Difference between revisions of "Timeline of Reddit"

This is a '''timeline of [[Reddit]]''', an entertainment, [[social networking]], and news website where registered community members can submit content, such as text posts or direct links, making it essentially an online [[bulletin board system]].

| 2006 || Apart from "reddit.com", "NSFW" is the most popular [[subreddit]] at the beginning of 2006. "Programming" becomes the second most popular subreddit for most of the year. Then by the end of the year, "science" gets launched and soon becomes the third most popular subreddit.<ref name="Mic">{{cite web |url=http://mic.com/articles/78735/here-s-the-cool-graph-reddit-fans-should-show-haters-who-still-claim-it-s-not-a-legit-news-site |title=Here's the Cool Graph Reddit Fans Should Show Haters Who Still Claim It's Not a Legit News Site |newspaper=Mic.com |date= January 12, 2014|author= Matt Essert |accessdate= May 29, 2015}}</ref>

| 2008 || This year is dominated by the launch of numerous new subreddits. By the end of the year (except for a short-lived blip following the [[2008 Presidential election]]), no one subreddit (not even "reddit.com") would capture more than 50% of Reddit's attention. From the beginning of 2008 (to at least the end of 2012), there is a continual exponential increase in the number of unique subreddits people submitted to each week.<ref name="Mic"/><ref name="RandalOlsen">{{cite web |url=http://www.randalolson.com/2013/03/12/retracing-the-evolution-of-reddit-through-post-data/ |title=Retracing the evolution of Reddit through post data |newspaper=Randalolson.com |date= March 12, 2013|author= Randal Olsen |accessdate= May 29, 2015}}</ref>

| mid-2010 || Reddit overtakes [[Digg]] in search popularity.

| 2010–2012 || From the beginning to the end of 2010 (and following Reddit's move to [[Amazon AWS]] servers in November 2009), Reddit more than triples in pageviews and bandwidth count.<ref name="MyUser_Reddit.com_May_29_2015c">{{cite web |url=http://www.reddit.com/r/blog/comments/evmek/2010_we_hardly_knew_ye/ |title=2010, we hardly knew ye : blog |newspaper=Reddit.com |author= |accessdate= May 29, 2015}}</ref> By February 2011,<ref name="billions">{{cite web |url=http://www.redditblog.com/2011/02/reddit-billions-served.html |title=blog.reddit – what's new on reddit: reddit: billions served |newspaper=Redditblog.com |date= February 2, 2011 |author=Mike Schiraldi |accessdate= May 29, 2015}}</ref> reddit reached 1&nbsp;billion page-views per month. Within a year (by January 2012), Reddit again doubled in pageviews and reached 2&nbsp;billion pageviews per month.<ref name="2billion">{{cite web |url=http://www.redditblog.com/2012/01/2-billion-beyond.html |title=blog.reddit – what's new on reddit: 2 Billion & Beyond |newspaper=Redditblog.com |date= January 2, 2012 |author= Erik Martin|accessdate= May 29, 2015}}</ref>

| 2012–2014 || Reddit achieves 37&nbsp;billion pageviews in 2012, 56&nbsp;billion pageviews in 2013, and 71.25&nbsp;billion pageviews in 2014. [[Yishan Wong]] serves as Reddit's CEO from March 2012 to November 2014. Wong is replaced by [[Ellen Pao]] in November 2014. By September 2014, Reddit raises $50&nbsp;million in funding in a [[Series B]] round, and makes its first app acquisition in October 2014.

| 2014–2016 || On July 10, 2015 Pao resigned as CEO and was replaced by Reddit cofounder [[Steve Huffman]].

| 2005 || June || Company || Reddit is founded in Medford, Massachusetts by [[Steve Huffman]] and [[Alexis Ohanian]]. It raises $100k in [[seed funding]] from [[Y Combinator (company)|Y Combinator]].<ref name="mashable">{{cite web |url=http://mashable.com/2014/12/03/history-of-reddit/ |title=Aliens in the valley: The complete and chaotic history of Reddit |newspaper=Mashable.com |date= December 3, 2014 |author= Seth Fiegerman |accessdate= May 24, 2015}}</ref>

| 2005 || Late year<!--when?--> || Product || Reddit merges with [[Aaron Swartz]]'s company Infogami.<ref name="mashable"/>

| 2005 || December || Product || Reddit adds commenting.<ref name="comments">{{cite web |url=http://www.redditblog.com/2005/12/comments.html |title=blog.reddit – what's new on reddit: comments! |newspaper=Redditblog.com |date= December 12, 2005 |author= [[Steve Huffman]]|accessdate= May 24, 2015}}</ref>

| 2006 || {{dts|October 18}} || Community || [[/r/science]] launches.<ref>{{Cite web | title = /r/science | work = Reddit | accessdate = February 8, 2017 | url = https://www.reddit.com/r/science/}}</ref>

| 2006 || October || Company || [[Condé Nast]] (the publisher) acquires Reddit for less than $20&nbsp;million. Team moves to San Francisco.<ref name="MyUser_Techcrunch.com_May_24_2015c">{{cite web |url=http://techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/breaking-news-conde-nastwired-acquires-reddit/ |title=Breaking News: Condé Nast/Wired Acquires Reddit |newspaper=Techcrunch.com |date= October 31, 2006 |author= [[Michael Arrington]] |accessdate= May 24, 2015}}</ref>

| 2008 || January || Product || Reddit decides to let users create their own custom reddits, or subreddits.<ref name="subreddits">{{cite web |url=http://www.redditblog.com/2008/03/make-your-own-reddit.html |title=blog.reddit – what's new on reddit: make your own reddit |newspaper=Redditblog.com |date= March 2008 |author= [[Alexis Ohanian]] |accessdate= May 24, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Techcrunch6.com_May_29_2015c">{{cite web |url=http://techcrunch.com/tag/reddit/page/5/ |title=Reddit |newspaper=Techcrunch.com |date=June 22, 2008 |author= Mark Hendrickson|accessdate= May 29, 2015}}</ref>

| 2008 || {{dts|March 19}} || Community || [[r/MensRights]] is created.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/MensRights/about/moderators |title=moderators - r/MensRights |publisher=[[Reddit]] |accessdate=March 3, 2017 |quote=History of r/MensRights: r/MensRights was created on March 19, 2008.}}</ref>

| 2008 || June || Product || Reddit becomes open-source.<ref name="openSource">{{cite web |url=http://www.redditblog.com/2008/06/reddit-goes-open-source.html |title=blog.reddit – what's new on reddit: reddit goes open source |newspaper=Redditblog.com |date= June 2008 |author=[[Steve Huffman]] |accessdate= May 24, 2015}}</ref><ref name="TechC6_May_29_2015c">{{cite web |url=http://techcrunch.com/2008/06/18/reddit-tries-to-compete-the-open-source-way/ |title=Update: Reddit Tries To Compete the Open-Source Way |newspaper=Techcrunch.com |date= June 18, 2008 |author= Erick Schonfeld |accessdate= May 29, 2015}}</ref>

| 2009 || October || Team || [[Alexis Ohanian]] and [[Steve Huffman]] leave reddit. [[Steve Huffman]] helps form [[Hipmunk]], and Alexis helps form [[Breadpig]].<ref name="departure.com_May_24_2015c">{{cite web |url=http://www.redditblog.com/2009/10/fare-thee-well-reddit.html |title=blog.reddit – what's new on reddit: Fare Thee Well, reddit! |newspaper=Redditblog.com |date= October 2009 |author= Alexis Ohanian |accessdate= May 24, 2015}}</ref><ref name="MyUser_Techcrunch5">{{cite web |url=http://techcrunch.com/2010/09/01/reddit-cofounder-alexis-ohanian-to-join-y-combinator/ |title=Reddit Cofounder Alexis Ohanian To Join Y Combinator |newspaper=Techcrunch.com |date= September 1, 2010|author= Michael Arrington|accessdate= May 29, 2015}}</ref>

| 2009 || November || Product || Reddit decommissions its last physical servers and moves its hosting to [[Amazon Web Services]].<ref name="MyUser_Redditblog.com_May_24_2015c">{{cite web |url=http://www.redditblog.com/2009/11/moving-to-cloud.html |title=blog.reddit – what's new on reddit: Moving to the cloud |newspaper=Redditblog.com |date= November 2009 |author= Jeremy Edberg|accessdate= May 24, 2015}}</ref>

| 2009 || late in year || Product || The online gift exchange [[Redditgifts]] runs for the first time.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://qz.com/103166/how-redditgifts-is-monetizing-altruism/ |author=Rachel Feltman |title=How Redditgifts is making money on altruism |publisher=Quartz |accessdate=March 2, 2017 |date=July 12, 2013}}</ref>

| 2010 || {{dts|June 7}} || Product || Reddit launches a revamped mobile interface featuring rewritten [[CSS]], a new color scheme, and a multitude of improvements.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.reddit.com/2010/06/better-mobile-reddit-for-all.html |title=A better mobile Reddit for all |work=Reddit |date=June 9, 2010 |accessdate=July 29, 2010}}</ref>

| 2010 || {{dts|July}} || Product || The [[Reddit Enhancement Suite]] is released.

| 2011 || {{dts|June 20}} || Community || Alexander Rhodes creates the [[NoFap]] subreddit, r/NoFap.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/NoFap/about/moderators |title=moderators - r/NoFap |publisher=[[Reddit]] |accessdate=March 3, 2017 |quote=created by Alexanderr: a community for 5 years (Mon Jun 20 23:46:08 2011 UTC)}}</ref>

| 2011 || October || Community || The jailbait subreddit comes to wider attention outside Reddit when [[Anderson Cooper]] condemned the subreddit and criticizes Reddit for hosting it. Following this negative news coverage (and the actual posting of the image of an underage girl), Reddit closes "jailbait".<ref name="jailbait.com_May_24_2015c">{{cite web |url=http://www.dailydot.com/society/reddit-r-jailbait-shutdown-controversy/ |title=Reddit shuts down teen pics section |newspaper=Dailydot.com |date= October 10, 2011 |author=Kevin Morris |accessdate= May 24, 2015}}</ref>

| 2012 || January || Community || Reddit announces that it will start a 12-hour sitewide blackout protesting the [[Stop Online Piracy Act]].<ref name="SOPA">{{cite web |url=http://www.redditblog.com/2012/01/stopped-they-must-be-on-this-all.html |title=blog.reddit – what's new on reddit: Stopped they must be; on this all depends. |newspaper=Redditblog.com |date= January 2012 |author= reddit admins|accessdate= May 24, 2015}}</ref><ref name="MyUser_Forbes_May_29_2015c">{{cite web |url=http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2012/01/11/reddits-sopa-blackout-admirable-but-google-and-facebook-must-follow/ |title=Reddit's SOPA Blackout Admirable, But Google and Facebook Must Follow |newspaper=Forbes |date=January 11, 2012 |author=Paul Tassi |accessdate= May 29, 2015}}</ref>

| 2012 || March || Team || [[Yishan Wong]], a former Facebook employee and [[PayPal Mafia]] member, becomes Reddit CEO.<ref name="yishan">{{cite web |url=http://www.redditblog.com/2012/03/new-reddit-ceo-reporting-for-duty.html |title=blog.reddit – what's new on reddit: New reddit CEO reporting for duty |newspaper=Redditblog.com |date= March 2012 |author= [[Yishan Wong]] |accessdate= May 24, 2015}}</ref><ref name="MyUser_Techcrunch.com_May_29_2015c">{{cite web |url=http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/08/new-reddit-ceo-yishan-wong/ |title=Meet Reddit's New CEO: Facebook Alum / Quora Star Yishan ‘Sparklepants' Wong |newspaper=Techcrunch.com |date= March 8, 2012 |author= Rip Empson |accessdate= May 29, 2015}}</ref>

| 2012 || {{dts|April 28}} || || The Reddit serial killer hoax is perpetrated by class members of "[[George Mason University's historical hoaxes|Lying about the past]]", a course taught at [[George Mason University]] by T. Mills Kelly. The hoax{{snd}}about an alleged serial killer named Joseph Scafe{{snd}}is first debunked in just over an hour after being launched on [[Reddit]].<ref name="Atlantic">{{cite news |title=How the Professor Who Fooled Wikipedia Got Caught by Reddit |author=Yoni Appelbaum |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/05/how-the-professor-who-fooled-wikipedia-got-caught-by-reddit/257134/ |newspaper=[[The Atlantic]] |date=May 15, 2012 |accessdate=May 17, 2012}}</ref><ref name=HatesRedditors>{{cite web | url=http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/sxkig/opinions_please_reddit_do_you_think_my_uncle_joe/c4htt9n |title=HatesRedditors comments on Opinions: "Please, Reddit. Do you think my 'Uncle' Joe was just weird or possibly a serial killer?" |publisher=Reddit.com |date=2012-04-28 |accessdate=2012-07-20}}</ref>

| 2012 || August|| Community, Publicity || [[Barack Obama]] does an AmA on Reddit. The increased traffic shut down much of the site.<ref name="obama">{{cite web |url=http://www.redditblog.com/2012/08/potus-iama-stats.html |title=blog.reddit – what's new on reddit: POTUS IAMA Stats |newspaper=Redditblog.com |date= August 2012 |author= reddit admins |accessdate= May 24, 2015}}</ref><ref name="MyUser_The_Guardian_May_29_2015c">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/us-news-blog/2012/aug/29/barack-obama-ask-me-anything-reddit |title=Barack Obama surprises internet with Ask Me Anything session on Reddit |newspaper=The Guardian |date= August 29, 2012 |author=Katie Rogers |accessdate= May 29, 2015}}</ref>

| 2013 || April || Community, Publicity || Members of subreddit "findbostonbombers" wrongly identify a number of people as suspects in the Boston Bombings, including a missing [[Brown University]] student.<ref name="MyUser_Businessinsider.com_May_24_2015c">{{cite web |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/reddit-falsely-accuses-sunil-tripathi-of-boston-bombing-2013-7 |title=Reddit Wrongly Accuses Sunil Tripathi of Boston Bombing – Business Insider |newspaper=Businessinsider.com |date= July 2013 |author=Alyson Shontell |accessdate= May 24, 2015}}</ref>

| 2014 || {{dts|January 8}} || Community || ''Mother Jones'' publishes a story describing the sale of guns on the site. The report suggests that sellers are doing so to exploit a loophole in U.S. federal law.<ref>{{cite news|last=Follman|first=Mark|title=How Reddit Became a Gun Market—and Authorized Its Logo on Assault Rifles|url=http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/01/reddit-guns-assault-rifle-ar15-logo-conde-nast|accessdate=9 January 2014|newspaper=Mother Jones|date=8 January 2014}}</ref> Nearly 100 [[AR-15]]s were engraved with the Reddit logo as part of licensing deal made with the page in 2011.<ref>{{cite news|last=Nocera|first=Joe|title=The Gun Report: January 9, 2014|url=http://nocera.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/09/the-gun-report-january-9-2014/?_r=2|accessdate=9 January 2014|newspaper=New York Times|date=9 January 2014}}</ref>

| 2014 || {{dts|January}} || Community || American chemist Nathan Allen begins the /r/science AMA series with the goal of raising the visibility of scientists who are producing groundbreaking work in their fields but who are not well known outside of their fields.<ref name="Owens 2014">{{cite journal|last1=Owens|first1=Simon|title=The World’s Largest 2-Way Dialogue between Scientists and the Public|journal=[[Scientific American]]|date=7 October 2014|url=http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-world-s-largest-2-way-dialogue-between-scientists-and-the-public/|accessdate=6 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Allen|first1=Nathan|title=Announcing the /r/science AMA Series|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/1vqimu/announcing_the_rscience_ama_series/|website=Reddit.com|accessdate=6 May 2016|date=21 January 2014}}</ref>

| 2014 || {{dts|July}} || Community || Ben Eisenkop's Reddit account [[Unidan]] is [[Stealth banning|banned]] from Reddit for using alternate (or "[[Sockpuppet (Internet)|sockpuppet]]") accounts to upvote his own posts and downvote posts by other users that were either attracting attention away from his own or downvote posts from people he was arguing with.<ref name="Koebler">{{cite journal |last=Koebler |first=Jason |date=July 31, 2014 |title=Reddit's Favorite Scientist Just Got Banned for Cheating the Site |url=http://motherboard.vice.com/read/reddits-favorite-scientist-just-got-banned-for-cheating-the-site |journal=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]] |publisher= |volume= |issue= |pages= |doi= |accessdate=August 2, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Reddit Bans One of Most Popular Users for Vote Manipulation |first=Max |last=Knoblauch |url=http://mashable.com/2014/07/31/unidan-banned-reddit-permanent/ |newspaper=[[Mashable]] |date=July 31, 2014 |accessdate=August 2, 2014}}</ref><ref>https://np.reddit.com/r/blog/comments/2c63wg/how_reddit_works/cjcc49i </ref>

| 2014 || August || Publicity || Reddit users begin sharing a large number of naked celebrity photos on the subreddit "TheFappening" in the [[2014 celebrity pictures hack]]. Reddit closes TheFappening a month later.<ref name="MyUser_Vox.com_May_24_2015c">{{cite web |url=http://www.vox.com/2014/9/8/6121195/reddits-ban-of-thefappening-explained |title=Why Reddit just banned a community devoted to sharing celebrity nudes – Vox |newspaper=Vox.com |date= September 8, 2014 |author=Timothy B. Lee |accessdate= May 24, 2015}}</ref>

| 2014 || September || Company || Reddit raises $50&nbsp;million in funding in a [[Series B]] round, led by [[Sam Altman]]. Also participating in the round: [[Peter Thiel]], [[Ron Conway]], Paul Buchheit, [[Jared Leto]], Jessica Livingston, Kevin and Julia Hartz, Mariam Naficy, Josh Kushner, [[Snoop Dogg]], and Yishan Wong. Reddit plans its own [[cryptocurrency]] to give back to the community (later known as "reddit notes").<ref name="samaltman">{{cite web |url=http://www.redditblog.com/2014/09/fundraising-for-reddit.html |title=blog.reddit – what's new on reddit: Fundraising for reddit |newspaper=Redditblog.com |date= September 2014 |author=[[Yishan Wong]] |accessdate= May 24, 2015}}</ref><ref name="MyUser_Theverge.com_May_29_2015c">{{cite web |url=http://www.theverge.com/2014/9/30/6874353/reddit-50-million-funding-give-users-10-percent-stock-equity |title=Reddit gets $50&nbsp;million in funding and will share 10 percent of that with its users |newspaper=Theverge.com |date= May 24, 2015|author= Ben Popper|accessdate= May 29, 2015}}</ref>

| 2014 || October || Company || Reddit acquires [[Alien Blue]] as its first official mobile app.<ref name="NYT_reddit_mobile">{{cite web |url=http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/10/15/reddit-debuts-its-first-official-mobile-app/ |title=Reddit Debuts an Official Mobile App |newspaper=The New York Times |date= October 15, 2014 |author=Mike Isaac |accessdate= May 29, 2015}}</ref>

| 2014 || November || Team || [[Yishan Wong]] resigns as Reddit CEO. [[Ellen Pao]] becomes interim CEO and cofounder [[Alexis Ohanian]] returns to Reddit and becomes executive chairman.<ref name="ellenpao">{{cite web |url=http://www.redditblog.com/2014/11/coming-home.html |title=blog.reddit – what's new on reddit: Coming home |newspaper=Redditblog.com |date= November 2014 |author= [[Alexis Ohanian]] |accessdate= May 24, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Techcrunch2">{{cite web |url=http://techcrunch.com/2014/11/13/reddit-ceo-resigns-alexis-ohanian-returns-as-chairman/ |title=Reddit CEO Resigns, Alexis Ohanian Returns As Chairman |newspaper=Techcrunch.com |date= September 11, 2014 |author= [[Alexia Tsotsis]] |accessdate= May 29, 2015}}</ref>

| 2014 || {{dts|December 18}} || Community || Reddit takes the unusual step of banning a subreddit; it bans "SonyGOP", which was being used to distribute [[Sony Pictures Entertainment hack|hacked Sony files]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Goldman|first1=David|title=Reddit takes down Sony hack forum|url=http://money.cnn.com/2014/12/17/technology/security/reddit-sony-hack-forum-ban/|accessdate=4 January 2015|date=December 29, 2014}}</ref>

| 2015 || {{dts|April 1}} || Community || [[The Button (Reddit)|The Button]], a social experiment, is introduced in a post to the official Reddit blog.<ref name="Introductionpost">{{cite web|url=http://www.redditblog.com/2015/04/the-button.html||title=Introduction of the button|website=[[Reddit]]|access-date=7 June 2015}}</ref>

| 2015 || {{dts|June 27}} || Community || [[/r/The_Donald]] is created.

| 2015 || August 18 || Team || Reddit hires Marty Weiner, Founding Engineer at [[Pinterest]], as its first [[Chief Technology Officer]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://techcrunch.com/2015/08/18/reddit-names-marty-weiner-founding-engineer-at-pinterest-its-first-cto/|title = Reddit Names Marty Weiner, Founding Engineer at Pinterest, Its First CTO|last = Olanoff|first = Drew|date = August 18, 2015|accessdate = October 18, 2015|publisher = ''[[TechCrunch]]''}}</ref>

| 2015 || September || Product || Reddit launches [[Upvoted]], a news site that digs out interesting content from reddit, but without enabling commenting.<ref name="MyUser_Theverge.com_October_8_2015c">{{cite web |url=http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/6/9460025/reddit-news-site-upvoted-launch |title=Reddit is launching its own news site called Upvoted |newspaper=Theverge.com |accessdate= October 8, 2015}}</ref>

| 2016 || April || Product || In April 2016, Reddit launches a new blocking tool in an attempt to curb [[online harassment]]. The tool allows a user to hide posts and comments from selected redditors in addition to blocking private messages from those redditors.<ref>{{cite web|title= Reddit Launches New Block Tools To Help Temper Harassment|url=http://www.hngn.com/articles/195447/20160406/reddit-launches-blocking-tool-fight-trolling-harassment.htm}}</ref> The option to block a redditor is done by clicking a button in the inbox.

| 2016 || {{dts|May}} || Controversy || Reddit CEO [[Steve Huffman]] says on an interview at the TNW Conference that, unlike [[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>

| 2016 || {{dts|November 23}} || || A member of a subreddit dedicated to [[Donald Trump]], [[/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>

| 2016 || {{dts|November 24}} || Community || ''[[The Washington Post]]'' reports Reddit has banned the "[[Pizzagate conspiracy theory|Pizzagate]]" conspiracy board from their site stating it violated their policy of posting personal information of others, triggering a wave of criticism from users on [[r/The_Donald]], a popular pro-[[Donald Trump|Trump]] subreddit, who felt the ban amounted to censorship.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2016/11/23/fearing-yet-another-witch-hunt-reddit-bans-pizzagate/|title=Fearing yet another witch hunt, Reddit bans ‘Pizzagate’|last=Ohlheiser|first=Abby|date=November 24, 2016|website=Washington Post|access-date=November 24, 2016}}</ref>

| 2017 || {{dts|February}} || Community || Reddit bans the [[altright]] forum for violating its terms of service, more specifically for attempting to share personal information about the man who attacked alt-right figure Richard Spencer.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/reddit-bans-alt-right-subreddit/|title=Reddit shuts down 'alt-right' subreddit|newspaper=CNET|access-date=2017-02-15|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/02/01/reddit-bans-alt-right-group.html|title=Reddit Bans Alt-Right Group|last=Resnick|first=Gideon|date=2017-02-02|website=The Daily Beast|access-date=2017-02-15}}</ref> The forum's users and moderators accuse Reddit administrators of having political motivations for the ban.<ref>{{cite news|title=Reddit bans a major alt-right community — and there may be a very good reason|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/why-reddit-banned-alt-right-2017-2|newspaper=Business Insider}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/02/reddit-bans-far-right-groups-altright-alternativeright|title=Reddit bans far-right groups altright and alternativeright|last=Hern|first=Alex|date=2017-02-02|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=2017-02-15|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

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