Russian Trolls Used Reddit To Post Cat Pictures, Racist Jokes, And Political Controversy
The Internet Research Agency's most popular accounts on Reddit had a range of political views, but posted them among photos of cute pets.
Kevin Collier
Newsweek Was Banned From A Major Reddit Community Due To Link Spamming
Influential Reddit accounts have been submitting Newsweek links at high volume, but the company says it does “not engage in any form of paid promotion on this platform.”
Craig Silverman
Reddit Is Removing Nazi And Alt-Right Groups As Part Of A New Policy And Some Users Are Confused
"The front page of the internet" is removing violent and hateful material — Nazi and alt-right groups were some of the first to go.
Brianna Sacks
CNN Is Standing By Its Controversial Reddit User Story
CNN executives thought they were showing restraint by not identifying Reddit user HanAssholeSolo. But a strange contingency line has set off the pro-Trump social internet.
Steven Perlberg
How A Random GIF From Reddit Probably Ended Up On President Trump's Phone
The headline for this story is peak 2017.
Ryan Broderick
The Reddit User Who Made The Trump/CNN Wrestling Video Has Posted An Apology
The apology only came after CNN identified and contacted the man.
David Mack
A 3-Year-Old Did A Reddit AMA And It Is Honestly The Purest Thing
"How does the sun work? It take a nap."
Kassy Cho
Twitter, Airbnb, Reddit, And LinkedIn Back Apple In Court Fight
Sixteen Silicon Valley heavyweights signed onto an amicus brief in support of Apple, calling the U.S. government's demands unbounded “by any legal limits.”
Hamza Shaban
7 Essays To Read This Week: Reddit, Mosques, And Homophobia In Tennis
This week, Javaria Akbar explained how her childhood mosque was her safe space. Read that and other essays from OutHistory, Vulture, The Toast, and more.
Susan Cheng
Reddit Co-Founder On Sexism In Tech: "We're Missing Out As An Industry"
During a BuzzFeed Brews with CBS This Morning interview, Alexis Ohanian gave advice to troubled executives from Snapchat and Tinder.
Myles Tanzer
Reddit Co-Founder On Net Neutrality: "It's A Terrible Brand"
The internet activist Alexis Ohanian tells BuzzFeed that despite its problems gaining public attention, net neutrality is a vital cause.
Joseph Bernstein
Unpublished Challenger Disaster Photos Surface On Reddit
The Challenger disaster occurred on Jan. 28, 1986, after the Space Shuttle broke apart over the Atlantic Ocean 73 seconds into its flight, killing seven NASA crew members. Reddit user AmericanMustache posted Tuesday what he said were photos discovered in boxes after his grandmother died.
Michael Rusch
Reddit User Freaks Out When Secret Santa Named “Bill” Turns Out To Be Bill Gates
“Before I realized it was THE Bill, just thought it was a friendly fellow named Bill.”
Michelle Broder Van Dyke
Reddit Men's Rights Activists Are Fundraising For The "Victim" Of Adria Richards
A pick-up artist is teaming up with men's rights activist to solicit donations for a Feminist Defense Fund. Donations can be made by bitcoin, of course.
Katie Notopoulos
Reddit's Victim Complex
The Reddit panel at SXSW went terribly wrong. A powerful site struggles with introspection.
John Herrman
Leaked Reddit Chat Logs Reveal Moderators' Real Concern
A chatroom log between Reddit's staff and volunteer moderators over whether or not to ban links to critical articles that leaked controversial users' real names. Update: Reddit's top admin says the Gawker link ban “was a mistake on our part.”
Katie Notopoulos
17 Questions Obama Was Wise Not To Answer During His Reddit AMA
Most of Reddit was on their best behavior today during the president's visit, but there definitely were some questions he wasn't going to answer.
Ryan Broderick
The Best Of President Obama's Reddit AMA
Plus GIFs!
Jessica Testa
The 15 Best Reddit AMAs
In case you haven't come across it, Reddit has a regular feature where people from all walks of life with an interesting story to tell are interviewed by the site's community. AMA stands for "Ask Me Anything," and pretty much anything goes. Here are 15 of the most fascinating AMAs from the last couple of years. Add your own in the comments if you have a favorite that I missed.
Jack Shepherd
