Reddit, launched in 2005, has become one of the biggest sites on the internet entirely based on user-generated content. They’re even a public company now. But what kind of numbers are we talking about exactly? Here are some quick stats for you: Since its inception, Reddit has accumulated over one billion posts and over 16 […] The post Data on Reddit’s massive amounts of user-generated content and how it is moderated appeared first on Besedo.| Besedo
In a second attempt to be one of the first inductees of the startup incubator Y Combinator, University of Virginia roommates Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian built Reddit, which they labelled “the front page of the internet”. The site functionality remains much the same as it was back in 2005. Users write posts, upload photos, videos and link to other parts of the internet. To organise the content, Redditors upload to specific subreddits. If the post receives a lot of attention, it may be...| Business of Apps