Reddit

Reddit.com, the so-called “front page of the internet,” is a website on which users post news stories and anything interesting. Users, called “redditors,” up- and downvote posts, and this voting determines what is on the front page so the front page is always changing. There are subreddits that are centered around a certain topic that redditors can post in and set as their front page. Subreddits include pics, politics, gaming, funny, WTF (my favorite), and science, among countless others—there are over 67,000 subreddits. Redditors have the ability to comment on any post, and those comments can be up- or downvoted similar to the posts themselves. A reason many people enjoy Reddit is that the site is so diversified that you can find serious news items just as easily as memes or really amusing photos. It also serves as a way to see what other people find interesting—the front page includes things users put there, not things corporate owners choose. The site was created by Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian, two University of Virginia graduates, in 2005. After changing hands a few times, Reddit now operates as a subsidiary of Advance Publications. The majority of redditors (74%) are (based on speculation by Google DoubleClick Ad Planner) males aged 25-34. At right is an image I found recently that just amuses me: