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}}[[wikipedia:Reddit|'''Reddit''']] is an American social network for social-news aggregation, content rating, and forums. As of December 2024, Reddit is the eighth most-visited website in the world. It was founded by University of Virginia roommates Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian, as well as Aaron Swartz, in 2005.

==Incidents==

===Going closed source===

In September 2017, Reddit reverted on their open source policy and archived their public repositories, citing difficulty to stealth launch features and desire to move away from a monorepo architecture. Users responded by noting neither of these reasons require being closed source, and that Reddit had been slowly being less transparent over time.<ref>{{Cite web |title=An update on the state of the reddit/reddit and reddit/reddit-mobile repositories |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/changelog/comments/6xfyfg/an_update_on_the_state_of_the_redditreddit_and/ |url-status=live |access-date=21 Apr 2025 |website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref>

===Data breach===

In August 2018, Reddit suffered a data breach due to employees using SMS 2FA. Leaked data included old hashed passwords and private messages from before 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 Aug 2018 |title=Reddit Breach Highlights Limits of SMS-Based Authentication |url=https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/08/reddit-breach-highlights-limits-of-sms-based-authentication/ |url-status=live |access-date=21 Apr 2025 |website=krebsonsecurity.com}}</ref>

* [[wikipedia:~~Reddit~~|'''~~Reddit~~''']] ~~is an American social~~ news ~~aggregation, content rating, and forum social network~~.

===Erasing Aaron Swartz===

* As of December 2024, Reddit is the 8th most-~~visited~~ website ~~in the world~~.

In October 2020, Reddit removed the late [[wikipedia:Aaron_Swartz|'''Aaron Swartz''']] from the About page.<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 Oct 2020 |title=Reddit’s About page doesn't include Aaron Swartz as a founder |url=https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24677419 |url-status=live |access-date=21 Apr 2025 |website=news.ycombinator.com}}</ref> Aaron Swartz was a political activist supporting open access to knowledge resources who died by suicide in 2013 to avoid prosecution for leaking MIT's archive of research articles.

* Founded by University of Virginia roommates Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian, as well as Aaron Swartz, in ~~2005~~.

== ~~Controversies~~ ==

===API paywall===

In April of 2023, Reddit announced they would be locking API features and functionality previously accessible to its users behind a paywall, citing concerns about user generated content being trained on AI. This resulted in a backlash in the community as alternative apps utilizing Reddit's API would be rendered completely useless. While some users held out hope that app developers could pay this fee to keep their user base, Apollo developer Christian Selig crushed any hope of this idea, explaining that the cost of this API fee was too high and that he would be ceasing development for the foreseeable future.

~~===API Paywall===~~

Users expressed concerns that this wasn't due to AI but due to greed and an attempt to monopolize information as Reddit is often cited as many people's go to resource for almost any topic. This sentiment resulted in one of the largest internet protests known as the Reddit Blackout. The Reddit Blackout was an event in which subreddits would be closed, marked as NSFW to prevent advertisements, or flooded with posts shaming Reddit's CEO. Users would also delete their posts, accounts, or edit them to shame the CEO in an attempt to reduce the value of the information.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Reddit_API_controversy "2023 Reddit API controversy"] - Wikipedia </ref>

~~In April of 2023, Reddit announced they would be locking API features~~ and ~~functionality previously accessible~~ to it's ~~users behind a paywall, citing concerns about user generated content being trained on AI~~. This resulted in ~~a backlash in~~ the ~~community~~ as ~~alternative apps utilizing~~ Reddit~~'s API~~ would be ~~rendered completely useless. While some user~~'s ~~held out hope that app developers could pay this fee to keep~~ their ~~user base~~, ~~Apollo developer Christian Selig crushed any hope of this idea~~, ~~explaining that~~ the ~~cost~~ of ~~this~~ API ~~fee was too high and that he would~~ be ~~ceasing development for the foreseeable future.~~

~~User's expressed concerns that this wasn't due to AI but due to greed and an attempt to monopolize information as~~ Reddit ~~is often cited as many people's go to resource for almost any topic. This sentiment resulted in one of~~ the ~~largest internet protests known as the Reddit Blackout. The Reddit Blackout was an event in which subreddits would be closed~~, ~~marked as NSFW to prevent advertisements, or flooded with posts shaming Reddit's CEO. User's would also delete their posts, accounts, or edit them to shame the CEO~~ in ~~an attempt to reduce the value of the information~~. <ref>[https://en.~~wikipedia~~.~~org~~/~~wiki/2023_Reddit_API_controversy "2023 Reddit API controversy"]~~ - ~~Wikipedia~~ </ref~~> <!-- To be expanded with better citations --~~>

===VPN blockage===

In December 2023, Reddit started blocking users from accessing the site while on a VPN, unless they logged in.<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 Dec 2023 |title=Tell HN: Just noticed Reddit blocking VPN traffic. Old subdomain still works |url=https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38666028 |url-status=live |access-date=21 Apr 2025 |website=news.ycombinator.com}}</ref>

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===Ads that look like user posts===

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In March, 2024, Reddit rolled out a feature that made ads look like they came from real users (and by extent, were "upvoted" by real users). Reddit boasted these ads had 28% higher click-through rate than regular ads.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malik |first=Aisha |date=4 Mar 2024 |title=Reddit introduces a new ad format that looks similar to posts made by users |url=https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/14/reddit-introduces-a-new-ad-format-that-looks-similar-to-posts-made-by-users/ |url-status=live |access-date=21 Apr 2025 |website=TechCrunch}}</ref>

~~!Controversy~~

~~!Year~~

~~!Background Info~~

~~!Aftermath~~

~~!Related Article~~

~~!Related Video(s~~)

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== ~~General~~ References: ==

==References==

[[~~Category:Companies~~]]

==See also==

*[[Lemmy]]

[[Category:Reddit]]

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+}}[[wikipedia:Reddit|'''Reddit''']] is an American social network for social-news aggregation, content rating, and forums. As of December 2024, Reddit is the eighth most-visited website in the world. It was founded by University of Virginia roommates Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian, as well as Aaron Swartz, in 2005.
+==Incidents==
+===Going closed source===
+In September 2017, Reddit reverted on their open source policy and archived their public repositories, citing difficulty to stealth launch features and desire to move away from a monorepo architecture. Users responded by noting neither of these reasons require being closed source, and that Reddit had been slowly being less transparent over time.<ref>{{Cite web |title=An update on the state of the reddit/reddit and reddit/reddit-mobile repositories |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/changelog/comments/6xfyfg/an_update_on_the_state_of_the_redditreddit_and/ |url-status=live |access-date=21 Apr 2025 |website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref>
+===Data breach===
+In August 2018, Reddit suffered a data breach due to employees using SMS 2FA. Leaked data included old hashed passwords and private messages from before 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 Aug 2018 |title=Reddit Breach Highlights Limits of SMS-Based Authentication |url=https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/08/reddit-breach-highlights-limits-of-sms-based-authentication/ |url-status=live |access-date=21 Apr 2025 |website=krebsonsecurity.com}}</ref>
-* [[wikipedia:Reddit|'''Reddit''']] is an American social news aggregation, content rating, and forum social network.
+===Erasing Aaron Swartz===
-* As of December 2024, Reddit is the 8th most-visited website in the world.
+In October 2020, Reddit removed the late [[wikipedia:Aaron_Swartz|'''Aaron Swartz''']] from the About page.<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 Oct 2020 |title=Reddit’s About page doesn't include Aaron Swartz as a founder |url=https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24677419 |url-status=live |access-date=21 Apr 2025 |website=news.ycombinator.com}}</ref> Aaron Swartz was a political activist supporting open access to knowledge resources who died by suicide in 2013 to avoid prosecution for leaking MIT's archive of research articles.
-* Founded by University of Virginia roommates Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian, as well as Aaron Swartz, in 2005.
-== Controversies ==
+===API paywall===
+In April of 2023, Reddit announced they would be locking API features and functionality previously accessible to its users behind a paywall, citing concerns about user generated content being trained on AI. This resulted in a backlash in the community as alternative apps utilizing Reddit's API would be rendered completely useless. While some users held out hope that app developers could pay this fee to keep their user base, Apollo developer Christian Selig crushed any hope of this idea, explaining that the cost of this API fee was too high and that he would be ceasing development for the foreseeable future.
-===API Paywall===
+Users expressed concerns that this wasn't due to AI but due to greed and an attempt to monopolize information as Reddit is often cited as many people's go to resource for almost any topic. This sentiment resulted in one of the largest internet protests known as the Reddit Blackout. The Reddit Blackout was an event in which subreddits would be closed, marked as NSFW to prevent advertisements, or flooded with posts shaming Reddit's CEO. Users would also delete their posts, accounts, or edit them to shame the CEO in an attempt to reduce the value of the information.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Reddit_API_controversy "2023 Reddit API controversy"] - Wikipedia </ref> <!-- To be expanded with better citations -->
-In April of 2023, Reddit announced they would be locking API features and functionality previously accessible to it's users behind a paywall, citing concerns about user generated content being trained on AI. This resulted in a backlash in the community as alternative apps utilizing Reddit's API would be rendered completely useless. While some user's held out hope that app developers could pay this fee to keep their user base, Apollo developer Christian Selig crushed any hope of this idea, explaining that the cost of this API fee was too high and that he would be ceasing development for the foreseeable future.
-User's expressed concerns that this wasn't due to AI but due to greed and an attempt to monopolize information as Reddit is often cited as many people's go to resource for almost any topic. This sentiment resulted in one of the largest internet protests known as the Reddit Blackout. The Reddit Blackout was an event in which subreddits would be closed, marked as NSFW to prevent advertisements, or flooded with posts shaming Reddit's CEO. User's would also delete their posts, accounts, or edit them to shame the CEO in an attempt to reduce the value of the information. <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Reddit_API_controversy "2023 Reddit API controversy"] - Wikipedia </ref> <!-- To be expanded with better citations -->
+===VPN blockage===
+In December 2023, Reddit started blocking users from accessing the site while on a VPN, unless they logged in.<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 Dec 2023 |title=Tell HN: Just noticed Reddit blocking VPN traffic. Old subdomain still works |url=https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38666028 |url-status=live |access-date=21 Apr 2025 |website=news.ycombinator.com}}</ref>
-{| class="wikitable"
+===Ads that look like user posts===
-|+
+In March, 2024, Reddit rolled out a feature that made ads look like they came from real users (and by extent, were "upvoted" by real users). Reddit boasted these ads had 28% higher click-through rate than regular ads.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malik |first=Aisha |date=4 Mar 2024 |title=Reddit introduces a new ad format that looks similar to posts made by users |url=https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/14/reddit-introduces-a-new-ad-format-that-looks-similar-to-posts-made-by-users/ |url-status=live |access-date=21 Apr 2025 |website=TechCrunch}}</ref>
-!Controversy
-!Year
-!Background Info
-!Aftermath
-!Related Article
-!Related Video(s)
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-== General References: ==
+==References==
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-[[Category:Companies]]
+==See also==
+*[[Lemmy]]
 [[Category:Reddit]]