Confirmation bias in an nutshell
by Soul_Driver November 12, 2019
by redditor163 November 19, 2010
Aaron Swartz rolls in his grave as reddit has become the opposite of what he advocated for. In his own words, "all censorship should be deplored."
by fencetape March 29, 2022
by JVDnh May 29, 2012
A user generated web 2.0 news website with a lefty, libertarian and geek slant. Tends to be slightly more upmarket than its larger competitor digg. The comment system at reddit actually works unlike the broken system over on digg. This results in (usually) more intelligent conversations. One issue with Reddit is that a number of users have installed bots which automatically down vote or up vote specific topics. In 2007, it was known for its support of Ron Paul (and then later Obama), its anger at George W Bush and Cheney and its opposition to the invasion of Iraq and its opposition to any potential attack on Iran. Reddit users are also overwhelming against organized religion be it Christian, the Cult of Scientology, Islam or Judaism.
One annoying or endearing feature of reddit that is also unique is "theme" usernames who behavior in stereotyped fashions usually occuring to their chosen username (eg. CAPTAIN_OBVIOUS.) These can be fun, but they usually wear pretty thin after a few days.
In general, reddit is a smart forum than digg, although everyone is always saying that slowly reddit is becoming digg while digg is becoming 4chan.
One annoying or endearing feature of reddit that is also unique is "theme" usernames who behavior in stereotyped fashions usually occuring to their chosen username (eg. CAPTAIN_OBVIOUS.) These can be fun, but they usually wear pretty thin after a few days.
In general, reddit is a smart forum than digg, although everyone is always saying that slowly reddit is becoming digg while digg is becoming 4chan.
Typical reddit postings:
Vote up if you want George W Bush impeached!
Yet another xkcd cartoon
20 reasons why Lisp is better than Haskell
10 reasons why Arc is better than Lisp
15 reasons why Haskell is better than Arc
Crazy religious retards are doing something stupid and illogical again.
Vote up if you want George W Bush impeached!
Yet another xkcd cartoon
20 reasons why Lisp is better than Haskell
10 reasons why Arc is better than Lisp
15 reasons why Haskell is better than Arc
Crazy religious retards are doing something stupid and illogical again.
by sense_at_reddit.com February 27, 2008
by dwarftosser9999 September 16, 2013
1. A competition to see who can come up with the funniest headline for the same picture
2. where most people get their content they post on facebook and icanhascheezburger
2. where most people get their content they post on facebook and icanhascheezburger
example 1. "I found this funny picture on reddit, but I bet I can make it funnier if I repost it with a different title!"
by K-Flynn November 27, 2013