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| 2009 || January || Community || One of the most popular subreddits, "IAmA" (I am a), is created. Many famous people would proceed to participate in AmAs (Ask me Anything) from the community.<ref name="MyUser_Theatlantic.com_May_24_2015c">{{cite web |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/01/ama-how-a-weird-internet-thing-became-a-mainstream-delight/282860/ |title=AMA: How a Weird Internet Thing Became a Mainstream Delight – The Atlantic |newspaper=Theatlantic.com |date= January 2014 |author=Alexis C. Madrigal |accessdate= May 24, 2015}}</ref>
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| 2009 || February 23 || Competence Competition || {{w|Imgur}} is launched as an image-host by a Redditor seeking an easy way to share photos to Reddit. Imgur is developed to be the de facto image hosting service for Reddit.<ref name="The Decline of Imgur on Reddit">{{cite web |title=The Decline of Imgur on Reddit and the Rise of Reddit's Native Image Hosting |url=https://minimaxir.com/2017/06/imgur-decline/ |website=minimaxir.com |accessdate=5 September 2019}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |last1=Koebler |first1=Jason |title=The Cold War Between Reddit and Imgur Has Officially Begun |url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pgk3p8/the-cold-war-between-reddit-and-imgur-has-officially-begun |website=vice.com |accessdate=5 September 2019}}</ref>
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| 2016 || {{dts|May}} || Controversy || Reddit CEO [[wikipedia:Steve Huffman|Steve Huffman]] says on an interview at the TNW Conference that, unlike [[wikipedia:Facebook|Facebook]], which "only knows what [its users are] willing to declare publicly", Reddit knows its users' "dark secrets"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thenextweb.com/socialmedia/2016/05/30/reddit-knows-your-dark-secrets/|publisher=The Next Web (TNW)|date=30 May 2016|title=Reddit CEO Steve Huffman: ‘We know your dark secrets. We know everything.’|author=Boris van Zanten}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/reddit-ceo-tells-users-we-8082550|title=Reddit CEO tells users 'we know your dark secrets' as he strikes fear into web surfers|publisher=Mirror|date=30 May 2016|author=Jessica Haworth}}</ref><ref name="dna">{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/scitech/report-reddit-ceo-steve-huffman-says-we-know-your-dark-secrets-2218420|publisher=Daily News and Analysis|date=31 May 2016|title=Reddit CEO Steve Huffman says, "We know your dark secrets"}}</ref> at the same time that the website's "values" page is updated in regards to its "privacy" section. The video reaches the top of the website's main feed.<ref name="dna"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/4lmfmj/ceo_of_reddit_steve_huffman_about_advertising_on/|title=CEO of Reddit, Steve Huffman, about advertising on Reddit: "We know all of your interests. Not only just your interests you are willing to declare publicly on Facebook - we know your dark secrets, we know everything" (TNW Conference, 26 May) (27,500 votes)|date=29 May 2016|publisher=Reddit}}</ref> Shortly thereafter, announcements concerning new advertisement content would draw criticism on the website.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/4upf11/new_ad_type_promoted_user_posts/|title=New Ad Type: Promoted User Posts|publisher=Reddit (official announcement)|date=26 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/4phzsi/sponsored_headline_tests_placement_and_design/|title=Sponsored headline tests: placement and design|publisher=Reddit (official announcement)}}</ref>
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| 2016 || {{dts|May 25}} || Product || Reddit launches an image host for submissions to the site, allowing users for the first time to upload images. The release would cause {{w|Imgur}} submission activity to abruptly drop, as the latter was used by Reddit users as an image hosting website.<ref name="The Decline of Imgur on Reddit"/>
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| 2016 || {{dts|November 23}} || Community || A member of a subreddit dedicated to [[wikipedia:Donald Trump|Donald Trump]], [[wikipedia:/r/The_Donald|/r/The_Donald]] posts evidence indicating that Reddit administrators had modified multiple user comments inside the subreddit.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Menegus|first1=Bryan|title=Reddit CEO Caught Secretly Editing User Comments, Chatlogs Leaked [Update]|url=http://gizmodo.com/reddit-ceo-caught-secretly-editing-user-comments-chatl-1789342358|accessdate=24 November 2016|work=Gizmodo|date=24 November 2016}}</ref>
| 2018 || {{dts|April 30}} || Competition || {{w|Facebook}} announces testing for a new Reddit-like feature that lets users "upvote" or "downvote" comments, so results are based on popularity. The new feature is noted by Reddit co-founder {{w|Alexis Ohanian}}, who comments on the first round of testing in February, calling it the "sincerest form of flattery".<ref>{{cite web |title=FACEBOOK IS TESTING A REDDIT-LIKE FEATURE THAT WILL RADICALLY CHANGE COMMENTS |url=https://www.newsweek.com/facebook-testing-reddit-voting-feature-will-change-comments-forever-905573 |website=newsweek.com |accessdate=27 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Facebook is testing out a new feature that feels very, very Reddit |url=https://mashable.com/2018/04/30/facebook-downvote/ |website=mashable.com |accessdate=27 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Facebook rips off Reddit as it starts testing 'downvote' feature |url=https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3031338/facebook-rips-off-reddit-as-it-starts-testing-downvote-feature |website=theinquirer.net |accessdate=27 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Facebook begins the rollout of its Reddit-like downvote button |url=https://www.techradar.com/news/facebook-begins-the-rollout-of-its-reddit-like-downvote-button |website=techradar.com |accessdate=27 August 2019}}</ref>
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| 2018 || {{dts|May 30}} || Competition || Reddit overtakes {{w|Facebook}} as the third most popular website in the United States, behind {{w|Google}} and {{w|YouTube}}. It is reported tahtthat, on an average, users spend 15 minutes and 10 seconds on Reddit daily, in comparison to 10 minutes and 50 seconds on Facebook.<ref>{{cite web |title=Reddit just overtook Facebook as the third most popular website in the U.S. |url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/ywebqj/reddit-just-overtook-facebook-as-the-third-most-popular-website-in-the-us |website=vice.com |accessdate=28 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Reddit beats Facebook to become third most popular platform in US |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/world/reddit-beats-facebook-third-popular-platform-us-1502642809.html |website=thestatesman.com |accessdate=28 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Reddit Passes Facebook To Become Sixth-Most Visited Site in the World, Third in US |url=https://beebom.com/reddit-overtakes-facebook-as-the-third-most-visited-site-in-us-ranks-sixth-globally/ |website=beebom.com |accessdate=28 August 2019}}</ref>
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| 2018 || {{dts|June 6}} || Research || MIT researchers unveil "Norman", an {{w|artificial intelligence}} labeled a "psychopath," using disturbing image captions found on Reddit.' The project is reported to be a "case study on the dangers of artificial intelligence gone wrong when biased data is used in machine learning algorithms." Researchers state that “Norman suffered from extended exposure to the darkest corners of Reddit, (...) and represents a case study on the dangers of artificial intelligence gone wrong when biased data is used in machine learning algorithms.”<ref>{{cite web |title=MIT researchers use Reddit to create the first 'psychopath AI' |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/mit-researchers-use-reddit-to-create-the-first-psychopath-ai/ |website=cnet.com |accessdate=28 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Terrifying: an artificial intelligence was fed Reddit captions. Now it's a 'psychopath' |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/nation-now/2018/06/07/artificial-intelligence-fed-reddit-captions-became-psychopath/681888002/ |website=usatoday.com |accessdate=28 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Bad things happen when you train AI using ‘the darkest corners of Reddit’ |url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/07/bad-things-happen-when-you-train-ai-using-the-darkest-corners-of-reddit/ |website=techcrunch.com |accessdate=28 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=MIT scientists created a “psychopath” AI by feeding it violent content from Reddit |url=https://news.avclub.com/mit-scientists-created-a-psychopath-ai-by-feeding-it-1826623094 |website=news.avclub.com |accessdate=28 August 2019}}</ref>
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