Former Reddit CEO Ellen Pao: The trolls are winning the battle for the Internet
I have just endured one of the largest trolling attacks in history. And I have just been blessed with the most astonishing human responses to that attack.What happened to me while head of the popular...
View ArticleReddit is walking a very fine line — but it might just work
Reddit has announced new rules for content, following weeks of protests, executive shake-ups, and concern over the future of the "front page of the internet."In a public Q&A with the community, new...
View ArticleReddit is trying to get one million people to each donate $1 so they can make...
Reddit wants to use its power to create its own millionaire by convincing one million Redditors to each donate a dollar to a randomly selected user.The idea actually started some eight months ago, when...
View ArticleThis new site wants to help Reddit users get a date
Reddit has been involved in a very public civil war these past few weeks, with management and users duking it out in a seemingly endless swirl of drama. But Checkly, a new website uncovered by Product...
View ArticleA Scottish McDonald's employee went on Reddit and revealed a bunch of secrets...
McDonalds has long been the subject of a number of false rumours. From the infamous "no rot" myth (which suggests its burgers never go mouldy) to claims that the chain uses cow eyeballs as an...
View ArticleTurns out the McDonald’s secret menu is real — here’s what happens when you...
The manager of a McDonald's in Scotland confirmed the existence of what has heretofore only been urban legend — the McDonald's secret menu. For years, I've read about a "secret menu" that offers up...
View ArticleA woman who worked for Ashley Madison explains what it's like to work for a...
Over the weekend, the dating site for people seeking to have an affair, AshleyMadison, was hacked. With the hackers threatening to release the personal details and sexual fantasies of the site's more...
View ArticleYou can now download almost every Reddit comment ever written — all 1.6...
Do you want nearly every Reddit comment ever written to be available to at very fingertips — even offline? The answer is likely no; but if you said yes you'll be pleased to know that's now...
View ArticleStephen Hawking is doing a Reddit AMA — now's your chance to ask him your...
Considered one of the greatest scientists of our age, Stephen Hawking is taking to Reddit this week to answer the public's questions on life, the universe, and everything. You can submit your questions...
View ArticleAnother senior Reddit employee has left the company
Reddit, still reeling from huge protests and the introduction of a divisive new content policy, has lost another senior employee. Re/code is reporting that Jessica Moreno, the news aggregation and...
View ArticleThis guy created the frog meme that's all over the internet — here’s why he’s...
You might think that for someone whose creation turned into one of the most popular memes online, the most frustrating part would be the complete lack of payment that comes with that type of fame.But...
View ArticleThe drama at Reddit sure hasn't hurt traffic
July was a record month for link sharing and community site Reddit, with a record 8 billion pageviews and 195 million monthly visitors, according to the site's own public-facing stats. Reddit had a...
View ArticleReddit finally bans its most infamous racist communities because they 'made...
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman announced the link-sharing and community site's new content policy, which is mostly in line with the proposal he put forward in late July.Mostly, everything will be the same,...
View ArticleThis infuriating meme about 'perfect marriages' is everywhere, and it needs...
The premise is this: a loving wife adoringly surprises her dear husband with a loaded gun and a mysterious note. A raging battle of bullets presumably ensues. The loser is responsible for cooking...
View ArticleParents on Reddit are confessing times they had to scold their kids but were...
Sometimes, parents have to discipline kids for things that aren't really all that wrong — when kids stand up to bullies a little too strongly, for example, or when they use adult language to hilarious...
View ArticleEveryone is going nuts over this Vine, but no, you can’t charge a phone with...
There’s a video circulating on Vine and Twitter of teens charging an iPhone with a corn dog and Monster energy drink. It's an awesome clip. It’s also definitely a hoax.It starts with one of the boys...
View ArticlePeople are saying this Reddit post predicted Google Alphabet a year ago
News that Google would be restructuring into a holding company called Alphabet took the internet by surprise yesterday.But people are saying that a Reddit post from one year ago might have predicted...
View ArticlePeople are saying this Reddit post predicted Google Alphabet a year ago
News that Google would be restructuring into a holding company called Alphabet took the internet by surprise yesterday.But people are saying that a Reddit post from one year ago might have predicted...
View Article11 things that are never worth the money
There's nothing worse than buyer's remorse.Of course, one person's waste of money could be another's best purchase. People have differing values surrounding money, meaning different choices can make...
View ArticleThis is what happens when a celebrity tweets about your music to hundreds of...
A week ago, Christopher Ford — who goes by Christopher the Conquered — was getting ready to release his third album,"I'm Giving Up On Rock n' Roll," to a modest fanbase.He wasn't expecting any huge...
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