WallStreetBets’ popularity broke Reddit’s moderation tools
Reddit’s r/wallstreetbets just had too much of a good thing. As traffic to the subreddit hit an all-time Wednesday, things started to head south on the back end. According to…
Reddit’s r/WallStreetBets took on Wall Street, and the memes are priceless
Because memes, unlike gains, are forever. As members of the r/wallstreetbets subreddit continued their ongoing battle with short selling hedge funds Wednesday, driving the price of GameStop (and theater chain…
Discord bans WallStreetBets server for ‘hateful and discriminatory content’
Discord is not going long on r/wallstreetbets. The group chat service banned the server associated with the wildly popular WallStreetBets subreddit Wednesday, saying the move had nothing to do with…
Reddit’s r/WallstreetBets breaks all-time traffic record as hedge fund bleeds
GameStop’s stock isn’t the only thing being driven to the moon. Reddit’s WallstreetBets broke all-time traffic records this week as tens of millions of visitors flocked to the subreddit. Driving…
This clever bot turns Reddit arguments into video game scenes
[embedded content] There’s plenty of drama on Reddit, but it’s not often that drama gets to play out on the screen. Until now, at least. On Sunday, 24-year-old software engineer…
Discord bans Reddit-linked pro-Trump server tied to attack on the U.S. Capitol
We’re all judged by the company we keep. With that adage seemingly in mind, Discord moved Friday to ban a pro-Donald Trump server from its platform. TheDonald, as the server…
Reddit just banned r/DonaldTrump for ‘inciting violence’
Reddit has had enough. Six months after the discussion site banned r/The_Donald, a notoriously noxious subreddit dedicated to Donald Trump, the company moved to boot its likewise rotten sibling. The…
Reddit acquires Dubsmash, the TikTok competitor that’s older than TikTok
Reddit has acquired Dubsmash, the lipsyncing video app which launched in 2014 and was largely supplanted when TikTok showed up. Announced via Reddit’s blog on Sunday, the annexing of Dubsmash’s…
Reddit finally shares how many daily users it has
The inner workings of Reddit just became slightly less mysterious. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Reddit shared that 52 million people visit the site every day. This…
The best subreddits you aren’t already subscribed to
Want to explore what the “front page of the internet” has to offer? Here are some of the best subreddits.