In recent times, we’ve seen a lot of articles about the problems caused by social media. It’s been accused of spreading fake news, it’s been said to bolster extremism by herding people into echo chambers, and it’s been attacked on all fronts for…
Most of us wish that — on the internet — we could be anonymous. Few people wish that more than Redditors. Reddit is one of the few social networks where users hope they DON’T encounter their friends. A lot of people hide their Reddit usernames like the PIN to their…
Just earlier, I posted about how self proclaimed Reddit ‘alternatives’ and ‘replacements’ wouldn’t replace the site. I said this because they were too focused on the tech stack, gave very little attention to non political topics and tried to copy Reddit for every single aspect of…
For the last couple of years, we’ve seen a lot of attempts to ‘dethrone’ Reddit. There was Voat, which capitalised on the banned subs debacle to attract a more controversial audience than Reddit was willing to allow. There was Imzy, which tried (and failed) to be a…
In the last few years or so, Reddit has been through some tough times. It’s been accused of going back on its claims to support free speech. It’s been intense fire for banning certain subreddits and being hypocritical about others.
Part 3 of a rather personal ‘tools I use’ series. In case you are interested, it all kicked off in July with content marketing tools post and carried on with #SEO & monitoring tools post from October.
