Reddit

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A large corporate media site of forums in which readers vote stories up/down

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Founders: Steve Huffman, Alexis Ohanian

Owner: Advance Publications
Staff: 71
Constitutes: corporate media,  forum
 

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Reddit/Censorship5,663

Reddit is a social media site which, while is is firmly corporate-controlled, has nevertheless assisted in various important stories such as the murder of Sunny Sheu.

Shilling

Confessions of a paid shill on Reddit, a popular Reddit post from 2015.

Censorship

Full article: Reddit/Censorship
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Reddit, to quote one subscriber "has been compromised for a very long time".[1] It has been subject to various forms of censorship.[2] and the official rules for how the site works are not followed with posts of deep political relevance.[3]

Funding

Investors include Marc Andreessen, Peter Thiel, Ron Conway and Jared Leto.

Alternatives

Readers seeking a Reddit style website with a community more receptive to the topics of discussion on this website may be interested in Saidit.

 

Employee on Wikispooks

EmployeeJobAppointedDescription
Jessica AshoohDirector of Policy2017Ramped up Reddit censorship

 

A document sourced from Reddit

TitleTypeSubject(s)Publication dateAuthor(s)Description
Document:How Reddit Was DestroyedwebpageReddit/Censorship25 March 2015'Shark Shank'An informative summary of changes made to how Reddit works to facilitate its use as a means of disseminating propaganda and frustrate its use as a forum for uncensored self-expression.
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