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Online communities can be ‘especially good’ at helping law enforcement solve crimes

Andrew Beaujon — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:12:26 +0000

Aside from Reddit users’ attempts to help solve the Boston bombings case, online communities have had some success in cracking cases, Tim Murphy writes. Redditors have helped with some previous investigations, Murphy writes, and “the … Read more

SXSW session on Reddit misses opportunity for thoughtful discussion

Mallary Jean Tenore — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 12:28:49 +0000

The South by Southwest panel, “It’s Reddit’s World; We Just Live in It,” set out to answer a tough question: “How is Reddit’s power altering Web culture — and should we celebrate it, or fear it?”

The either/or setup of … Read more

Nate Silver on Reddit: Pundits are ‘very delusional people’

Andrew Beaujon — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 21:36:29 +0000

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Superstar blogger Nate Silver took questions on Reddit Tuesday. One user asked him whether he found sports or politics “more frustrating to analyze.” Politics, Silver replied: “Between the pundits and the partisans, you’re dealing with a lot … Read more

Bailey: It’s the Reddit community’s job to deal with plagiarism on the site

Andrew Beaujon — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 20:58:31 +0000

Bailey: It’s the Reddit community’s job to deal with plagiarism on the site

The Reddit community has a history of reacting strongly when it feels it has been lied to or deceived. When that happens, Reddit responds quickly, sometimes in … Read more

NYT DC bureau chief: ‘The Web has created a more responsible press, with higher standards’

Jeff Sonderman — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:40:33 +0000

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David Leonhardt explains in a Reddit AMA response why the Web has been good for journalism:

Think how much easier it is for readers to point out flaws (or perceived flaws!) in a story today than in the past.
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What you need to know about the Gawker-Reddit war

Andrew Beaujon — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 19:45:26 +0000

• Gawker’s Adrian Chen revealed one of Reddit’s biggest “trolls” is Michael Brutsch, a 49-year-old computer programmer who lives in Texas. Brutsch posted under the name “Violentacrez” and cultivated a bizarre symbiotic relationship with Reddit’s management, Chen wrote. At … Read more

Reddit politics site bans Gawker links

Andrew Beaujon — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 19:13:59 +0000

New Statesman | Betabeat | The Awl
Moderators on Reddit’s highly trafficked politics site r/politics have banned links from Gawker Media properties. Gawker journalist Adrian Chen is reportedly planning to expose the identity of a Reddit moderator named violentacrez … Read more

Why Reddit is banning links from Reason.com

Andrew Beaujon — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 19:47:23 +0000

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Reason.com links are not currently welcome at Reddit.

Reached by telephone, Reddit General Manager Erik Martin confirms the ban; he said “most of” the site’s previously reported bans, which snagged domains like Atlantic.com and Businessweek.com, had been … Read more

A journalist’s quick guide to Reddit, the next thing you have to learn

Jeff Sonderman — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:25:00 +0000

Reddit had a moment this week.

Sure, Reddit was already the unofficial “front page of the Internet,” the soul of all things meme, the secret sauce behind BuzzFeed’s viral posts, a breaking news curator and a Q&A forum for journalists… Read more

Is Reddit the future of news or the present?

Andrew Beaujon — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 12:32:02 +0000

Salon | Salon | TechPresident | Marshall Kirkpatrick
Apparently, the future of news is not conferences about the future of news. The future of news is debates about Reddit.

The flashpoint for this round was Michael Barthel’s take on … Read more