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AMA about my darkest secrets (self.announcements)

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Hi All,

We haven’t done one of these in a little while, and I thought it would be a good time to catch up.

We’ve launched a bunch of stuff recently, and we’re hard at work on lots more: m.reddit.com improvements, the next versions of Reddit for iOS and Android, moderator mail, relevancy experiments (lots of little tests to improve experience), account take-over prevention, technology improvements so we can move faster, and–of course–hiring.

I’ve got a couple hours, so, ask me anything!

Steve

edit: Thanks for the questions! I'm stepping away for a bit. I'll check back later.

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[–]IT_guys_rule 556ポイント557ポイント  (130子コメント)

Okay here's a dark secret question: Can Super Mods and Admins see user's IP addresses if they have multiple accounts? Can you see the main account of a throwaway?

Edit: I don't know what a super mod is either guys, I just figured there were Mods then there were MODS!!!

[–]spez[S,A] 702ポイント703ポイント  (106子コメント)

Yes, but we throw away IPs after 100 days.

Can you see the main account of a throwaway?

Sort of. No one's looking. If they happen to share an IP, it's possible, but many IPs, for example at a college, have many hundreds of accounts on them.

edit: I should clarify. There is no such thing as a "super mod," and only select Reddit employees have access to IPs.

[–]BlatantConservative 129ポイント130ポイント  (67子コメント)

If there was a serious crime (terrorism, child porn, etc) and LEOs asked you to compre IPs of throwaways and main accounts, would you be able to make that connection?

(To clarify, Im not asking if its possible, Im asking if Reddit will give that info to LEOs)

[–]IT_guys_rule 107ポイント108ポイント  (8子コメント)

I appreciate you taking the time to answer this. I'm certain many people would like to know the limits of their privacy, especially the people that share things they may be embarrassed about.

[–]irule9000 7ポイント8ポイント  (5子コメント)

So is it possible to permanently ban an ip from a specific sub reddit based on a history of scamming by way of say 10's of different accounts?

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      [–]ProfoundlyProfound 1444ポイント1445ポイント  (417子コメント)

      Why are power mods still allowed, you know the ones, they lord over 100-300 subs squatting and waiting for them to become relevant...and then they promptly treat redditors like garbage?

      Visit /r/MakingAMurderer sometime, one just absolutely destroyed it. They all had to flee to another sub /r/TickTockManitowoc. (Another example reached the front page yesterday.)

      This is an all too common practice and I don't understand why this type of behavior is allowed? Why are we allowing power mods to exist?

      Edit: Hey Spez, look, one of the very I guys I was talking about turned up. Here's your chance to see for yourself and give us some sort of answer on the issue.

      [–]spez[S,A] 501ポイント502ポイント  (227子コメント)

      This is a tricky one. The problems we see are a result of a couple of decisions we made a long time ago, not understanding their longterm consequences: simplistic moderator hierarchy and valuable real-estate in r/ urls. Unwinding these decisions requires a lot of thought and finesse. Reddit wouldn't exist as it does today without the good moderators, and we need to be very careful to continue to empower them while filtering out the bad actors. I'd like to be more specific–our thinking is more specific–but we're not ready to share anything just yet.

      [–]ProfoundlyProfound 1082ポイント1083ポイント  (68子コメント)

      Just pointing out this particular issue to you actually got me banned by the very individual i was describing as being abusive:

      You've been banned from participating in /r/MakingaMurderer subreddit message via /r/MakingaMurderer[M] sent just now You have been banned from participating in /r/MakingaMurderer. You can still view and subscribe to /r/MakingaMurderer, but you won't be able to post or comment. Note from the moderators: Calling for harassment of mods If you have a question regarding your ban, you can contact the moderator team for /r/MakingaMurderer by replying to this message. Reminder from the Reddit staff: If you use another account to circumvent this subreddit ban, that will be considered a violation of the Content Policy and can result in your account being suspended from the site as a whole.

      [–]JaguarGator9 21ポイント22ポイント  (0子コメント)

      I'll link this question directly to you, just in case it got buried earlier:

      Do you have any plans to revise the subreddit request function? Right now, I'm trying to get a subreddit that was created after my name (/r/JaguarGator9) and was created by /u/Ragwort, who created the subreddit 5 months ago and has done absolutely nothing with it. It should be noted that Ragwort has created over 800+ subreddits named after other Redditors that he has done nothing with.

      However, because he's technically active, the request by the bot was denied.

      Any plans to change this so that it requires that a mod be active on that particular subreddit in 30 days, and not just on Reddit?

      Thanks again.

      [–]_-_Alexander_-_ 95ポイント96ポイント  (16子コメント)

      Translation: It be like it is and it be too late to change it.

      Hate to be cynical but that generally sounds like "Yeahhh... no changes are planned".

      My focus would be even more on moderators that are simply modding too many subreddits. There used to be a user ("ModwithoutModem" [it's 'Manwithoutmodem' and still exists], I think his name was) that I would see on like 50% of all subreddits I've ever visited. He had hundreds-to-thousands of subreddits under him. That shit has to stop if any of it is still going on.

      Also - Admins should ONLY act on spam or big issues. I got shadowbanned by an admin a couple years ago just because he so happened to be a moderator of a subreddit as well and was clearly not in a good mood. I think at the time there was a bit of an issue with admins who happened to also be mods simply shadowbanning people from Reddit in it's entirety instead of just banning them from the subreddit like they should, and maybe that's still going on for all I know. I think being a Reddit admin should automatically disqualify you from being moderator of any subreddits (other than the lounge and SuggestionsForTheAdmins).

      As for being a regular moderator - I kinda feel like subreddits should be weighted by their size. Like imagine there's a point system, and you have 100 points. Now there's a ranking system for subreddits - If they exceed 5 million they're an S-Rank or Tier 1 subreddit, and to be a moderator of one of those it's... 30 points out. When you reach 0, you can't be a moderator of anymore subs. So you could only be moderator of up to three huge subs and a few smaller ones. Or, lots of smaller ones if you prefer. This would be an unseen algorithm and system of course - but basically it's point would be to keep the community from having power-users that dominate most of what gets to be seen on Reddit. Oh, and the system isn't retroactive - if a subreddit just happens to get popular in the time that a moderator has been sitting, that's ignored (it'd have to be to avoid complications and unfairness).

      The points being:

      • No one person should be allowed to have a seat of power over too much of Reddit (that's a road to censorship and bias).
      • Admins and Moderators have separate duties and they shouldn't get mixed together. I'm suggesting treating them much like separate branches of government. Admins should be focused on improving Reddit on a technical side (backend changes and such) and the only moderation stuff they should be concerned with are high offenses like hacking, doxxing, spam, death threats, vote manipulation, and illegal activity. The regular stuff should be dealt with by moderators, and admins shouldn't be allowed to also be moderators.

      Just some suggestions off the top of my head, I guess.

      [–]DenebVegaAltair 251ポイント252ポイント  (58子コメント)

      What about people like /u/Ragwort who is an obvious squatter and sits on hundreds of subreddits of people's usernames without doing anything with them? /r/redditrequest doesn't work for any user who may wish to gain control of their own username subreddit because he objects to any attempt to reclaim them. He very clearly doesn't do any good for anyone and yet reddit doesn't do anything about it.

      [–]DerberAuner 127ポイント128ポイント  (52子コメント)

      Reddit wouldn't exist as it does today without the good moderators, and we need to be very careful to continue to empower them while filtering out the bad actors.

      considering reddit is supposed to be a community driven site, you need to do something to enable users to fight back against mods they dont approve of.

      theres no accountability for mods in general; no way to remove one as a user, or even a group of users, without admin intervention, which - lets be real here - almost never happens in this particular respect.

      lets be real about why you have mods like that: theyre free labour, without whom running a site like reddit would be a practical impossibility. and frankly, thats the very reason why i think nothing will ever happen there, and why i wont be looking to reddit in the long run...

      are you planning on adressing this in any meaningful way? or are you just going to continue down this path?

      also, as a sidenote, what constitutes a "good" mod and what constitutes a "bad" mod in your opinion?

      edit: its been an hour. i can already see, im not getting any response from spez on this one, and i can already see this wont get adressed. dont get your hopes up, folks. they dont care. were all unimportant, afterall.

      edit 2: also: pay good attention to WHO makes the argument "you can always make your own sub". for some weird reason, its a lot of moderators of subreddits who argue that way.

      [–]wigglewam 26ポイント27ポイント  (4子コメント)

      I would like to see the default subs democratized. Hold moderator elections once a year, like StackOverflow does. Make all moderator actions transparent, so everyone can see (e.g.) who has been banned by who and for what. Allow non-defaults to continue the way they currently run, and give default subs a choice: democratize, or lose your default sub status.

      Any thoughts?

      [–]rfiok 5ポイント6ポイント  (0子コメント)

      how about not letting them expand their power? Limit the max subs you can moderate to 15, limit the max number of big subs (20K+ users) you can moderate to 1. If someone is over the limit dont let them moderate new ones.

      Give a 3 month grace period to people over this limit to give up mod status, if they dont demote them in chronological order until they are in the limits.

      [–]kikiotsuka 3ポイント4ポイント  (1子コメント)

      I don't like how some mods squat on subreddits. Have you thought of implementing some sort of system where you could petition for the removal of a mod or take over of a sub since /r/redditrequest doesn't seem to work?

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          [–]ElagabalusRex 480ポイント481ポイント  (108子コメント)

          Do you ever think about unbanning every single user just to see the chaos it would create?

          [–]spez[S,A] 679ポイント680ポイント  (106子コメント)

          Yes, actually. There are probably users who were accidentally banned for spamming, but in reality they were just sharing an IP with a spammer. Now that our anti-spam efforts are so much better, I'd like to unban all old spammers and see what happens.

          [–]voldyman 484ポイント485ポイント  (46子コメント)

          hey can i be unshadow banned? have had multiple conversations with the mods, i didn't do anything. i can give you the alternate account i've been using and there is no malicious activity.

          This username is useful because i use it everywhere else;

          [–]plonce 65ポイント66ポイント  (0子コメント)

          My first account /u/shoolz was stealth-banned for that reason AFAIK. ThatorIwasafuckhead...notsure...

          Go look through your old email archives, you may find the Word document I sent you from my old @naviplan.com address, when Reddit was spitting out it's source code to me in error messages. Back before comments, dude.

          [–]RandomName01 276ポイント277ポイント  (14子コメント)

          I'd like to unban all old spammers and see what happens.

          I'm picturing some kind of zombie apocalypse type thing.

          [–]FireHazard11 7ポイント8ポイント  (0子コメント)

          Do it! Do it!

          What's the worst that could happen? They can't fire you for that, and you'd get a lot of good data on how effective your new anti spam measures are.

          [–]89vision 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

          Seems like most of them would have just abandoned their accounts by now

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              [–]KungPaoSucks 282ポイント283ポイント  (57子コメント)

              Anything new you can tell us about privacy on reddit?

              [–]spez[S,A] 292ポイント293ポイント  (54子コメント)

              Not a lot new, but I can repeat how we feel: privacy colors many of our conversations around here. We have a good privacy policy; we released a thorough transparency report, which will be even more thorough next year because we're keeping better records; and that whole techno-libertarian, super-paranoid viewpoint that exists on Reddit? That came from me, and has been upheld by many others around here over the years.

              edit: I have a hard time with links.

              [–]srnull 254ポイント255ポイント  (22子コメント)

              we released a thorough (transparency report)[https://www.reddit.com/wiki/transparency/2015]

              Sweet, even the reddit CEO gets this wrong sometimes. I always remember it as "The URL part is a (whisper) at the end", but sometimes reverse it on first try.

              [–]RandomName01 52ポイント53ポイント  (1子コメント)

              transparency report

              FTFY. This might come handy in the future.

              Edit: for reference

              [–]nicolaikay 44ポイント45ポイント  (3子コメント)

              The interesting part is not that he botched a link, it's that he successfully did one link, and then immediately botched another one.

              [–]Advacar 72ポイント73ポイント  (14子コメント)

              Didn't the government info request canary disappear from the last report?

              [–]CuilRunnings 38ポイント39ポイント  (2子コメント)

              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

              ...

              we'd at least sell your personal data to advertisers

              HMMMM

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                  [–]ConfusedHerring 253ポイント254ポイント  (59子コメント)

                  What's the best and worst thing about running Reddit?

                  [–]spez[S,A] 600ポイント601ポイント  (55子コメント)

                  The best part is being a part of something so important to so many people. It's a lot of fun most of the time, and even when it's not fun, it's very exciting and challenging. It's not always easy to find that in a job, and I'm really fortunate to have it in mine.

                  The hardest part is watching what I say publicly. Everything is recorded and judged. Our PR team is always lecturing me to be a little less Joe Biden.

                  [–]BlatantConservative 132ポイント133ポイント  (7子コメント)

                  Then do what I do, spend all of your time on Reddit and never go out in public.

                  [–]swimbikerunrun 34ポイント35ポイント  (18子コメント)

                  so important to so many people

                  Agreed. This is a very social platform that, in my opinion, helps get rid of racism. I don't have any idea if people behind the screenname is a guy or girl, black or white, famous or not, rich or poor. (except /u/doubledickdude.. I've SEEN things (0_o)

                  Anyways,

                  Can Reddit implement an auto-destruct feature for comments? I don't care the actual comment stays, but at least name it so my username gets deleted after x amount of time.

                  Right now every couple months or so I run a GreaseMonkey script that deletes all my comments and postings.

                  Doxxing is a very real threat.

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                      [–]CMC3BFF 1498ポイント1499ポイント  (174子コメント)

                      Ever thought of buying RES and integrating it into the main site so that the vanilla reddit experience is actually worthwhile?

                      [–]spez[S,A] 2608ポイント2609ポイント  (154子コメント)

                      Thought of, yes. In reality, probably not. We do appreciate everything they do for us, however. I don't use it myself because I believe I should have to suffer until we make things better.

                      [–]rsplatpc 1933ポイント1934ポイント  (54子コメント)

                      I believe I should have to suffer until we make things better.

                      "Hey RES, can we buy you?"

                      "yes"

                      "ok we just made it better"

                      [–]RandomName01 212ポイント213ポイント  (7子コメント)

                      That's a good mindset to have! One thing that I would find great is if embedded images could be resized just like in RES.

                      [–]gemini86 648ポイント649ポイント x2 (40子コメント)

                      Who the fuck is buying him gold?!

                      [–]ZombieAlpacaLips 72ポイント73ポイント  (25子コメント)

                      The main RES author has said that they've asked him but he didn't want to, in part because it would involve relocating.

                      [–]honestbleeps 7ポイント8ポイント  (3子コメント)

                      why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?

                      source: i am cow

                      [–]Tymanthius 3ポイント4ポイント  (3子コメント)

                      In reality, probably not

                      Care to elaborate? Is RES (or Toolbox) open sourced?

                      [–]usernema 22ポイント23ポイント  (0子コメント)

                      Suffer!
                      Edited for context.

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                          [–]jdp407 556ポイント557ポイント  (94子コメント)

                          Quite a few people were concerned by your recent comments to which the title of this post alludes ("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"), and would like further explanation. Are your comments representative of the policies of reddit Inc.?

                          Does this herald the implementation of highly targeted advertising based on subreddit preferences, or perhaps something much more sinister, like mass data collection which could then be sold on? I think if you could clarify these comments it might put people slightly more at ease.

                          [–]spez[S,A] 330ポイント331ポイント  (92子コメント)

                          We would like to make better use of all the data we have. The front page could be a lot more relevant; we can make better content suggestions; and yes, ads can be better targeted. There are many opportunities to make Reddit better and more relevant.

                          We're not actually doing it now. I've mentioned this sort of thing before. When do, we'll always provide an opt-out or way of resetting things.

                          No, we'll don't ever share this sort of information directly with advertisers. We sometimes have to jump through a lot of hoops to accomplish this, but we don't mind at all.

                          [–]damn_it_so_much 37ポイント38ポイント  (9子コメント)

                          Wouldn't this only increase the echochamber effect of this site? Much like google news does, or facebook?

                          I suppose this would be an effect you might consider and dismiss because I'm sure lots of people out there actually prefer echochambers. But it feels like yet another step away from what made reddit great when I first joined: exposure to a breadth of relevant user content.

                          It also feels like an attempt at fixing to the effect of popularity. Everyone knows that reddit content is better in non default subs for instance.

                          [–]Forgot-My-Name_again 272ポイント273ポイント  (28子コメント)

                          I don't mind you using my info, as long as it isn't shared, and you never try to tie it to me personally. You don't know my name (or at least have never asked), and I hope you never will. The day my account isn't anonymous is the day I mind you using my info.

                          [–]HMTGF 43ポイント44ポイント  (17子コメント)

                          Related to showing better content, will you ever natively add the option to block a subreddit from /r/all? Having one political subreddit take up sometimes up to 18 or more of the 25 front page slots is beyond obnoxious. If I wanted to see a bunch of memelords I'd sub to meme content.

                          [–]thijser2 14ポイント15ポイント  (2子コメント)

                          Can we have a datamining/increase privacy opt-out option? Not all of us are happy with this development.

                          [–]Mrkillius24 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

                          So you want to data mine and create custom frontpages and waste dev time when subscribing to a specific sub reddit and seeing the most upvoted posts is why people use reddit?

                          I don't think you should compromise a big chunk of your userbase because you guys want to make things smarter.

                          [–]7oby 2ポイント3ポイント  (4子コメント)

                          When I look at my Karma Breakdown, I'd really like to see my comments in those subreddits by just clicking the karma amount for said subreddit.

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                              [–]ReallyAmused 422ポイント423ポイント  (61子コメント)

                              why do you have all our secrets? - what did you mean by that statement?

                              [–]spez[S,A] 676ポイント677ポイント  (53子コメント)

                              The sentiment I was trying to convey is that people share many different facets of their personalities on Reddit, which doesn't happen many other places online or even in real life sometimes.

                              As it happens, the quote you're referring to was tongue-in-cheek and needlessly douchey. My bad.

                              [–]-Hegemon- 153ポイント154ポイント  (9子コメント)

                              Yeah, I saw the video, I got what you meant.

                              Let's say I'm into dressing like a woman (I'm not, you can check, you pervs /s).

                              You guys could sell me a fancy new dress, something that Facebook wouldn't because I wouldn't share that interest there.

                              But yeah, it sounded very bad in the video, very Orwellian, so it's good of you to acknowledge it.

                              [–]durandalwaslaughing 46ポイント47ポイント  (3子コメント)

                              As long as the advertising targeted at durandalwaslaughing remains targeted at durandalwaslaughing and never leaks to me behind the mask, I'm fine with that.

                              [–]nicksline 87ポイント88ポイント  (9子コメント)

                              People really overreact to statements like this.

                              We should all be aware that we've shared personal data on sites such as this. A tongue in cheek comment about "knowing our secrets" is the same as a friend or colleague finding your reddit account and saying "lol I know your secrets now"

                              [–]unproperNoun 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

                              Don't you think that compromising the security of ambiguity that people feel when they come to this site is putting one of the site's major attractions at risk?

                              I mean the idea of reddit being enhanced using my history doesn't seem like a terrible idea, but it seems to be walking a very fine line. That is one inkling shy of doing something that uses our data how we do not want and totally ruining half the reason I come here

                              [–]Rooonaldooo99 18ポイント19ポイント  (10子コメント)

                              I would never want anyone to know about the shit I post on Reddit..

                              [–]RandomName01 10ポイント11ポイント  (0子コメント)

                              I honestly thought it was ok, but I could see why people made a big deal out of it.

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                                  [–]MannoSlimmins 72ポイント73ポイント  (19子コメント)

                                  What is your biggest regret in life?

                                  [–]spez[S] 263ポイント264ポイント  (16子コメント)

                                  It's hard to answer that. There are many moments that I regretted at one point (selling Reddit so early, leaving Reddit, letting my marriage fail), but that I now look back on with perspective, and those experiences have shaped me for the better.

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                                    [–]combuchan 266ポイント267ポイント  (59子コメント)

                                    When will m.reddit.com be not horrible and useless, and what was the impetus to change it from not horrible and useless to horrible and useless originally?

                                    [–]spez[S,A] 313ポイント314ポイント  (44子コメント)

                                    When will m.reddit.com be not horrible and useless

                                    5pm pst. Mark my words.

                                    [–]Shanix 39ポイント40ポイント  (5子コメント)

                                    Just to ping off this, would it be possible to redirect to a non-mobile version of reddit if you're not on a mobile platform?

                                    [–]13steinj 20ポイント21ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                    Giving redditors a deadline is one thing, but one of less than 4 hours? You're either mad or something has been in the works for a while (hopefully the latter).

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                                        [–]CockTheRipper 67ポイント68ポイント  (4子コメント)

                                        Do you think you guys are making as much progress as you had hoped? What areas and ideas are you really happy with, and which do you feel still need more work?

                                        [–]spez[S,A] 84ポイント85ポイント  (3子コメント)

                                        Yes and no. We spent a lot of the last year healing and hiring. I have to remind myself that we can't do everything we want overnight. At the same time, I'm really excited to build all our dreams, and I want to get things online yesterday!

                                        [–]Sponge-worthy 14ポイント15ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                        Healing? The general sentiment I get repeatedly is that those injurious steps have never been reversed, and your predecessor was likely brought in as a sacrificial lamb all along.

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                                          [–]Thedutchjelle 169ポイント170ポイント  (21子コメント)

                                          How often do you ban people while on the toilet?

                                          [–]spez[S,A] 422ポイント423ポイント  (16子コメント)

                                          Never. But how often do I do AMAs while on the toilet? Now that's a question worth asking.

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                                            [–]The--Marf 93ポイント94ポイント  (21子コメント)

                                            Even though you are an Admin what do you enjoy most about Reddit as a User? Sorry for the kinda vague question.

                                            [–]spez[S,A] 208ポイント209ポイント  (20子コメント)

                                            I love posts like this that I couldn't possibly explain to anyone else, but still make me laugh til I cry.

                                            [–]allthefoxes 172ポイント173ポイント  (19子コメント)

                                            I'll ask the obligatory question:

                                            2fa when?

                                            [–]spez[S,A] 134ポイント135ポイント  (12子コメント)

                                            We're still working through the acute pain of fixing and finding the actually compromised accounts. 2fa after that. We've talked through the technical challenges, and they're not that bad.

                                            [–]how_do_i_land 50ポイント51ポイント  (4子コメント)

                                            How will RSS feeds etc be affected by 2fa?

                                            [–]spez[S,A] 79ポイント80ポイント  (3子コメント)

                                            The best practice is one-time-use passwords, I believe.

                                            [–]Dykam 27ポイント28ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                            one-time-use passwords

                                            Or limited-ability tokens? Like, read-only etc. Which I assume to some extend the OAuth API does, but more publicly like Google's one-purpose-passwords.

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                                              [–]RCIX 5ポイント6ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                              I know this is a big thing for a lot of people, but at the risk of making me more visible to attacks, I don't care as much about security as I do convenience right now. Will 2fa be required or optional?

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                                                  [–]voltism 46ポイント47ポイント  (19子コメント)

                                                  How do you feel about the default subreddits?

                                                  [–]spez[S,A] 110ポイント111ポイント  (18子コメント)

                                                  I understand the motive for creating them in the first place, to ensure variety on the front page, but I think we would take a different approach now.

                                                  [–]AvatarOfMomus 19ポイント20ポイント  (3子コメント)

                                                  Do you think we might ever see the current setup change? There's been a lot of controversy any time a sub joins or leaves the defaults list and even the existence of defaults comes with its own problems and benefits.

                                                  Do you think there's a better way to present the site to new/non-logged-in users, and if so do you think Reddit might eventually move away from its current system?

                                                  [–]oaklandzoo 3ポイント4ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                                  I always like using services like Netflix which present a whole bunch of TV Shows and ask new users to pick items they like. If Reddit had some popular subreddits organized into categories, you could have a page for new users to "Setup" their Frontpage.

                                                  Example:

                                                  Welcome to Reddit

                                                  Please select all categories which interest you. This information will help us form your new frontpage.

                                                  • World News (SubReddits - News, WorldNews, Europe, etc)
                                                  • Technology (SubReddits - technology, computers, etc)
                                                  • Gaming (SubReddits - Xbox, PS4, Nintendo, etc)
                                                  • Funny (SubReddits - GIFs, Funny, Videos)
                                                  • Insert more categories here

                                                  While not great examples, I think this kind of a system would be better at shaping Reddit for new users.

                                                  [–]ElvishCopter 8ポイント9ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                                  Damnd the day when /r/europe became a default.

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                                                    [–]TonyQuark 213ポイント214ポイント  (33子コメント)

                                                    When do you expect more mod tools to become available?

                                                    [–]spez[S,A] 272ポイント273ポイント  (23子コメント)

                                                    The big one is new moderator mail. We've got a whole product team on it. The short answer is, as soon as it's ready–as soon as possible.

                                                    [–]zeug666 11ポイント12ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                                    Anything you can share about the direction it's going in, changes to expect, or anything like that? I'm curious because I've had some thoughts about modmail as I've waited for it to load and I would like to share those thoughts, completely unsolicited and with no expectations of the following even being read, with you:

                                                    • Treat modmails sort of like a support ticket; give a status like pending, completed, or an expiration/alarm/calendar type trigger to check back later.
                                                    • allow mods to add notes, that are only visible to other mods, to a 'ticket' instead of having to create a separate modmail or utilizing a separate communication platform (unless you'd also like to add a communication platform like 'modchat')
                                                    • Tickets 'stick' to a user, making them easier to recover and refer back to whenever mods interact with a user (because searching through modmail sucks)
                                                    • Incorporate mod-log, mod-notes, and ban info into the above

                                                    [–]adeadhead 59ポイント60ポイント  (5子コメント)

                                                    Thank god. And not just for moderators. As a mod of a large sub, I feel really bad for users who aren't familiar with the site whose messages get buried and think we just ignored them.

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                                                        [–]Bifrons 79ポイント80ポイント  (22子コメント)

                                                        Could you talk more in depth about the decision to conspicuously replace links to various vendor sites with reddit affiliated versions to increase site revenue without the user being aware?

                                                        [–]spez[S,A] 63ポイント64ポイント  (20子コメント)

                                                        We announced this last week. We haven't enabled it yet, and we will provide an opt-out. We're starting with a test to see what the opportunity size actually is. We're also treading carefully.

                                                        [–]GoGoGadgetReddit 33ポイント34ポイント  (15子コメント)

                                                        Have you considered replacing user-posted affiliate ID URLs with Reddit affiliate IDs in the URL? This would not only generate revenue for reddit, but also be a major step towards stopping Affiliate Marketing spammers who create endless new accounts to bypass bans.

                                                        edit -- Charity Affiliate IDs (for Amazon URLs, for example) should be an exception and left alone.
                                                        edit2 -- The Affiliate ID replacement could be an OPT-OUT option for subreddit moderators who wish to allow it.

                                                        [–]Bifrons 5ポイント6ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                        It was announced on a subreddit not a lot of users subscribe to, and the post itself is only hovering at 32 upvotes, indicating that not a lot of people has seen it. Coupled with the opt-out instead of a different mechanism, I feel that this feature is quietly being pushed through. It's technically transparent, but in a "fine print" sort of fashion.

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                                                            [–]K_Lobstah 42ポイント43ポイント  (15子コメント)

                                                            Hi Steve,

                                                            I think the last one of these I inquired about the on-boarding process for new user accounts. Has that made its way into the timetable yet?

                                                            I'd like to once again emphasize my belief that a thorough introduction to the site, its philosophies, how it works, and the actual nature of subreddits as independent communities will cut out SO many issues faced by both users and moderators.

                                                            An effective presentation to first-time users could really solve a lot of little issues that we frequently see compound into larger ones.

                                                            Regardless of the answer, thanks for taking time to do another of these. They're always interesting and informative.

                                                            [–]spez[S,A] 36ポイント37ポイント  (9子コメント)

                                                            Yes yes yes. Our biggest high-level product need to is to educate new users on what Reddit actually is.

                                                            [–]sdhu 31ポイント32ポイント  (3子コメント)

                                                            This comic created by a redditor 5 years ago really helped me make sense of reddit. It should be stickied at the top of r/all

                                                            EDIT: credit for original link goes to u/Sophira below

                                                            [–]Dark_Crystal 9ポイント10ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                            But much like the Matrix, no one can be told what Reddit is.

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                                                                [–]karoc 62ポイント63ポイント  (13子コメント)

                                                                Do you think reddit will still be relevant in 10 years from now?

                                                                [–]Winsane 231ポイント232ポイント  (58子コメント)

                                                                What is your favorite adult website?

                                                                [–]Shlummie_ 49ポイント50ポイント  (34子コメント)

                                                                Whats your reddit password?

                                                                [–]spez[S,A] 134ポイント135ポイント  (30子コメント)

                                                                I don't know, I use 1password, and you should too.

                                                                [–]EorEquis 107ポイント108ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                                As an admin, you should absolutely see how many people just tried to login as you using "1password" for the password.

                                                                Make charts.

                                                                [–]bland_white_IT_guy 37ポイント38ポイント  (10子コメント)

                                                                LASTPASS 4 LYFE, ALL OTHERS ARE HERETICS

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                                                                    [–]Chriscftb97 78ポイント79ポイント  (116子コメント)

                                                                    Is a hotdog a sandwhich? What about a taco?

                                                                    Sharks or Penguins?

                                                                    Warriors or Cavs?

                                                                    [–]spez[S,A] 239ポイント240ポイント  (110子コメント)

                                                                    Is a hotdog a sandwhich? What about a taco?

                                                                    No. Stop it. A hotdog is one piece of bread. A taco is one piece of something. A sandwich needs 2+ pieces of bread.

                                                                    Sharks or Penguins?

                                                                    Redwings

                                                                    Warriors or Cavs?

                                                                    Dubs!

                                                                    [–]camplightsatnight 39ポイント40ポイント  (10子コメント)

                                                                    A hotdog is one piece of bread. A taco is one piece of something.

                                                                    So... hotdogs are tacos?

                                                                    [–]jooes 10ポイント11ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                    What about sub sandwiches, like from Subway? If you don't cut the bun all the way through, it's still technically one piece of bread.

                                                                    Hell, that's exactly how you cut the bun if you're having a hot dog. If a sub is a sandwich, a hot dog is a sandwich too.

                                                                    [–]crylicylon 90ポイント91ポイント  (39子コメント)

                                                                    A sandwich needs 2+ pieces of bread.

                                                                    What about open-face sandwiches?

                                                                    [–]8arrows 35ポイント36ポイント  (4子コメント)

                                                                    Redwings

                                                                    This is how you earn a Detroiter's respect.

                                                                    [–]Spartan_Mello 6ポイント7ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                    LGRW!!!

                                                                    Come spend some time with us on a game day thread next year over at r/DetroitRedWings!

                                                                    [–]moseybjones 4ポイント5ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                                    Is this a sandwich?

                                                                    [–]the_leif 2ポイント3ポイント  (6子コメント)

                                                                    A sandwich needs 2+ pieces of bread.

                                                                    Well wait, what about a wrap or a flatbread?

                                                                    [–]SamiTheBystander 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                    Where's all the offseason shitposting in /r/detroitredwings? STEP IT UP MAN

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                                                                        [–]super_secret_soup 18ポイント19ポイント  (14子コメント)

                                                                        1. What do you think makes reddit different to other social media sites out there?

                                                                        2. Batman vs 100 badgers, who wins?

                                                                        [–]spez[S,A] 59ポイント60ポイント  (9子コメント)

                                                                        1. People can be their authentic selves in a way they can't anywhere else. They can also be someone else's authentic self.

                                                                        2. Batman. He's the world's greatest detective.

                                                                        [–]blue2white 8ポイント9ポイント  (4子コメント)

                                                                        would you mind elaborating on how people can be their authentic selves in a way that is unique only to this site?

                                                                        if anything the up & down-vote system encourages people to act in a way that's considered favourable on this site. being themselves can mean having their comment virtually silenced by being downvoted into obscurity

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                                                                            [–]TSHIRTTIIIIIIME 349ポイント350ポイント  (53子コメント)

                                                                            What was the real reason Victoria was let go?

                                                                            [–]spez[S] 365ポイント366ポイント  (39子コメント)

                                                                            That was before my time.

                                                                            [–]dfnkt 99ポイント100ポイント  (3子コメント)

                                                                            I think you mean it was after your first time but before your second time.

                                                                            [–]RandomName01 459ポイント460ポイント  (10子コメント)

                                                                            Come on man, make something up.

                                                                            [–]BlatantConservative 43ポイント44ポイント  (6子コメント)

                                                                            Your account is literally the second oldest account on Reddit.

                                                                            But I understand how its a PR nightmare to comment on that so Im not judging you for avoiding the question

                                                                            [–]FilmMakingShitlord 6ポイント7ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                            That was while we had our scapegoat CEO to make people think that I wasn't involved with any unpopular decisions

                                                                            FTFY

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                                                                                [–]Voli-fair 41ポイント42ポイント  (5子コメント)

                                                                                Do you like pineapple on your pizza?

                                                                                [–]capndeevers 58ポイント59ポイント  (12子コメント)

                                                                                Do you like pina coladas?

                                                                                [–]groglisterine 39ポイント40ポイント  (5子コメント)

                                                                                I don't know much about you. What's the one word / sentence that sums you up best?

                                                                                [–]reseph 106ポイント107ポイント  (16子コメント)

                                                                                Can you tell us why this was removed from reddit's core values?

                                                                                1. Respect anonymity and privacy

                                                                                You are not required to share more than you are comfortable with. Having information doesn't give you a license to use it. Allow people to be as anonymous as they choose, including ourselves. Value the candor afforded by anonymity.

                                                                                See https://np.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/4lmfmj/ceo_of_reddit_steve_huffman_about_advertising_on/d3olvco

                                                                                [–]spez[S,A] -63ポイント-62ポイント  (15子コメント)

                                                                                I wanted to have as few values as possible so their impact is greater. We felt that both Remember the Human and What Would Snoo Do? encompass the ideas of respect and privacy.

                                                                                [–]Telthien 63ポイント64ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                                                                With all due respect, I don't think this makes much sense. Core values aren't a matter of quantity and impact; they're a matter of principle. Principles don't devalue if you have more of them.

                                                                                There is nothing removing this sentence achieves except to signal, plain and clear, that this is no longer a core value of reddit. Nowhere else was this principle stated as clearly, and it disappoints me that it was removed entirely.

                                                                                That it is kept in spirit, and is encompassed by other ideas, is unfortunately simply not good enough, when users are growing increasingly aware that reddit is aiming to monetize our communities.

                                                                                To be clear: I'm okay with monetization. It's important to the continued existence of reddit. What I'm not okay with is the signal that reddit intends to violate privacy to achieve that end.

                                                                                [–]darthn3ss 33ポイント34ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                                                I mean, how would we know what Snoo would do?

                                                                                For all I know, Snoo is a junkie who would sell his own grandmother at a no-tell motel for a fix. I know it's not easy but I think we'd all prefer honesty here. In the long run, deception and lies will catch up to Reddit.

                                                                                You're probably lucky we're all too addicted to have some kind of digg-esque revolt.

                                                                                [–]Dustin- 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                I disagree. Having many specific values is better than few vague answers. You could distill the values down to "Don't be a dick" and it would encompass everything, however it's too vague to be useful.

                                                                                [–]a9s 6ポイント7ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                                                Ok. What would Snoo do?

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                                                                                  [–]mk101 166ポイント167ポイント  (10子コメント)

                                                                                  How do you feel about staff of particular companies being mods in the the relevant subreddit?

                                                                                  Mods in /r/lootcrate, who work for the company, have been deleting posts about a dangerous fault with their product (melting oven glove) and now there has even been a recall issued.

                                                                                  How is it acceptable to endanger people in this way? It seems like a massive conflict of interest. Especially since there was drama recently about mods being paid on behalf of companies behind the scenes, how is this any different?

                                                                                  More info:

                                                                                  https://www.reddit.com/r/lootcratespoilers/comments/4lu55v/psa_possible_infinity_gauntlet_oven_mitt_safety/

                                                                                  Edit: Now they admit it was actually company policy to delete the 'offending' posts, mind boggling:

                                                                                  Why posts were removed: Our social team was advised to remove posts due to us sending out an official message via our own owned channels to anyone who received the oven mitt with further info. The e-mail gave them more information on how to proceed. We are currently investigating and taking appropriate action to to resolve.

                                                                                  https://www.reddit.com/r/lootcrate/comments/4mbl1b/official_infinity_gauntlet_recall_emails_are/d3uu75p

                                                                                  [–]AchievementUnlockd[A] 47ポイント48ポイント  (6子コメント)

                                                                                  We've got no rule against people modding a sub for their employer - we actually have a couple of good examples of it happening, but it's seriously hard. See https://www.reddit.com/wiki/selfpromotion#wiki_can_i_just_run_my_own_subreddit.3F for more.

                                                                                  As for the substance of the comment otherwise, I'm going to look into it, and I don't think it would be smart for us to jump in and comment beyond that.

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                                                                                    [–]EliteMasterEric 41ポイント42ポイント  (4子コメント)

                                                                                    As a CSS mod on /r/StevenUniverse, I very much dislike the push towards m.reddit.com, mainly because of the spoiler problem.

                                                                                    Obviously we don't want to restrict discussion of new episodes of the show, but we simultaneously want to keep the experience "pure" for those who haven't watched, giving users an option to avoid spoilers while still enjoying the subreddit's content.

                                                                                    Our solution has been to completely ban NSFW content and reskin the tag as a Spoiler tag. This has a couple consequences, the main ones being:

                                                                                    1. If you have NSFW posts hidden you won't see spoiler posts.

                                                                                    2. If users look at m.reddit.com this reskinning is disabled.

                                                                                    3. Subreddits that want to do this must completely ban NSFW posts, since you cannot tag a post as both NSFW and spoilers, and you can't just leave NSFW posts or spoilers unflagged.

                                                                                    I would love for moderators to have the ability to enable spoiler tagging on subreddits to make the experience more consistent and keep people from PMing us asking why our sub is filled with NSFW tagged posts.

                                                                                    This is a concern for many TV show subreddits, and in fact many subreddits that center on content that can be spoiled (like comic books or movies).

                                                                                    Do you have any word on when these problems may be addressed?

                                                                                    [–]Rohaq 7ポイント8ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                    There's obviously been some controversy about your statements about knowing redditors' darkest secrets. While I expect a certain amount of tracking and/or ads going on on free sites, the alarmist response over such a vague statement in somewhat expected.

                                                                                    I think people (including myself) would appreciate some transparency on how our information is being used:

                                                                                    • What information is collected?
                                                                                    • What is it used for?
                                                                                    • Who is it made available to?
                                                                                    • How securely is it stored?
                                                                                    • To what degree is it scrubbed and/or anonymised?

                                                                                    [–]Kokamo_Joe 126ポイント127ポイント  (36子コメント)

                                                                                    Do you have any thoughts on the man who was banned from over 400 subreddits in one day?

                                                                                    https://www.reddit.com/user/ExileOnMeanStreet

                                                                                    https://www.reddit.com/r/subredditcancer/comments/374s5i/this_week_i_was_banned_from_400_subreddits_in_a/

                                                                                    [–]Georgy_K_Zhukov 20ポイント21ポイント  (9子コメント)

                                                                                    Reaching out to the Admins for stuff has been incredibly hit or miss. I've reported seriously abusive users through /r/reddit.com and never gotten a response, and then brought minor matters up and heard back very quickly. I also recently detailed by issues with your AMA support, and while publicly complaining did solve my immediate issue, /u/krispykrackers is gone, and that is no guarantee things are actually getting better. I know that there was recently a few new hires, but could you go into a bit more detail on how the Admin team is working to improve its ability to interact with mods and assist them in what they need?

                                                                                    [–]AchievementUnlockd[A] 11ポイント12ポイント  (8子コメント)

                                                                                    I hope you don't mind if I jump in and take that. I'm one of the new hires, and I'm Director of Community.

                                                                                    It's a real issue, and one that was called out specifically as my immediate #1 priority, so that's how I treated it. I don't want to denigrate the team that was here - many of them are still here, and form the backbone of the team that I have now. They worked hard, in good faith, but they were woefully understaffed. In the last 30 days, though, we have worked through most of the backlog (it's now about 20% the size it was when I joined) and we're handling new inquiries almost as they come in. I'm also looking at some potential restructure of how we staff that particular workstream, which should help.

                                                                                    We're also paying a lot of attention to ticket deflection, that is, providing users with the resources they need before they write us at all. That's a hard question, and I've got a staff member detailed to work exclusively on that.

                                                                                    We've staffed up to handle AMAs, as you know, and one team member will eventually put 50% of her time into those (she needs to learn the rest of the work as well, and that's her first priority - the backlogs).

                                                                                    I think the issues with response time are largely in the past now, and if I do my job right, we can keep it that way.

                                                                                    [–]Georgy_K_Zhukov 2ポイント3ポイント  (5子コメント)

                                                                                    Thanks for the reply. If I may follow up though, is AMAData@ still going to be the place to reach out to when we're looking for AMA metrics, or should we be going direct to a specific Admin?

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                                                                                      [–]hestonkent 80ポイント81ポイント  (34子コメント)

                                                                                      Be honest, what does /u/drunken_economist actually do at reddit besides keeping the whores in /r/centuryclub in line

                                                                                      [–]Drunken_Economist[A] 182ポイント183ポイント  (27子コメント)

                                                                                      it's a full time jorb

                                                                                      [–]spez[S,A] 164ポイント165ポイント  (12子コメント)

                                                                                      Please remember to distinguish comments written in official company capacity.

                                                                                      [–]NoShameInternets 53ポイント54ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                      Oh damn, boss is here.

                                                                                      [–]Drunken_Economist 68ポイント69ポイント  (5子コメント)

                                                                                      sorry, fixed.

                                                                                      [–]Whind_Soull 10ポイント11ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                      Is keeping whores in line an official part of his job description?

                                                                                      [–]mosnil 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                      So you're saying officially it's Drunken_Economist's job to keep whores in line?

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                                                                                            [–]remzem 6ポイント7ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                            What's your guys policy on payed actors on reddit? Things like Putin bots, that Hillary pac that was paying people to "correct" internet message boards. Do they fall under the spam / payed advertising policy? Or are they allowed since they aren't directly selling things? Do you have methods of tracking that kind of activity?

                                                                                            [–]StormCrow1770 5ポイント6ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                            I've heard that reddit will be hosting their own videos. Will there be ads, and if so, can content creators earn ad revenue for having ads on their videos like YouTube?

                                                                                            Edit: spelling

                                                                                            [–]skipper14 4ポイント5ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                                                                            Why not give us an option to opt out of defaulting to reddit's mobile site on phones? The mobile site sucks, I just want normal reddit and get tired of having to switch ever single time I click on a link from Google.

                                                                                            [–]simple_ciri 14ポイント15ポイント  (4子コメント)

                                                                                            Why do you allow certain subs to ban people who post on one subreddit from so many others? I don't browse much on this account except porn, but if I posted in the gamer gate sub, even posting that I disagree with what they say, I would get banned from like 30 subs without any interaction with them. I mean, seriously, what the fuck? How is that allowed?

                                                                                            [–]daten-shi 296ポイント297ポイント  (141子コメント)

                                                                                            Why do you allow subreddits like /r/ShitRedditSays to stay active when they brigade, and blackmail other subreddits as well as dox people they do not like but ban other subreddits that do much less?

                                                                                            [–]liberal_gunowner 10ポイント11ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                            I always see alot about SRS openly doxxing people and nothing is apparently done about it. Shouldn't this sub be banned due to that type of behavior? Other subs have been banned for less.

                                                                                            [–]PilchardThePeasant 64ポイント65ポイント  (17子コメント)

                                                                                            Why have you not banned subreddits like SRS even though there's a multitude of evidence that they brigade/dox users that they disagree with politically? And yes, you ban other subjects in a heartbeat for much, much less.

                                                                                            At this point you have to be actively protecting them. Are the admins/owners supposed to have a political agenda? Because that's the impression I'm getting.

                                                                                            [–]ripper2345 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                            Is there any way to usurp a reddit controlled by a mod gone crazy?

                                                                                            [–]canipaybycheck 13ポイント14ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                                                                            Any public response to all of the political astroturfing going on here?

                                                                                            Love this site though spez & admins, thank you all for it!

                                                                                            [–]101Leafy 6ポイント7ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                                                            I keep a link to the rules in the sidebar of my subreddit (/r/yokaiwatch), but I have been having a common issue with mobile-only users because they do not know how to view the sidebar's content. I know you are making "improvements" to the mobile website; will making the sidebar more easy/obvious to view be one of them?

                                                                                            [–]edafade 55ポイント56ポイント  (17子コメント)

                                                                                            Why does SRS keep getting a pass? Other subs that don't even come close to the toxicity of SRS have been quarantined or banned while they have free reign to break several lines in the ToS.

                                                                                            I've asked you several times in the past Announcement posts with no actual answer given. I sincerely doubt I'll get one this time and I'll see you in the next one ready to ask the same thing.

                                                                                            [–]Made_you_read_penis 2ポイント3ポイント  (3子コメント)

                                                                                            Can we have a mod removal "mutiny" button for when a mod is out of control and fighting the rest of the team?

                                                                                            So far from what I understand you can't remove a mod without them being inactive.

                                                                                            I've seen people talking about this issue before. Sometimes you think you have the right person for the team and you just really really don't.

                                                                                            [–]JamesStegg 19ポイント20ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                                                            Can you comment on https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/4lmfmj/ceo_of_reddit_steve_huffman_about_advertising_on/

                                                                                            [–]Clark_Epic 65ポイント66ポイント  (9子コメント)

                                                                                            Can we just get a straight answer on SRS? So many people want to know if you've even thought about doing something about it. I personally don't care if it's banned or not, but so many people do. This is asked all the time so I'm not expecting a response, but it sure would be nice.

                                                                                            [–]Yakra 48ポイント49ポイント  (6子コメント)

                                                                                            Fuck, Marry, Kill?

                                                                                            /r/Funny /r/News /r/AskReddit

                                                                                            [–]Sibraxlis 4ポイント5ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                                                                            What made you change your stance on reddit being a bastion of free speech

                                                                                            Besides money

                                                                                            [–]idehass 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                            This one is out of left field.

                                                                                            Is there any chance for bands to use reddit to promote themselves? I'm not talking about spamming every post with "if you like this, check out or Facebook/band camp/etc. But a healthy way to help spread their reach a bit further?

                                                                                            Thanks for doing this btw

                                                                                            [–]HugePilchard 22ポイント23ポイント  (4子コメント)

                                                                                            So...

                                                                                            Modmail.

                                                                                            Anything nice to tell us about in pipeline? Please? Pretty please?

                                                                                            [–]spiritcrusher77 6ポイント7ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                            Do you plan on incorporating checks and balances for moderators so that the top mod can't just turn their subreddit into some kind of dictatorship?

                                                                                            [–]timothybugjunior 9ポイント10ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                            Was Ellen Pao just a bait and switch to take the heat for decisions everyone hates?

                                                                                            [–]Fivethousand18 10ポイント11ポイント  (22子コメント)

                                                                                            How have you not made steps to fix the incredible decline of Twox, a community Reddit front-paged for PR purposes, as it is now the Rape Talk hub and otherwise barren sub that has seen all comment traffic dwindle as interesting discussion suppressed to protect left-wing narratives or disappeared to less critical spaces?

                                                                                            Why is the front page still stacked with moribund subs like "creepy" and been allowed to stagnate?

                                                                                            How telling is it that you now hide staffing announcements within ModTalk as you can no longer face the community without a wave of disgust hitting your inbox. (congrats on breaking several months silence though. So brave)

                                                                                            How much popcorn have you and Alexis consumed watching mod abuse drag this site into the toilet?

                                                                                            Why have you failed for months to set in place tools to empower the user to communicate with each other in an open forum that cannot be manipulated by mod networks trying to establish a narrative?

                                                                                            [–]madjoy 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                                                            Do you have any thoughts on the role of reddit in politics?

                                                                                            Do you think the political content that most people see at the top of /r/all is representative of the userbase's preferences, or is there systematic brigading happening?

                                                                                            [–]kerfufflator 27ポイント28ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                                                            Is it secret? Is it safe?

                                                                                            [–]comrade-pupper 11ポイント12ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                                                                            why are /r/PublicHealthWatch and /r/truecels not quarantined?

                                                                                            a quote from the latter's sidebar:

                                                                                            No encouraging or inciting violence, or other illegal activities such as rape. But of course it is ok to say, for example, that rape should have a lighter punishment or even that it should be legalized and that slutty women deserve rape.

                                                                                            [–]BlatantConservative 9ポイント10ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                                                                            Is the new Reddit image hosting feature going to be able to do albums?

                                                                                            [–]chromeomykiss 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                            Why did you decline to participate and be interviewed for the documentary film "The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz"

                                                                                            https://archive.org/details/TheInternetsOwnBoyTheStoryOfAaronSwartz

                                                                                            [–]heavy_yawns 5ポイント6ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                                                            Are you working towards making the search engine better?

                                                                                            [–]guest 11ポイント12ポイント  (9子コメント)

                                                                                            If anything was going to kill Reddit as a company, what would it be?

                                                                                            [–]scshunt 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                            A lot of social media platforms these days are having to struggle with the fact that they are platforms for things which aren't directly abusive or illegal but can be conducive to it. A subreddit may be a ground where people who engage in a specific form of abuse may gather, and even if they don't directly use Reddit to perpetrate the abuse, it still enables their negativity by providing a forum to discuss, share information, and the like.

                                                                                            Obviously there are serious concerns about censorship and free speech, and it is important not to prevent legitimate, though unpopular, speech from occurring. At the same time, I can't imagine anyone being comfortable with something they have built being used as a tool in such a fashion. How do you think that social media platforms, and in particular Reddit, should deal with these difficult issues?

                                                                                            [–]XaoticOrder 6ポイント7ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                                                            Hey /u/spez thanks for doing this. Question is are Reddit admins becoming more worried at how fringe Reddit seems to be getting. It seems like on most default subs whatever post goes up it immediately gets the most extreme response and crazies crawl out the wood work? I would say /r/politics is a good example but you can see the same on funny and others.

                                                                                            [–]cyanocobalamin 4ポイント5ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                                                                            Suggestion:

                                                                                            Please consider implementing turning off downvotes ( or voting altogether ) as a moderator option. Some subreddits are more support groups or have conversations that voting works against, gets in the way of, of good exchanges.

                                                                                            Thanks for whatever amount of thought you give to this suggestion.

                                                                                            [–]rbevans 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                            There was a lot of discussion around this video that surfaced of you talking about deep secrets and ads. At the same time over in /r/privacy here there was further discussion on reddit becoming profitable on using users data.

                                                                                            Do you have any insight on this or that could be cleared up on reddit and privacy in regards to our data and ads targeting users?

                                                                                            [–]BradC 5ポイント6ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                            Do you see the reddit-hosted image process being eventually linked to our reddit accounts, so that we have the ability to maintain (delete, create albums, etc.) similar to what you can do with an imgur account?

                                                                                            [–]Twatson8 22ポイント23ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                            Why do you and the other admins turn a blind eye to all of SRS's blatantly rule breaking shenanigans?

                                                                                            Harassing, doxxing, and brigading in the name of "social justice" is still harassing, doxxing, and brigading.

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