#SocialMedia#ContentModeration#Reddit: "How do you put out a dumpster fire? Don’t call in professional firefighters; let volunteers show up with buckets and get to work.
This is, in essence, how Reddit, the 19-year-old social media site, turned itself from one of the darkest corners of the web into something of a model for how content moderation should be done. The San Francisco company rode that transformation, which relied on an army of volunteer monitors, all the way to Wall Street this month, when it pulled off one of the most anticipated tech offerings in years.
Its shares rocketed to $74 in its first days on the Nasdaq exchange after debuting at $34. The stock gave up some ground to just under $50 at Thursday’s pre-Easter close, valuing the company at $8 billion (£6.5 billion).
Reddit’s arrival on the public market marked a remarkable coming of age for a company that once revelled in its status as a free-for-all chock full of internet trolls and “not safe for work” posts. The latter included the infamous episode a decade ago when unauthorised nude photos were shared of celebrities including Rihanna and Jennifer Lawrence. The response of Reddit’s then chief executive was to leave up the offending material. In a post entitled “Every Man Is Responsible For His Own Soul”, he explained that the firm was not so much a website as a “government of a new type of community” — a community that happened to have a rabid belief in free expression." https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/7d352b65-464e-4dc7-906d-62c014b88679?shareToken=00aeb577b8820278fd9a02e8761f70ca
What are some other good sources for news, maybe rpg discussions?
One thought I had while browsing is how it would be nice if all those sites allowed you to login with your own made up identity that already exists. Like if I could log in as my mastadon randomwizard to go leave a comment.
Some 7% of Reddit’s free share float (or more) has been sold short so far, according to an estimate from the analytics company Ortex cited by Reuters. That’s something the social platform was worried would happen, noting in its prospectus that retail traders in its subreddits (and particularly on r/WallStreetBets) could...
Tengo que echar un ojo dentro de poco a @detun3d y @detun3d por si alguna de las dos redes o ambas hubiese mejorado sus funciones y compatibilidad con el resto del #fediverso.
En su momento me hicieron bastante ilusión como alternativas a #Reddit pero terminé decepcionado especialmente por lo mal que federaban.
I'm looking for a #Mastodon client that has a #Reddit like threads. I don't like the timeline view where all the replies and new posts get tangled together.
Today I finished day 100 of #100DaysOfSwiftUI by @twostraws. It's the end.
And to be honest, I feel a bit too overwhelmed to know what to write. Of course I'm proud of myself, because I never thought I'd ever get this far. But I'm also very sad because there's no Paul who will talk to me every day anymore 😥
I started my #SwiftUI journey about six months ago, with the Playground app from #Apple. I discovered Paul's 100 Days via #Reddit and stuck with it to the end. 💡
Reddit stock is falling back to Earth because the short-sellers have arrived (qz.com)
Some 7% of Reddit’s free share float (or more) has been sold short so far, according to an estimate from the analytics company Ortex cited by Reuters. That’s something the social platform was worried would happen, noting in its prospectus that retail traders in its subreddits (and particularly on r/WallStreetBets) could...