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==Incidents== | ==Incidents== | ||
===Going | ===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>https://www.reddit.com/r/changelog/comments/6xfyfg/an_update_on_the_state_of_the_redditreddit_and/</ref> | 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>https://www.reddit.com/r/changelog/comments/6xfyfg/an_update_on_the_state_of_the_redditreddit_and/</ref> | ||
===Data | ===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>https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/08/reddit-breach-highlights-limits-of-sms-based-authentication/</ref> | 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>https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/08/reddit-breach-highlights-limits-of-sms-based-authentication/</ref> | ||
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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 --> | 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 --> | ||
===VPN | ===VPN blockage=== | ||
In December 2023, Reddit started blocking users from accessing the site while on a VPN, unless they logged in.<ref>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38666028</ref> | In December 2023, Reddit started blocking users from accessing the site while on a VPN, unless they logged in.<ref>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38666028</ref> | ||
===Ads | ===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>https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/14/reddit-introduces-a-new-ad-format-that-looks-similar-to-posts-made-by-users/</ref> | 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>https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/14/reddit-introduces-a-new-ad-format-that-looks-similar-to-posts-made-by-users/</ref> | ||
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[[ | ==See also== | ||
* [[Lemmy]] | |||
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