Reddit is a social entertaining website where registered users post content in form of links and text posts. Other users then vote on those posts with “up” and “down” based on which their position is marked on pages, including cover page. Reddit has headquarters in San Francisco. Reddit was founded by Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian. In October 2006 it was bought by company Conde Nast Publications. In September 2011 Reddit was separated from Conde Nasta and today does business as a brach of Nast’s mother company Advance Publications.
The site is split into numerous categories, known as “subreddits”. As of 2013, the default subreddits are a combination of educational subreddits (news, science, technology, worldnews), entertainment subreddits (gaming, movies, music, television, videos), discussion subreddits (askreddit, askscience, books, explainlikeimfive, iama, todayilearned) and humour and image sharing subreddits (adviceanimals, aww, earthporn, funny, gifs, pics, wtf) along with the meta subreddit “bestof”. In total 23 subreddits are visible on the front page to new users and those who browse while not logged in with an account.
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Founders Alexis Ohanian and Steve Huffman’s 1st idea was My Mobile Menu = a takeout ordering app. Lack of interest meant they made “the front page of the internet” instead – Reddit.
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Reddit is split into “subreddits” where users post content on topics like politics or TV. Obscure areas include pictures of birds with arms, and worshipping Nic cage as God.
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Reddit holds the record for the world’s biggest Secret Santa. In 2012, 44.805 [people from 130 countries sent gifts to each other via Reddit.
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The sire was almost named Reditt, Popvox, Octopop, Obalo or 360 Scope. Snoo was also considered, but this name was given to Reddit’s alien mascot instead.
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When Reddit launched, the founders set up fake accounts to make it seem more actually was. Fake account and vote-rigging are vigorously moderated today.
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Since Reddit was founded I 2005 only 500 dollar has ever been spent on advertising the site. The entire budget was spent on stickers.
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The first post on Reddit was made on June 23, 2005 by Alexis Ohanian. Linking to a site about UK documents on the Iraq war, the post was voted down.
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Many subreddits have caused controversy, especially those with racist or sexual content. In 2013, subreddit incorrectly identified innocent people as the Boston Bombers.
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There’s humpback whale named Mr. Splashy Pants thanks to Reddit. Reddits logo was changed to a whale and users chose the name on a Greenpeace poll.
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A CERN scientists who resembles Half-Life’s Gordon Freeman was sent a crowbar by Reddit users. It was to be used if the Large Hadron Collider ended the world.
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