Why is this any more than just a stupid online argument between Gawker and some forum moderators? The answer lies in Reddit's almost unique online role. For a time, the site's paid staff even introduced a site-wide ban on links to the article, before backtracking.
Want to post a link to Gawker's stories on Bain Capital's internal documents on Reddit? You can't. The volunteer moderators who run many of the largest sections of Reddit elected not just to ban links to that particular article, or even articles by that particular writer – instead, they imposed a ban on all links to Gawker, or any other sites affiliated with it. New media's reaction to the dilemma was far more extreme than that of old media: Reddit moved to stamp out the article, and punish its writer. Reddit reacted furiously, in large part because the user, "violentacrez", was a prominent one and on friendly terms with many of the people who run the site. The problem stems from several boards on the site (knows as "subreddits") concentrating on "creepshots" and "jailbait" – sneaked photos, taken on the street or lifted from profiles – which focused on obtaining and publishing revealing pictures (including upskirt shots) of unwitting women, or underage girls.Īfter sustained outcry, the site banned most of these subreddits, but Gawker writer Adrian Chen – a journalist who regularly seeks online notoriety, often successfully – had tracked down the real identity of the man behind many of these forums, interviewed him, and on Friday published a lengthy article "outing" him. An article posted on its front page can expect to pull in half a million extra visitors, at minimum – and it was given extra gravitas last month when it was judged worthy of an online campaign stop by President Barack Obama himself.īut just when it should be celebrating a moment of triumph and recognition, the site has been thrown into chaos by a bitter row stemming from its seamy underbelly – and it's a row that could have far wider consequences across the internet. The self-styled "home page of the internet", it can pull in more than 3bn page views a month.
Huffman said the company is exploring going public, and he hoped redditors might somehow be able to access shares before the general public.R eddit is the biggest and most influential website you've probably never heard of. The other opportunity for Redditors to cash in may come from a possible IPO. Three, however, made more than $10 million. Of Roblox’s 7 million developers, fewer than 1 million made any money at all in the 12 months ending Sept. Still, if Reddit evolves along the lines of Roblox, the wealth won’t be evenly distributed. That bottom-up approach means there are opportunities for its users to earn money, such as selling customized experiences or various upgrades. Unlike more polished sites, built by professionals and passed down to users, all the content Reddit and Roblox is built by amateur users. It probably wont be around gaming but it will be around community creation and what people can do when they are together.” Huffman said he was attracted to Roblox’s “radical customization,” where users can build unique worlds for playing and exploring.”There is a similar path for Reddit. “They are ahead on something I’ve long wanted to do on Reddit.” Rather, he described a future for Reddit that resembles Roblox, the immensely popular gaming platform where users earn money on the site from each other. Reddit’s users and moderators are often the same people, Huffman said, so it didn’t make sense to think of moderators as separate class that should be in line for a payday. Reddit is also experimenting with virtual coins, that redditors can buy to tip each other. Right now, most of Reddit’s income-$100 million in 2019-comes from ad sales, but Huffman said its expanding into other areas of monetization, such as a paid, ad-free version of the site. Most recently, it was the subreddit /r/wallstreetbets fueling the GameStop stock frenzy. Despite its size, Reddit has maintained a relatively low profile compared to contemporaries like Facebook and Twitter, but has been forced into the spotlight when its communities attract outsized attention. But it still maintains the anarchic spirit of the early Internet, and its 100,000+ communities, known as subreddits, are a jumble of geekery, deep knowledge, and porn.
Founded in 2005 by Huffman and Alexis Ohanian, Reddit has grown into the 19th most visited website on the planet.
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