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Reddit

There is no profile page customization: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheoryOfReddit/comments/w17zv/how_the_lack_of_profile_shapes_reddit/

Subreddits

For programmers:

Security focused:

Every language has a big sub, but they are mostly Stack Overflow duplication machines:

For engineers:

Interesting:

Adult:

Flair

Country flags in r/China

https://www.reddit.com/r/help/comments/2akq6x/how_do_i_display_a_country_flag_next_to_my/

Metrics

Multireddits

Glossary

Glossary: https://www.reddit.com/r/help/comments/1a0mq2/im_new_to_reddit_tell_me_the_acronyms/

OC: Original Content. Something created by the poster. Dedicated useless subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/original

ELIX: Explain Like I'm X. E.g.: ELI5: 5 years old, ELIUndergrad, etc.

Easter eggs

https://www.reddit.com/r/FrontPage/

Vote fraud

Vote manipulation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unidan

http://www.viksra.com/blog/reddit-mass-upvotedownvote-javascript/

https://www.reddit.com/wiki/faq#wiki_what_constitutes_vote_cheating_and_vote_manipulation.3F

Comments

Sorting order: there is an option. Default is "best" magical method.

Remind me feature: https://www.reddit.com/r/RemindMeBot/comments/24duzp/remindmebot_info/

Posts

Hidden score on new posts: https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/3cymwo/whats_with_the_score_hidden_on_many_newer_reddit/

Flair

Tags

The tags available on some subs (predefined by mods) are called "flairs" ...

Friends

https://www.reddit.com/wiki/friends

Karmawhoring

https://www.reddit.com/comments/tx4mz/comment_karmawhoring_101_guide_to_racking_up/

Best time to post

9AM East Coast?

Algorithms

TODO: how are subreddits taken into account and merged: https://medium.com/@cirosantilli/how-are-followed-subreddits-taken-into-account-and-merged-into-a-single-custom-front-page-203742770fac#.g0b3xlpkk

Users

Who are those?

Likely ring devs:

Business model

https://www.quora.com/What-is-Reddits-business-model-1

Moderation system

  • sub creator can add other mods

Opens up the following post level actions:

hide

Hides a post just for you:

https://www.reddit.com/r/help/comments/2annru/does_the_hideunhide_function_also_hide_the_topic/

To unhide there is a list of hidden posts in your preferences: https://www.reddit.com/comments/fxxd9/how_to_unhide_posts/

Public profile information

Not public:

Wiki

Each reddit has a wiki: https://www.reddit.com/r/dailyprogrammer/wiki/index Seems to be a single page with an index.

When creating a sub, you can configure wiki: disabled, admin only, anyone.

Create a subreddit

There are some reputation requirements: https://www.reddit.com/r/help/comments/2yob6r/creating_a_subreddit/

TODO: what subjects are accepted? Can you create a Reddit about anything at all that is legal, e.g. yourself?

Content policy

https://www.reddit.com/help/contentpolicy

https://reddit.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/204536499 definition of spam.

Internationalization

Subs choose their main language as metadata.