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| Type of site | News aggregation site |
|---|---|
| Owner | Condé Nast Publications |
| Created by | Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian |
| URL | http://www.reddit.com/ |
| Commercial | yes |
| Registration | Free |
reddit is a community website where users can post links to content on the web. Other users may then vote the posted links up or down, causing them to appear more or less prominently on the reddit home page.
The site also has discussion areas where users may discuss the posted links. Users may also vote for or against others' comments. When there are enough votes against a given comment, it will not be displayed by default, although a reader can cause it to be shown through a link or preference. Users who submit articles which are liked and subsequently voted up receive "karma", points which a user receives as a reward for submitting interesting articles.
reddit also includes several topical sections called subreddits, which focus on specific topics, including programming and science.
Taking an idea from Google, the reddit logo changes for various holidays and often for no reason at all, paying homage to Star Wars, classic video games, and geek culture in general. There is an archive of the logos at redditalien.com.
History
reddit was founded by Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian in 2005, then 22-year-old graduates of the University of Virginia. It received its initial funding from Y Combinator. The team expanded to include Christopher Slowe and Aaron Swartz in the fall of 2005. Aaron Swartz officially joined in late January 2006 as part of the company's merger with Swartz's Infogami. The combined company is known as not a bug. Condé Nast Publications, owner of Wired magazine, acquired not a bug on 31 October, 2006.
See also
Notes
- Adams, Richard (2005-12-08). "reddit.com". The Guardian. Retrieved 2006-12-23.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Swartz, Aaron (February 27, 2006). "Introducing Infogami". Infogami. Retrieved 2007-01-06.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Arrington, Michael (October 31, 2006). "Breaking news: Condé Nast/Wired Acquires reddit". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2007-01-06.
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External links
- reddit
- help for novices
- foreign-language reddits 24 languages other than English are available
- spreddit for marketing
- redditalien.com - the archive of reddit logo doodles
- think you've reddit all? - Alexis's blog (the logo artist).
- Interview with Reddit - Interview with Steve Huffman, co-founder of reddit.
- Interview - Alexis Ohanian, reddit Co-Founder - Interview with Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of reddit.
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