	O
,	O
are	O
among	O
Reddit	B-Application
's	O
most	O
popular	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AMAs	O
have	O
featured	O
CEO	B-Application
Steve	O
Huffman	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
figures	O
from	O
entertainment	O
industries	O
around	O
the	O
world	O
(	O
including	O
Priyanka	O
Chopra	O
and	O
George	O
Clooney	O
)	O
,	O
literature	O
(	O
Margaret	O
Atwood	O
)	O
,	O
space	O
(	O
Buzz	O
Aldrin	O
)	O
,	O
privacy	O
(	O
Edward	O
Snowden	O
)	O
,	O
fictional	O
characters	O
(	O
including	O
Borat	O
and	O
Cookie	O
Monster	O
)	O
and	O
others	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
experts	O
who	O
answered	O
questions	O
about	O
the	O
transgender	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Atlantic	O
wrote	O
that	O
an	O
AMA	O
"	O
imports	O
the	O
aspirational	O
norms	O
of	O
honesty	O
and	O
authenticity	O
from	O
pseudonymous	O
Internet	B-Application
forums	I-Application
into	O
a	O
public	O
venue	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
fan-made	O
RedditGifts	O
site	O
was	O
created	O
in	O
2009	O
for	O
a	O
Secret	O
Santa	O
exchange	O
among	O
Reddit	B-Application
users	O
,	O
which	O
has	O
since	O
become	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
largest	O
and	O
set	O
a	O
Guinness	O
World	O
record	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eventually	O
,	O
the	O
secret	O
Santa	O
program	O
expanded	O
to	O
various	O
other	O
occasions	O
through	O
RedditGifts	O
,	O
which	O
Reddit	B-Application
acquired	O
in	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
9	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
announced	O
the	O
shutdown	O
of	O
Reddit	B-Application
Gifts	O
,	O
effective	O
at	O
the	O
conclusion	O
of	O
the	O
2021	O
Secret	O
Santa	O
exchange	O
;	O
new	O
account	O
registration	O
was	O
disabled	O
when	O
the	O
announcement	O
was	O
issued	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
online	O
Reddit	B-Application
community	O
conducts	O
real-world	O
meetups	O
across	O
the	O
globe	O
each	O
summer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
in-person	O
meetups	O
are	O
called	O
Global	O
Reddit	B-Application
Meetup	O
Day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reddit	B-Application
communities	O
occasionally	O
coordinate	O
Reddit-external	O
projects	O
such	O
as	O
skewing	O
polls	O
on	O
other	O
websites	O
,	O
like	O
the	O
2007	O
incident	O
when	O
Greenpeace	O
allowed	O
web	O
users	O
to	O
decide	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
a	O
humpback	O
whale	O
it	O
was	O
tracking	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reddit	B-Application
users	O
voted	O
en	O
masse	O
to	O
name	O
the	O
whale	O
"	O
Mr.	O
</s>
<s>
Splashy	O
Pants	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
Reddit	B-Application
administrators	O
encouraged	O
the	O
prank	O
by	O
changing	O
the	O
site	O
logo	O
to	O
a	O
whale	O
during	O
the	O
voting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reddit	B-Application
has	O
changed	O
its	O
site-wide	O
editorial	O
policies	O
several	O
times	O
,	O
sometimes	O
in	O
reaction	O
to	O
controversies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reddit	B-Application
has	O
historically	O
been	O
a	O
platform	O
for	O
objectionable	O
but	O
legal	O
content	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
2011	O
,	O
news	O
media	O
covered	O
the	O
way	O
that	O
jailbait	O
was	O
being	O
shared	O
on	O
the	O
site	O
before	O
the	O
site	O
changed	O
their	O
policies	O
to	O
explicitly	O
ban	O
"	O
suggestive	O
or	O
sexual	O
content	O
featuring	O
minors	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
some	O
controversial	O
incidents	O
of	O
Internet	B-Application
vigilantism	I-Application
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
introduced	O
a	O
strict	O
rule	O
against	O
the	O
publication	O
of	O
non-public	O
personally-identifying	O
information	O
via	O
the	O
site	O
(	O
colloquially	O
known	O
as	O
doxxing	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
Reddit	B-Application
's	O
decentralized	O
moderation	O
,	O
user	O
anonymity	O
,	O
and	O
lack	O
of	O
fact-checking	O
systems	O
,	O
the	O
platform	O
is	O
highly	O
prone	O
to	O
spreading	O
misinformation	O
and	O
disinformation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Those	O
who	O
use	O
Reddit	B-Application
should	O
exercise	O
caution	O
in	O
taking	O
user-created	O
unsourced	O
content	O
as	O
fact	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reddit	B-Application
communities	O
exhibit	O
the	O
echo	O
chamber	O
effect	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
repeated	O
unsourced	O
statements	O
come	O
to	O
be	O
accepted	O
among	O
the	O
community	O
as	O
fact	O
,	O
leading	O
to	O
distorted	O
worldviews	O
among	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
Boston	O
Marathon	O
bombing	O
in	O
April	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
faced	O
criticism	O
after	O
users	O
wrongly	O
identified	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
people	O
as	O
suspects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reddit	B-Application
general	O
manager	O
Martin	O
later	O
issued	O
an	O
apology	O
for	O
this	O
behavior	O
,	O
criticizing	O
the	O
"	O
online	O
witch	O
hunts	O
and	O
dangerous	O
speculation	O
"	O
that	O
took	O
place	O
on	O
the	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
18	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
took	O
a	O
criticized	O
action	O
of	O
banning	O
a	O
subreddit	O
,	O
"	O
SonyGOP	O
"	O
,	O
that	O
was	O
being	O
used	O
to	O
distribute	O
hacked	O
Sony	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Ellen	O
Pao	O
became	O
CEO	B-Application
,	O
she	O
was	O
initially	O
a	O
target	O
of	O
criticism	O
by	O
users	O
who	O
objected	O
to	O
the	O
deletion	O
of	O
content	O
critical	O
of	O
herself	O
and	O
her	O
husband	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
on	O
June	O
10	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
shut	O
down	O
the	O
150,000	O
-subscriber	O
"	O
fatpeoplehate	O
"	O
subreddit	O
and	O
four	O
others	O
citing	O
issues	O
related	O
to	O
harassment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Responding	O
to	O
the	O
accusations	O
of	O
"	O
skewed	O
enforcement	O
"	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
reaffirmed	O
their	O
commitment	O
to	O
free	O
expression	O
and	O
stated	O
,	O
"	O
There	O
are	O
some	O
subreddits	O
with	O
very	O
little	O
viewership	O
that	O
get	O
highlighted	O
repeatedly	O
for	O
their	O
content	O
,	O
but	O
those	O
are	O
a	O
tiny	O
fraction	O
of	O
the	O
content	O
on	O
the	O
site.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
2	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
began	O
experiencing	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
blackouts	O
as	O
moderators	O
set	O
popular	O
subreddit	O
communities	O
to	O
private	O
,	O
in	O
an	O
event	O
dubbed	O
"	O
AMAgeddon	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
portmanteau	O
of	O
AMA	O
(	O
"	O
ask	O
me	O
anything	O
"	O
)	O
and	O
Armageddon	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Organizers	O
of	O
the	O
blackout	O
also	O
expressed	O
resentment	O
about	O
the	O
recent	O
severance	O
of	O
the	O
communication	O
between	O
Reddit	B-Application
and	O
the	O
moderators	O
of	O
subreddits	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
this	O
,	O
a	O
Change.org	B-Application
petition	O
to	O
remove	O
Pao	O
as	O
CEO	B-Application
of	O
Reddit	B-Application
Inc	I-Application
.	I-Application
reached	O
over	O
200,000	O
signatures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
10	O
,	O
Pao	O
resigned	O
as	O
CEO	B-Application
and	O
was	O
replaced	O
by	O
former	O
CEO	B-Application
and	O
co-founder	O
Steve	O
Huffman	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
,	O
Steve	O
Huffman	O
said	O
in	O
an	O
interview	O
at	O
the	O
TNW	O
Conference	O
that	O
,	O
unlike	O
Facebook	B-Application
,	O
which	O
"	O
only	O
knows	O
what	O
[	O
its	O
users	O
are ]	O
willing	O
to	O
declare	O
publicly	O
"	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
knows	O
its	O
users	O
 '	O
"	O
dark	O
secrets	O
"	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
that	O
the	O
website	O
's	O
"	O
values	O
"	O
page	O
was	O
updated	O
in	O
regards	O
to	O
its	O
"	O
privacy	O
"	O
section	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
,	O
a	O
user	O
named	O
"	O
mormondocuments	O
"	O
released	O
thousands	O
of	O
administrative	O
documents	O
belonging	O
to	O
the	O
Church	O
of	O
Jesus	O
Christ	O
of	O
Latter-day	O
Saints	O
,	O
an	O
action	O
driven	O
by	O
the	O
ex-Mormon	O
and	O
atheist	O
communities	O
on	O
Reddit	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
24	O
,	O
The	O
Washington	O
Post	O
reported	O
Reddit	B-Application
had	O
banned	O
the	O
"	O
Pizzagate	O
"	O
conspiracy	O
board	O
from	O
their	O
site	O
,	O
stating	O
it	O
violated	O
their	O
policy	O
of	O
posting	O
personal	O
information	O
of	O
others	O
,	O
triggering	O
a	O
wave	O
of	O
criticism	O
from	O
users	O
on	O
r/The_Donald	O
,	O
who	O
felt	O
the	O
ban	O
amounted	O
to	O
censorship	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
forum	O
was	O
banned	O
from	O
Reddit	B-Application
,	O
the	O
words	O
"	O
we	O
do	O
n't	O
want	O
witchhunts	O
on	O
our	O
site	O
"	O
now	O
appears	O
on	O
the	O
former	O
page	O
of	O
the	O
Pizzagate	O
subreddit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
30	O
,	O
Huffman	O
announced	O
changes	O
to	O
the	O
algorithm	O
of	O
Reddit	B-Application
's	O
r/all	O
page	O
to	O
block	O
"	O
stickied	O
"	O
posts	O
from	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
subreddits	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
r/The_Donald	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
announcement	O
,	O
he	O
also	O
apologized	O
for	O
personally	O
editing	O
posts	O
by	O
users	O
from	O
r/The_Donald	O
,	O
and	O
declared	O
intentions	O
to	O
take	O
actions	O
against	O
"	O
hundreds	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
toxic	O
users	O
"	O
of	O
Reddit	B-Application
and	O
"	O
communities	O
whose	O
users	O
continually	O
cross	O
the	O
line	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
banned	O
the	O
alt-right	O
subreddit	O
r/altright	O
for	O
violating	O
its	O
terms	O
of	O
service	O
,	O
more	O
specifically	O
for	O
attempting	O
to	O
share	B-Application
private	I-Application
information	I-Application
about	O
the	O
man	O
who	O
attacked	O
alt-right	O
figure	O
Richard	O
B	O
.	O
Spencer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
forum	O
's	O
users	O
and	O
moderators	O
accused	O
Reddit	B-Application
administrators	O
of	O
having	O
political	O
motivations	O
for	O
the	O
ban	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Reddit	B-Application
employee	O
restored	O
the	O
forum	O
and	O
its	O
moderators	O
an	O
hour	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
,	O
the	O
Filipino-themed	O
subreddit	O
r/jakolandia	O
was	O
accused	O
of	O
"	O
distributing	O
"	O
posts	O
of	O
photos	O
of	O
women	O
,	O
including	O
celebrities	O
,	O
apparently	O
without	O
their	O
consent	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
"	O
a	O
number	O
"	O
of	O
secret	O
Facebook	B-Application
groups	O
that	O
had	O
been	O
engaging	O
in	O
illegal	O
activity	O
of	O
sharing	O
"	O
obscene	O
"	O
photos	O
of	O
women	O
and	O
possibly	O
child	O
pornography	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
,	O
Chinese	O
company	O
Tencent	O
invested	O
$150	O
million	O
into	O
Reddit	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
resulted	O
in	O
a	O
large	O
backlash	O
from	O
Reddit	B-Application
users	O
,	O
who	O
were	O
worried	O
about	O
potential	O
censorship	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
posts	O
featuring	O
subjects	O
censored	O
in	O
China	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Tiananmen	O
Square	O
,	O
Tank	O
Man	O
,	O
and	O
Winnie	O
the	O
Pooh	O
,	O
received	O
popularity	O
on	O
Reddit	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
29	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
updated	O
its	O
content	O
policy	O
and	O
introduced	O
rules	O
aimed	O
at	O
curbing	O
the	O
presence	O
of	O
communities	O
they	O
believed	O
to	O
be	O
"	O
promoting	O
hate	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
banned	O
approximately	O
2,000	O
subreddits	O
that	O
were	O
found	O
to	O
be	O
in	O
violation	O
of	O
the	O
new	O
guidelines	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
2021	O
storming	O
of	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
Capitol	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
banned	O
the	O
subreddit	O
r/DonaldTrump	O
in	O
response	O
to	O
repeated	O
policy	O
violations	O
and	O
alluding	O
to	O
the	O
potential	O
influence	O
the	O
community	O
had	O
on	O
those	O
who	O
participated	O
in	O
or	O
supported	O
the	O
storming	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
move	O
followed	O
similar	O
actions	O
from	O
social	O
media	O
platforms	O
,	O
Twitter	B-Application
,	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
,	O
TikTok	B-Application
and	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
users	O
discovered	O
that	O
Aimee	O
Challenor	O
,	O
an	O
English	O
politician	O
who	O
had	O
been	O
suspended	O
from	O
two	O
UK	O
political	O
parties	O
,	O
was	O
hired	O
as	O
an	O
administrator	O
for	O
the	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
was	O
later	O
suspended	O
from	O
the	O
Liberal	O
Democrats	O
after	O
tweets	O
describing	O
pedophilic	O
fantasies	O
were	O
discovered	O
on	O
her	O
partner	O
's	O
Twitter	B-Application
account	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reddit	B-Application
banned	O
a	O
moderator	O
for	O
posting	O
a	O
news	O
article	O
which	O
mentioned	O
Challenor	O
,	O
and	O
some	O
Reddit	B-Application
users	O
alleged	O
that	O
Reddit	B-Application
were	O
removing	O
all	O
mention	O
of	O
Challenor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
24	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
's	O
CEO	B-Application
Steve	O
Huffman	O
said	O
that	O
Challenor	O
had	O
been	O
inadequately	O
vetted	O
before	O
being	O
hired	O
and	O
that	O
Reddit	B-Application
would	O
review	O
its	O
relevant	O
internal	O
processes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Challenor	O
was	O
also	O
removed	O
from	O
her	O
role	O
as	O
a	O
Reddit	B-Application
admin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
August	O
,	O
more	O
than	O
70	O
subreddits	O
went	O
private	O
to	O
protest	O
against	O
COVID-19	O
misinformation	O
on	O
Reddit	B-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Reddit	B-Application
's	O
refusal	O
to	O
delete	O
subreddits	O
undermining	O
the	O
severity	O
of	O
the	O
pandemic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
2021	O
letter	O
from	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
Senate	O
to	O
Reddit	B-Application
CEO	B-Application
Steve	O
Huffman	O
expressed	O
concern	O
about	O
the	O
spread	O
of	O
COVID-19	O
misinformation	O
on	O
the	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2022	O
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
banned	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
word	O
"	O
groomer	O
"	O
as	O
a	O
slur	O
against	O
LGBTQ+	O
people	O
,	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
categorizing	O
claims	O
that	O
transgender	O
people	O
are	O
mentally	O
ill	O
as	O
hate	O
speech	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aggregate	O
Reddit	B-Application
user	O
data	O
has	O
been	O
used	O
for	O
scientific	O
research	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
also	O
work	O
that	O
has	O
studied	O
the	O
influence	O
of	O
Reddit	B-Application
posts	O
on	O
the	O
popularity	O
of	O
Wikipedia	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	O
from	O
Reddit	B-Application
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
assess	O
academic	O
publications	O
.	O
</s>
