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{{Infobox Dotcom company {{Infobox Dotcom company
| company_name = Reddit Inc. | company_name = Le le le le
| company_logo = ] | company_logo = ]
| company_slogan = The front page of the internet | company_slogan = Le xDDDDD
| owner = ] | owner = ]
| screenshot = | screenshot =
| caption = | caption =
| company_type = Private company | company_type = Le company
| foundation = {{Start date|2005|6}} | foundation = {{Start date|2005|6}}
| founder = ]<br>] | founder = ]<br>]
| area_served = Worldwide | area_served = France
| location_city = San Francisco, California | location_city = Paris
| location_country = | location_country =
| key_people = ] (CEO) | key_people = ] (CEO)
| homepage = {{URL|http://www.reddit.com/}} | homepage = {{URL|http://www.leddit.com/}}
| num_employees = 20<ref>{{cite web| url=http://blog.reddit.com/2012/08/potus-iama-stats.html| accessdate=31 August 2012| title=POTUS IAMA Stats}}</ref> | num_employees = 20<ref>{{cite web| url=http://blog.reddit.com/2012/08/potus-iama-stats.html| accessdate=31 August 2012| title=POTUS IAMA Stats}}</ref>
| url = {{URL|http://www.reddit.com/}} | url = {{URL|http://www.reddit.com/}}
| registration = Optional (required to submit, comment or vote) | registration = Optional (required to submit, comment or vote)
| current_status = Active | current_status = Active
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| alexa = {{Increase}} 116 ({{as of|2013|6|2|alt=June 2013}})<ref name="alexa">{{cite web|url= http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/reddit.com |title= Reddit.com Site Info | publisher= ] |accessdate= 2013-05-07 }}</ref><!--Updated monthly by OKBot.--> | alexa = {{Increase}} 116 ({{as of|2013|6|2|alt=June 2013}})<ref name="alexa">{{cite web|url= http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/reddit.com |title= Reddit.com Site Info | publisher= ] |accessdate= 2013-05-07 }}</ref><!--Updated monthly by OKBot.-->
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Reddit is le site about le and le rage comics xDDD
<!-- Per MOS:TM, please do not replace "Reddit" with "reddit". -->'''Reddit''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|r|ɛ|d|ɪ|t}},<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reddit.com/help/faq#Whatdoesthenameredditmean |title=Frequently Asked Questions: What does the name "reddit" mean? |publisher=reddit |date= |accessdate=December 4, 2011}}</ref>
stylized as '''reddit''', is a ] and entertainment website where registered users submit content in the form of either a link or a text ("self") post. Other users then vote the submission "up" or "down", which is used to rank the post and determine its position on the site's pages and front page. Reddit is based in ], ].

Reddit was founded by ] and ]. It was acquired by ] in October 2006. In September 2011, Reddit was split from Condé Nast, and now operates as a subsidiary of Condé Nast's parent company, ].

== Overview ==
The site is a collection of entries submitted by its registered users, essentially a ]. The entries are organized into areas of interest called "subreddits". Historically, the front page was the main subreddit, and other areas were "subreddits". There is now no main subreddit.

Registered users, especially those who post new entries, or post comments to entries, are called "redditors", a ] of "reddit editor". Reddit itself is a portmanteau of "read/edit" and of "read it", i.e., "I read it on Reddit".

As submissions post to the site, redditors can vote for or against them (upvote/downvote). Each reddit has a front page that shows newer submissions that have been rated highly. Redditors can also post comments about the submission, and respond back and forth in a conversation tree of comments; the comments themselves can also be upvoted and downvoted.

The home page of Reddit displays front page content from selected subreddits. There is a default set, but registered users can customize their set.

Redditors can "friend" one another, which gives a redditor quick access to posting and comments of their friend list.

Postings are typically a link to an external source, with a title provided by the redditor who posted it. Some redditors use the site as a personal bookmark collection. Others, relying on the size and activity of Reddit, and on the crowd sourced ratings of links, use it as a news aggregator.

Reddit also allows postings that do not link externally. These are called "self posts" or "text submissions". Reddit encourages links over text submissions, by allowing redditors to accumulate points ("karma") for highly rated links, but not for self-posts. Redditors also accumulate karma for highly rated comments, on posts of both kinds.

The commenting system and friend system, along with a certain "Reddit ethos" (called ''reddiquette'' on Reddit), lend Reddit aspects of a social network, though not to the extent of Facebook, ], and other websites aimed at social networking.

Front page rank, for both the general front page and for individual subreddits, is determined by the age of the submission, positive ("upvoted") to negative ("downvoted") feedback ratio and the total vote count.<ref name="SEOmoz">{{cite web |url=http://www.seomoz.org/blog/reddit-stumbleupon-delicious-and-hacker-news-algorithms-exposed|title=reddit algorithm|work=]}}</ref> Dozens of submissions cycle through these front pages daily.

] logo used on November 27, 2007]]

{{As of|June 2013}}, commentary on the site is particularly active, with several communities generating thousands of comments per day.<ref>http://stattit.com/subreddits/by_comments_avg_1d/</ref> Popular comments have generated many ']' within the Reddit community.{{Citation needed|date=December 2011}}

=== Subreddits ===
Any registered user may create a subreddit, although a link to do so does not appear on the user's homepage until after thirty days.<ref>{{cite web |title=Re: Can I make my own subreddit? |url=http://www.reddit.com/r/help/comments/hmddo/can_i_make_my_own_subreddit/c1wlqgu |date=28 May 2011}}</ref> There are over 67,000 subreddits to peruse, with the default set being (as of October 18, 2011)<ref>{{cite web|last=Martin|first=Erik|title=Saying goodbye to an old friend and revising the default subreddits|url=http://blog.reddit.com/2011/10/saying-goodbye-to-old-friend-and.html|accessdate=8 February 2013|date=18 October 2011}}</ref>
{{col-begin}}
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*funny
*pics
*announcements
*blog
*AskReddit
*worldnews
*gaming
*todayilearned (TIL)
*politics
*science
{{col-break}}
*WTF
*IAmA
*videos
*technology
*Music
*atheism
*AdviceAnimals
*aww
*movies
*bestof
{{col-end}}
Users may customize what is shown on their personal front page by subscribing to individual subreddits through a page that shows all subreddits available. The site's general front page is also accessible via a link to "all" at the top of the individual user's customised front page.

=== Reddit meetups ===
The Reddit community has been known to socialise at local parks and bars around the world,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reddit.com/r/meetup/ |title=Reddit Worldwide Meetups |publisher=Reddit.com |date= |accessdate=December 4, 2011}}</ref> and there are many localised subreddits for local meetings.

=== Subreddit IAmA ===
One of the most popular subreddits is IAmA ("I am a") where a user may post "AMAs" (for "Ask Me Anything"), or similarly "AMAAs" ( for "Ask Me Almost Anything") – prompts for others to ask questions any topic. AMAs are open to all Reddit users, and use the site's comment system for both questions and answers.

A number of notable individuals have participated in the IAmA subreddit, including President ]<ref>{{cite web|title=Barack Obama AMA|url=http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/z1c9z/i_am_barack_obama_president_of_the_united_states/sort=new|publisher=Reddit}}</ref><ref name="potus-telegraph">{{cite news
| title = President Obama makes online appearance on Reddit
| url = http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/us-election/9507620/President-Obama-makes-online-appearance-on-Reddit.html
| accessdate = 2012-08-30
| date = 2012-08-29
| newspaper = The Telegraph}}</ref> (while campaigning for the ]), ]<ref>{{cite web|title=Chris Hadfield AMA|url=http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/18pik4/i_am_astronaut_chris_hadfield_currently_orbiting/|publisher=Reddit}}</ref> (who answered questions from the ]), ],<ref>{{cite web|title=Bill Gates AMA|url=http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/18bhme/im_bill_gates_cochair_of_the_bill_melinda_gates/|publisher=Reddit}}</ref> ],<ref>{{cite web|title=Jimmy Kimmel AMA|url=http://www.reddit.com/comments/q4pz0/c3upkkf/?sort=new|publisher=Reddit}}</ref> ],<ref>{{cite web|title=Congressman Ron Paul Answers Your Questions|url=http://blog.reddit.com/2009/09/congressman-ron-paul-answers-your.html|publisher=Reddit Blog|accessdate=11 May 2012}}</ref> ],<ref>{{cite web|title=Stephen Colbert AMA|url=http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/ee20j/stephen_colbert_has_answered_your_questions/|publisher=Reddit|accessdate=11 May 2012}}</ref> ],<ref>{{cite web|title=Bear Grylls AMA|url=http://en.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/kefnc/i_am_bear_grylls_ask_me_anything/|publisher=Reddit|accessdate=11 May 2012}}</ref> ],<ref>{{cite web|title=Deadmau5 AMA|url=http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/ktc48/iama_dead_mouse_that_tours_makes_music_plays/|publisher=Reddit}}</ref> ],<ref>{{cite web|title=Zach Braff AMA|url=http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/ktdm5/i_ama_zach_braff/|publisher=Reddit}}</ref> ],<ref>{{cite web|title=Neil Strauss AMA|url=http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/ppb72/iam_a_seventime_new_york_times_bestselling_author/|publisher=Reddit}}</ref> and ].<ref>{{cite web|title=Tim Ferriss answers your questions|url=http://redditgifts.com/blog/view/tim-ferriss-answers-your-questions/|publisher=Reddit|accessdate=11 May 2012}}</ref> Barack Obama's AMA is the highest rated on the site, {{As of|2013|02|lc=y}}.<ref>{{Cite web| title = top scoring links : IAmA| publisher = reddit| accessdate = 2013-02-26| url = http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/top/?sort=top&t=all}}</ref> On August 29, 2012, when the AMA occurred, the increased traffic brought down many parts of the website.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itworld.com/government/292392/obama-makes-appearance-reddit-briefly-crashes-site|title=Obama makes appearance on Reddit, briefly crashes site|last=Alabaster|first=Jay|date=29 August 2012|work=IDG News Service|accessdate=30 August 2012}}</ref>

Celebrities participating in IAmAs have seen both positive and negative responses, depending on how well they understand Reddit and its ethos. For instance, ]'s<ref>{{cite web|title=I'm Woody Harrelson, AMA|url=http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/p9a1v/im_woody_harrelson_ama//|publisher=Reddit}}</ref> AMA was criticized after Harrelson declined to answer questions that were unrelated to a movie he was promoting.<ref name=Observer>{{cite news|last=Huff|first=Steve|title=Woody Harrelson and the No-Good, Very Bad Reddit AMA|url=http://observer.com/2012/02/woody-harrelson-and-the-no-good-very-bad-reddit-ama/|accessdate=5/31/13|newspaper=The Observer|date=2/4/12}}</ref> In contrast, rapper Snoop Lion attracted 1.6 million page views<ref name=Mashable>{{cite news|last=Hernandez|first=Brian Anthony|title=Snoop's Reddit AMA Is 2nd Biggest, Behind Only Obama's|url=http://mashable.com/2012/12/11/snoop-lion-reddit-ama-stats/|accessdate=5/31/13|newspaper=Mashable|date=12/11/12}}</ref> after conducting an AMA that provided several candid responses to the community's questions.<ref name=AtlanticWire>{{cite news|last=Simpson|first=Connor|title=How High Was Snoop Dogg During His Reddit AMA?|url=http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2012/12/how-high-was-snoop-dogg-during-his-reddit-ama/59690/|accessdate=5/31/13|newspaper=Atlantic Wire|date=12/5/12}}</ref>

== History ==
<!-->]<!-->
Reddit was founded in June 2005<ref>{{cite web|last=Macale|first=Sherilynn "Cheri"|title=A rundown of Reddit's history and community|url=http://thenextweb.com/socialmedia/2011/10/14/a-rundown-of-reddits-history-and-community-infographic/|title=A rundown of Reddit’s history and community |work=] Social Media|accessdate=12 November 2011}}</ref> by Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian in ], both 22-year-old graduates of the ].<ref name="TheGuardianInnovations">{{cite news | last = Adams | first = Richard | title = reddit.com | publisher = The Guardian | date = 2005-12-08 | url = http://technology.guardian.co.uk/innovations/story/0,,1660870,00.html | accessdate = 2006-12-23 | location=London}}</ref> It received its initial funding from ]. The team expanded to include Christopher Slowe in November 2005. Between November 2005 and January 2006 Reddit merged with ]'s company Infogami, and Swartz became an equal owner of the resulting parent company, Not A Bug.<ref>
{{cite web |url=http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/07/swartz-arrest/ |title=Feds Charge Activist as Hacker for Downloading Millions of Academic Articles |date=July 19, 2011 |first=Ryan |last=Singel |publisher=] |accessdate=January 12, 2013}}
</ref><ref>{{cite web | url= http://web.archive.org/web/20081202043829/http://www.infogami.com/blog/introduction|title= Introducing Infogami
| last=Swartz | first=Aaron | authorlink=Aaron Swartz| publisher=Infogami | date=February 27, 2006 | accessdate= 2007-01-06}} (archive.org link)</ref> ], owner of '']'', acquired Reddit on October 31, 2006, and the team moved to San Francisco.<ref>
{{cite web | url = http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/breaking-news-conde-nastwired-acquires-reddit/ | title = Breaking news: Condé Nast/Wired Acquires reddit | publisher = ]|date=October 31, 2006|accessdate= 2007-01-06 | last=Arrington | first=Michael | authorlink=Michael Arrington}}</ref> In January 2007, Swartz was fired.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2007-05-07-n78.html |title=A Chat with Aaron Swartz |publisher=Blogoscoped.com |date=May 7, 2007 |accessdate=December 4, 2011}}</ref>

=== Open source ===
On June 18, 2008, Reddit became an ] project.<ref>{{cite web|author=steve |url=http://blog.reddit.com/2008/06/reddit-goes-open-source.html |title=reddit goes open source |publisher=Blog.reddit.com |date=June 17, 2008 |accessdate=December 4, 2011}}</ref> With the exception of the anti-spam/cheating portions, all of the code and libraries written for Reddit became freely available on ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://github.com/reddit/reddit/wiki |title=Reddit Github |date= |accessdate=2011-06-05}}</ref>

=== Growth ===
By the end of 2008, the team had grown to include Erik Martin, Jeremy Edberg,<ref>{{cite web|author=alexis |url=http://blog.reddit.com/2007/03/welcome-jedberg.html |title=welcome, jedberg |publisher=blog.reddit |date=March 20, 2007 |accessdate=December 4, 2011}}</ref> David King,<ref>{{cite web|author=alexis |url=http://blog.reddit.com/2008/04/welcome-david.html |title=welcome, david |publisher=blog.reddit |date=April 17, 2008 |accessdate=December 4, 2011}}</ref> and Mike Schiraldi.<ref>{{cite web|author=alexis |url=http://blog.reddit.com/2008/12/welcome-mike.html |title=Welcome, Mike Schiraldi (a.k.a. raldi) |publisher=blog.reddit |date=December 9, 2008 |accessdate=December 4, 2011}}</ref> In 2009, Huffman and Ohanian moved on to form ], recruiting Slowe<ref>{{cite web|last=Kincaid |first=Jason |url=http://techcrunch.com/2010/11/01/reddit-chief-takes-flight-to-hipmunk-explains-why-hes-leaving-now/ |title=Reddit Chief Takes Flight To Hipmunk, Explains Why He's Leaving Now |publisher=Techcrunch.com |date=November 1, 2010 |accessdate=December 4, 2011}}</ref> and King<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.hipmunk.com/post/6493894847/welcome-ketralnis |title=Welcome, Ketralnis! |publisher=Blog.hipmunk.com |date=March 12, 2011 |accessdate=December 4, 2011}}</ref> shortly thereafter.

=== Reddit Gold ===
In July 2010, after explosive traffic growth, Reddit introduced Reddit Gold, offering new features for a price of US$3.99/month or US$29.99/year.<ref>{{cite web|author=Posted by mike |url=http://blog.reddit.com/2010/07/three-new-features-for-reddit-gold.html |title=what's new on reddit: Three new features for reddit gold: Choose-your-own ads, Userpage sorting, and Friends with Benefits |publisher=blog.reddit |date=2010-07-19 |accessdate=2010-07-29|quote=It's time for reddit gold to make the shift from a one-week experiment to a true service with a clear pricing structure and at least a few whistles and bells.}}</ref> The revenue and attention got them approval to buy more servers and employ more people.{{citation needed|date=August 2012}}

On February 14, 2013, Reddit began accepting the digital currency ] for its Reddit Gold subscription service through a partnership with bitcoin payment processor Coinbase.<ref name=RedditGold>{{cite web|last=Olanoff|first=Drew|title=Reddit Starts Accepting Bitcoin for Reddit Gold Purchases Thanks To Partnership With Coinbase|url=http://techcrunch.com/2013/02/14/reddit-starts-accepting-bitcoin-for-reddit-gold-purchases-thanks-to-partnership-with-coinbase/|publisher=Techcrunch|accessdate=14 February 2013}}</ref>

=== Independence ===
On September 6, 2011, Reddit became operationally independent of Condé Nast, now operating as a separate subsidiary of its parent company, ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.reddit.com/2011/09/independence.html|title=blog.reddit – what's new online: Independence|accessdate=2011-09-06}}</ref>

=== Blackout ===
On January 11, 2012, Reddit announced that it would be participating in a 12-hour sitewide blackout in protest of the ].<ref></ref> The blackout occurred on January 18 and coincided with the blackouts of Misplaced Pages and several other Internet properties. In May 2012, Reddit joined the ], a group formed to organise future protests.<ref></ref>

== Technology ==
Reddit was originally written in ] but was rewritten in ] in December 2005.<ref>{{cite web|author=steve |url=http://blog.reddit.com/2005/12/on-lisp.html |title="On lisp" blog post by Reddit founder "spez", detailing the reasons for switching to python from lisp |publisher=Blog.reddit.com |date=2005-12-05 |accessdate=December 4, 2011}}</ref> The reasons given for the switch were wider access to ] and greater development flexibility. The Python web framework that former Reddit employee ] developed to run the site, ''web.py'', is now available as an open-source project.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://webpy.org/ |title=Official web.py site |publisher=Webpy.org |date= |accessdate=December 4, 2011}}</ref>

Reddit currently uses ] as its web framework.<ref> – Pylons Community&nbsp;– PythonWeb</ref> {{As of|November 2009}}, Reddit has decommissioned their physical servers and migrated to ].<ref>{{cite web|author=jeremy |url=http://blog.reddit.com/2009/11/moving-to-cloud.html |title=Moving to the cloud |publisher=Blog.reddit.com |date=November 10, 2009 |accessdate=December 4, 2011}}</ref>

Reddit uses ] as primary datastore and slowly moving to ], a column oriented datastore. It uses ] for offline processing, HAProxy for load balancing and ] for caching.

In early 2009, Reddit started using ].<ref> – Posted by Chris Slowe (keysersosa) (Friday, January 30, 2009) – blog.reddit</ref>

=== Mobile web ===
On June 7, 2010, Reddit staff launched a revamped mobile interface featuring rewritten ], a new color scheme, and a multitude of improvements.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.reddit.com/2010/06/better-mobile-reddit-for-all.html |title=A better mobile reddit for all |publisher=] |date=2010-06-09 |accessdate=2010-07-29}}</ref>

=== Client interface applications ===
There are several unofficial applications that use the Reddit ] on the ], including ''Reddit is Fun'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.andrewshu.android.reddit |title=reddit is fun – Android Application on the Android market |publisher=Appbrain.com |date= |accessdate=December 4, 2011}}</ref> ''Andreddit'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.tomdryer.reddit |title=Download andreddit for your Android phone on AppBrain |publisher=Appbrain.com |date= |accessdate=December 4, 2011}}</ref> ''F5'', ''BaconReader'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://baconreader.com/ |title=a tasty new reddit app |publisher=baconreader |date= |accessdate=2011-07-06}}</ref> and an Android tablet specific application called ''Reddita''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://market.android.com/details?id=com.leyths.reddita.free |title=Reddita – Android Market |publisher=Market.android.com |date=2011-11-15 |accessdate=December 4, 2011}}</ref> For Apple's iOS, there is an official Reddit app called iReddit<ref>{{cite web|url=http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ireddit/id302732279?mt=8 |title=iTunes App Store iReddit |publisher=reddit.com |date= |accessdate=December 7, 2011}}</ref> as well as a number of unofficial third party client apps. For Windows 8, there is an unofficial Reddit app called ''Reddit on ReddHub''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/reddit-on-reddhub/8b904a61-56d1-4360-b281-fd5bb8f50930 |title=Windows Store - Reddit on ReddHub |publisher=Reddit Anonymous |date= |accessdate=March 24, 2013}}</ref>

=== Search ===
On July 21, 2010, Reddit outsourced the Reddit search engine to Flaptor, who used its search product IndexTank.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.reddit.com/2010/07/new-search.html |title=Reddit Blog post announcing the use of IndexTank search engine}}</ref> Reddit currently uses ].<ref>http://www.reddit.com/r/redditdev/comments/wqx7o/does_reddit_using_amazon_cloud_search/c5fut4i</ref>

== Demographics ==
According to Google Ad Planner's estimate, as of May 2013, the median Reddit user is male (59%), 25–34 years of age.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/adplanner/site_profile#siteDetails?uid=reddit.com&geo=001&lp=false|title=Google Display Network Ad Planner – reddit.com|accessdate=March 3, 2012|publisher=]}} - Requires a Google account to view.</ref>

== Community and culture ==
The website is known for its open nature and diverse user community that generate its content. Its demographics allows for wide-ranging subject areas, or main subreddits, that receive much attention, as well as the ability for smaller subreddits to serve more niche purposes. The unique possibilities that subreddits provide create new opportunities for raising attention and fostering discussion across many areas. In gaining popularity in terms of unique users per day, Reddit has been a platform for many to raise publicity for a number of causes. And with that increased ability to garner attention and a large audience, users can use one of the largest communities on the Internet for new, revolutionary, and influential purposes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blueglass.com/blog/could-reddit-be-the-worlds-most-influential-website/ |title=Could Reddit be the world's most influential website? |publisher=BlueGlass |date= |accessdate=April 26, 2012}}</ref>

Its popularity has enabled users to take unprecedented advantage of such a large community. Its innovative socially ranked rating and sorting system drives a method that is useful for fulfilling certain goals of viewership or simply finding answers to interesting questions. User sentiments about the website's function and structure include feelings about the breadth and depth of the discussions on Reddit and how the site makes it easy to discover new and interesting items. Almost all of the user reviews on Alexa.com, which rates Reddit's monthly unique traffic rating 125th in the United States, mention Reddit's "good content" as a likable quality. However, others raise the negative aspects of the potential for Reddit's communities to possess a "hive mind" of sorts,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/reddit.com |title=Reddit.com Site Info |publisher=Alexa.com |date= |accessdate=April 26, 2012}}</ref> embodying some negative aspects of group interaction theories like ] and ].

In recent history, Reddit has been known as the instigator of several large-scale projects, some short and others long-term, in order to benefit others. A selection of major events are outlined below:
* In early December 2010, members of the Christianity subreddit decided to hold a fundraiser<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reddit.com/r/Christianity/comments/eito5/if_every_member_of_rchristianity_donates_just_445/ |title=If every member of r/Christianity donates just $4.45, we can build a health clinic in an impoverished area that desperately needs one. Let's do it! |date=December 9, 2010}}</ref> and later members of the atheism subreddit decided to give some friendly competition,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reddit.com/r/atheism/comments/eix3p/ok_battle_stations_everybody_tonight_we_show/c18fwls/ |title=OK, Battle stations everybody. Tonight we show r/Christianity what we are made of... |date=December 9, 2010}}</ref> cross-promoting<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/ejnbg/dogs_and_cats_living_together_mass_hysteria/ |title=Dogs and cats living together! Mass hysteria! r/atheism and r/Christianity have a friendly competition up for a holiday charity drive that is spilling over into other subreddi |publisher=Reddit.com |date=2010-12-10 |accessdate=December 4, 2011}}</ref> fundraising drives for ] (Doctors Without Borders) and ]'s Clean Water Fund, respectively. Later, the Islam subreddit joined in, raising money for ]. In less than a week, the three communities (as well as the Reddit community at large) raised over $200,000. Most of this was raised by the atheism subreddit,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/r-atheism/ratheism |title=reddit.com/r/Atheism's Fundraising Page |date= |accessdate=May 7, 2012}}</ref> though the Christianity subreddit had a higher donation amount per subscriber.
* In early October 2010, a story was posted on Reddit about a seven-year-old girl, Kathleen Edward, who was in the advanced stages of ]. The girl's neighbors were taunting her and her family. Redditors banded together and gave the girl a shopping spree<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news/local/toy-store-shopping-spree-for-kathleen-edward |title=Toy Store Shopping Spree for Kathleen Edward |publisher=Myfoxdetroit.com |date=2010-10-12 |accessdate=December 4, 2011}}</ref><ref>Stryker, Cole (2010-12-10). . Urlesque. Retrieved April 20, 2011.</ref> at Tree Town Toys, a toy store local to the story owned by a Reddit user.
* Reddit started the largest ] program in the world, which is still in operation to date. For the 2010 Holiday season, 92 countries were involved in the Secret Santa program. There were 17,543 participants, and $662,907.60 was collectively spent on gift purchases and shipping costs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://venturebeat.com/2010/12/23/secret-santa-success-caps-banner-year-for-reddit/ |title=Secret Santa success caps banner year for Reddit |last1=Boitnott |first1=John |date=December 23, 2010 |work=VentureBeat Interpreting Innovation |publisher=VentureBeat |accessdate=January 3, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-12-20/secret-santa-the-creator-of-reddits-gift-exchange-the-worlds-biggest/ | title = The Biggest Secret Santa Gift Exchange in the World | accessdate = 2011-02-12 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://redditgifts.com/statistics/ | title = Statistics for Secret Santa 2010 | accessdate = 2011-02-12 }}</ref>
* Members from Reddit donated over $600,000 to ] in support of Stephen Colbert's ]. The donation spree broke previous records for the most money donated to a single cause by the Reddit community and resulted in an interview with Colbert on Reddit.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.donorschoose.org/donors/viewChallenge.html?id=39361 |title=Restoring Truthiness Giving Page |publisher=Donorschoose.org |date= |accessdate=December 4, 2011}}</ref>
* Reddit users donated $185,356.70 to Direct Relief International for Haiti after the earthquake devastated the island in January 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dri.convio.net/site/TR/Events/Tributes?pg=fund&fr_id=1030&pxfid=1511&JServSessionIdr004=r7t58phav1.app245b |title=Direct Relief International: Support Us – Tributes: |publisher=Dri.convio.net |date= |accessdate=December 4, 2011}}</ref>
* Reddit users donated over $70,000 to the Faraja Orphanage in the first 24 hours to help secure the orphanage after intruders robbed and attacked one of the volunteers, Omari, who survived a strike to the head from a machete.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://alexandrapusateri.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/how-reddit-saved-an-orphanage/ |title=How Reddit Saved an Orphanage |publisher=Reddit.com |date=January 27, 2012 |accessdate=January 27, 2012}}</ref>

=== "Restoring Truthiness" campaign ===
As a response to ]'s August 28, 2010, ] (heavily promoted by him in his ] broadcasts during the summer), in September 2010 Reddit users started a movement to persuade ] to have a counter-rally in Washington, D.C.<ref name="Colbert Rally">{{cite news|last=Friedman |first=Megan |url=http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/09/14/reddit-campaign-for-colbert-rally-breaks-charity-records/ |title=Reddit Campaign for Colbert Rally Breaks Donation Record |publisher=Time NewsFeed |date=September 14, 2010 |accessdate=December 4, 2011}}</ref> The movement was started by user mrsammercer, in a post where he describes waking up from a dream in which Stephen Colbert holds a satirical rally in D.C.<ref>{{cite web|author=mrsammercer |url=http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/d7ntl/ive_had_a_vision_and_i_cant_shake_it_colbert/ |title=I've had a vision and I can't shake it: Colbert needs to hold a satirical rally in DC |publisher=Reddit.com |date=August 31, 2010 |accessdate=December 4, 2011}}</ref>

He writes, "This would be the high water mark of American satire. Half a million people pretending to suspend all rational thought in unison. Perfect harmony. It'll feel like San Francisco in the late 60s, only we won't be able to get any acid."

The idea resonated with the Reddit community, which launched a campaign to bring the event to life. Over $600,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.donorschoose.org/donors/viewChallenge.html?id=39361 |title=Restoring Truthiness donor page |publisher=Donorschoose.org |date= |accessdate=December 4, 2011}}</ref> was raised for charity to gain the attention of Colbert. The campaign was mentioned on-air several times, and when the ] was held in Washington, D.C. on October 30, 2010, thousands of redditors made the journey.<ref>{{cite web|last=Schiraldi |first=Mike |url=http://blog.reddit.com/2010/11/buy-shirts-remember-rally-question.html |title=Buy Shirts, Remember the Rally, Question Colbert, and Smile |publisher=blog.reddit |date=November 12, 2010 |accessdate=December 4, 2011}}</ref>

During a post-rally press conference, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian asked, "What role did the Internet campaign play in convincing you to hold this rally?" Jon Stewart responded by saying that, though it was a very nice gesture, the two had already thought of the idea prior and the deposit on using the National Mall was already paid during the summer, so it acted mostly as a "validation of what we were thinking about attempting".<ref> ]. October 30, 2010.</ref> In a message to the Reddit community, Colbert later added, "I have no doubt that your efforts to organize and the joy you clearly brought to your part of the story contributed greatly to the turnout and success."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/ee20j/stephen_colbert_has_answered_your_questions/ |title=Stephen Colbert has answered your questions : IAmA |publisher=Reddit.com |date=November 30, 2010 |accessdate=December 4, 2011}}</ref>

=== Controversies involving Reddit ===
{{Main|Controversial Reddit communities}}

The website has a strong culture of free speech and very few rules about the types of content that may be posted.<ref name="reddit-rules">{{cite web|url=http://www.reddit.com/rules|title=rules of reddit|accessdate=14 Oct 2012}}</ref> This has led to the creation of several communities that have been perceived as offensive, including forums dedicated to ] (since banned) and pictures of dead bodies; several such subreddits were the focus of an edition of '']'' in September 2011.<ref>], 9/29/2011.</ref> However, "Suggestive or sexual content featuring minors" was not explicitly banned until February 2012, after members of the forum ] planned to send correspondence to "Parent Teacher Associations, politicians, churches, news outlets and the FBI" about such subreddits.<ref></ref>

In October 2012, a '']'' article published the real-life identity of "]", a Reddit moderator prominently involved with a string of controversial subreddits devoted to explicit material.<ref name=Guardian1>{{cite news|title=Why Reddit Politics ban on Gawker will stay, by a moderator|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/oct/16/reddit-gawker-ban?CMP=twt_fd|newspaper=Guardian|date=16 October 2012}}</ref><ref name=Guardian2>{{cite news|last=Holpuch|first=Amanda|title=Reddit user Violentacrez fired from job after Gawker exposé|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/oct/16/reddit-violentacrez-gawker-expose?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487|newspaper=Guardian|date=16 October 2012}}</ref> As a result of the story, the user, revealed to be a middle-aged computer programmer from Texas, was fired from his job.<ref name=Guardian2/> In response to the exposé, a number of Reddit moderators banned ''Gawker'' links from their subreddits.<ref name=Guardian1/>

Following the 2013 ], Reddit faced criticism after users wrongly identified a number of people as suspects.<ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.3news.co.nz/Innocents-accused-in-online-manhunt/tabid/412/articleID/295143/Default.aspx |work=3 News NZ |title= Innocents accused in online manhunt | date=April 22, 2013}}</ref> Notable among misidentified bombing suspects was ] a student reported missing before the bombings took place. A body reported to be Sunil's was found in Rhode Island's Providence River on April 25, 2013 as reported by the Rhode Island Health Department. The cause of death is under investigation.<ref>http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130426/news-world/article/family-says-sunil-tripathi-showed-signs-depression</ref> Reddit general manager Erik Martin later issued an apology for this behavior, criticizing the "online witch hunts and dangerous speculation" that took place on the website.<ref name="Martin apology">{{cite web|last=Martin|first=Erik|title=Reflections on the Recent Boston Crisis|url=http://blog.reddit.com/2013/04/reflections-on-recent-boston-crisis.html|work=Reddit.com|accessdate=5/3/13}}</ref>

== Awards ==
In May 2010, Reddit was named in Lead411's "2010 Hottest San Francisco Companies" list.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lead411.com/san-francisco-companies.html |title=Lead411 launches "Hottest Companies in San Francisco" awards |publisher=Lead411.com |date=2010-05-18 |accessdate=December 4, 2011}}</ref>

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