A Brief History of Reddit: From Founding to Community Culture
Reddit, founded in San Francisco by Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian, is a social news aggregation platform that became open-source in 2008 and is owned by Conde Nast Digital. It allows users to submit articles and vote on them within various subreddits, fostering community engagement through comment discussions. Users earn "karma" points based on their contributions. Popular subreddits include Pics, Funny, and Gaming. The Reddit Alien is the iconic symbol, which has appeared in various forms and is even turned into merchandise on sites like xkcd.com.
A Brief History of Reddit: From Founding to Community Culture
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Brief History • Founded in San Francisco, California • Founded by Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian • Owned by Conde Nast Digital • Became Open-Source in 2008 • Recently launched Reddit Gold
General Overview • Users vote on articles • Articles can be submitted to sub-Reddits • Commenting is a big draw in the community • Karma is used to assign “Points”
Popular Sub-Reddits • Pics • Funny • Gaming • FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU • Atheism • Politics • WTF?!
Reddit Alien • Most recognizable symbol of Reddit • Takes many forms in the logo, depending on the day • Has been turned into merchandise, sold on the popular site xkcd.com