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reddit. William McIntyre. Reddit . (n) A place to trade one’s soul and free time for imaginary Internet points. What is reddit ?. Link Aggregator Discussion forum. What is reddit ? (really). Subcommunities within reddit Can subscribe to many subreddits

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  1. reddit William McIntyre

  2. Reddit. (n) A place to trade one’s soul and free time for imaginary Internet points. What is reddit?

  3. Link Aggregator • Discussion forum What is reddit? (really)

  4. Subcommunities within reddit • Can subscribe to many subreddits • Personalized front page assembled from subscribed subreddits /r/subreddits

  5. /r/pics • Interesting pictures • /r/gaming • Video game news and discussion • /r/bestof • Remarkable comments from other subreddits • /r/IAmA • Celebrities or people with interesting lives say “Ask me Anything” /r/examples

  6. Digg (yes, it still exists) • Fark • 9gag (dirty thieves) • StumbleUpon • Newsvine • Imgur (benign competitor and default image host for reddit submissions) /r/MajorCompetitors

  7. Advertising • Banners in sidebar • Sponsored links • Donations • RedditGold • Merchandising • Reddit Gifts /r/RevenueModel

  8. Reddit came online in 2005. • It was quickly acquired by Condé Nast in 2006. • It was transferred to Condé Nast’s parent company, Advance Publications, in 2011. • Reddit became an independent entity again in 2012. • Advance Publications is still reddit’s largest shareholder /r/CondéNast

  9. A sockpuppet is a false online identity, especially one used to provide false consensus. • In the early days of reddit, the founders ran hundreds of sockpuppet accounts to provide the illusion of an existing community. • It worked. /r/SockPuppets

  10. In a recent AMA, a reddit administrator suggested Arnold Schwarzenegger join their team. Arnold accepted. /r/Arnold

  11. The reddit alien is named Snoo. /r/Snoo

  12. Reddit users hold an annual Secret Santa gift exchange. • Last year, Bill Gates took part in it. • He gave a stuffed animal, a travel book, and a donation to Heifer international in his recipient’s name. /r/SecretSanta

  13. Reddit has subreddits, /r/randomactsofpizza and /r/Random_Acts_Of_Pizza, dedicated to random gifts of pizza. • Redditors post their situations or reasons they or their nominee should receive pizza. • Readers can gift pizza to random people over the Internet. /r/Random_Acts_Of_Pizza

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