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As many of you have noticed, things just don't seem right right with reddit today. We are still tracking down the cause.
Symptoms may include votes not sticking, hides not hiding, posts missing from your profile page, strange envelope behavior, runny nose, fever, nausea, missing links from listings, mismatched comment counts and death.
Thank you for bearing with us in our time of pain. | r/announcements | post | r/announcements | 2010-05-05 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXazFVaFNtTE9GTHdjM3NUbDVhM1pVc3MtQnNSRGpHejFwTW9MdnM2eVpkdEZSUlZkX0k3TWJnOUhsS1RJOUVsUHlxRVFCXzJHU0lPb1N2OTJ1cDR0QlE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2eVRrNVg1WVVVNE9yckx0dGdBYVJVeHBDcGJRWUkzSERmQkRoV3QxUWw1TXU2SmxFdEhfRkxlV0hxX3EybGM0b3Y3VXpWNnlxTlhfVUJsa3p3R2NPNkMwcHZwWERkaE45cnJuSXc2SjNlQVV3c3JSUTItYzZlaU1vN2NXMWVKMGZpdUIxQ0FrN3Y0VFpKYTJTRnFGdlRlYmk2c1BWZkhrUGZtdXBIaWZWOG02TUtEWktqaWNNNEQzaGxkOWdMMDVVUWF5OFdNeko3S2xtRG5DalVsOE9KQT09 |
As many of you have noticed, things just don't seem quite right with reddit today. We are still tracking down the cause.
Symptoms may include votes not sticking, hides not hiding, posts missing from your profile page, strange envelope behavior, runny nose, fever, nausea, missing links from listings, mismatched comment counts and death.
Thank you for bearing with us in our time of pain. | r/announcements | post | r/announcements | 2010-05-05 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXODQ2OWNFUlZfTEZmZWlZZXZJekVzVVVPTGZHRWlXa1haM3lNSnZPcGdTLWYyUlIwbUtkRzlKTEJIdnBPNWJSX2hUbGxIMmMyS3pqYUI4ZjhlbC1KekE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2UFU3X1NHb1ZDY2RybU4yNG5rWjByWHZETTJoSUlIcm1pWlpXRGcxbjdHVEdRNHFOa1Q5NTdtN3lrSjYxd01EUE5qdDBaNmNrS1BDZFRZMHY0VHl6NS1sNTZzOHJnb3NGLUQ1U1hySFJ5eHpaQmxBbVVmSFN1bTRBZk1TVHdUTWc4NFZ4akJ0TUh6c1BuX2U5WFZxbkkzbHhBZnpma05wazdza01wa3Vmb3dBQ2wzMEVaRWMtMDBqWTRxeEhuaTE4dmd4UmxJelNKeG9hTkZYTXNoSlV6Zz09 |
I know it's a controversial change, but with time I hope you'll get used to it.
There might be a few messages missing for a while, but they'll come back. If the past 36 hours has been "reddit is on fire!", the analogous situation right now is that the fire is out, but the wood is still wet and smoldering. We'll be cleaning up for a while. Translated into reality: The site should still be wonky for another day or two, but *usably* wonky.
I know there are a lot of nerds in the audience dying for the full post-mortem, and I promise you'll get it. But ketralnis understands it better than anyone, and he hasn't been to sleep since Tuesday night.
So please be patient and pardon our destruction. | r/announcements | post | r/announcements | 2010-05-06 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXWjhCN21YSEFFS0tIYnlwNGFJQmQ4by1NV1A4MFBXOEM1ekprNV9yZ29PVldLanJiZjJRNTdFZFFxTC1lcEdtVjRiZkxESTBHQVBaeG5UZjVESVZoT3c9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2TDh6cWZVOHpiR2pnQlZOcDZQQ1pic2Y3RzMyeWpYV1lzTUphZFhsT2VMVXhVYkZCZWEzc1J1SnVDWHlKREtGSkh3R25EbGluUGR0TE96elRCTlpIQXBoaWw5MjdsVURpZHZrZHhfV2lsdVd6aGpnalMyTWxhaE05VC1QT3NJd0VOcDNLaWhRYmZpa0hobkN5X3NodzBQYTFxWkFGQVhObjgwVlEySzFlWVJrUG1UOWxqTGtMendXSzNNdUlOTUpuSHlTaUZLdVNTbnRqZFVtdTZMYjlfdz09 |
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r/announcements | post | r/announcements | 2010-07-13 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXVHIzVEJFVzRxVi1ES0lWVWFJQ19XRWlraDFadW05dmkteml2NlVmOGhzb2I3c0lhcWpROUQ3ZERjUEJfdHdaWGlZajUzOXcxdEZxTXNpaGphLWhMVHc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2c1V2NTNWNkdkbXdXSERITkxsNW94WG9zQzNONlA3S2s5b3JCWUFDVThvVDROY3FOeHdiTnZ5aTJnUUNTQ2E5dEx6V0ZqUlJ0QXdTdDhZVHU0YkdaOXRjMzRXSlFfNGMtaFdiR2Z6UnVCM3J5S1RhZlpjQlNrNGhBRXhacnJIZDB4QW1iNmQ1Q0llQ0RoQU5nUWl5UXhYeDNzWmNDckNTMF9MU0JDMFY1OTlVX2pzemFYd1lQWlc1UG9Fb3RmdGFkVmRoWXRBSHdqMFd2TDVJUWsxRjFlQT09 |
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r/announcements | post | r/announcements | 2010-07-22 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXWWxJUWd4dnByd0F4ZDA1bjZQcVZUa19ZMnlGclh5NXFfSXRsV2tRemNFNkhsUzRhX3Q4R3dRdUN1MTlaMnI1TGV6bUQ5aGlUanhmUV9oMFdWZlRhNnc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2TXoySERmcktuUTVGSEVDSVNmcTlubkpiLWhJQm5fdTdzQWFCNTBTOFpRYTFCOUNyY296ZDZSeUR2MVB1YzhHdzBYQXAtT21TMGE2UWhhVDB4Zmh3VkgwYU9WM3VxOWY1RTVVVEFmN2hnbFpGVTR2WDNZa2k3Rm9HYzFiSWdYa1dZM3U2M2JNRXliNXhVLUpzOVUtSVJUS2Naa0FoWHBuTW5wSUpmVXVBeUNNPQ== |
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We had a database write master go unresponsive at about 9:30 AM Pacific. Restarting the db did the trick, but the collateral damage was that one of our worker queues looked like [this](http://imgur.com/cmB21) since none of the consumers were working.
Apparently, rabbitmq gets downright pathological when you give it more than a few million things to store (but, then again, don't we all...), and it took us the better part of an hour to cleanly dump the items and process them correctly.
tldr: no sleeping in on sunday for us and everything is back to normal. | r/announcements | post | r/announcements | 2010-08-01 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXODRESC16NDF6dFVFb09QNFB6UXp5V1BLMVZRb0d2SlQzNjdVYk42MXJBbDZ3VEVJXzdta0JTWTdEVHRqWmx5WGtMZzZWYlQ1RWp1ZmZSRTZxOENHbFE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2aGNMYUpOeUpVdlNaWUprbFNtaVR1UmpfTDdvUFpaMkNQLUthMGsycERJNmc3X0dob3h2blZCRVkybkRWcmlIbDhmQXAtcVVqZWVkWmVldGIzQW80cnNvcnF0YWpJanVfWXRzSDNZckRPRGotUms5cFp0Uk1ERnhmWU9TSi1qVE1oaUktV2xJbGdFdHhBU0RYSHdadWdkOEpnR2k5NkljaFNYOUExZnBhU0FVPQ== |
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Every fall, as people go off (or back) to school, reddit sees a surge
of new users. And now, as we get ready to turn the calendar to September,
we're starting to see the first signs of this annual phenomenon in our
traffic logs.
In past times like this, posts have popped up where the old farts formally
introduce themselves to the newcomers and get a good back-and-forth
going. This way, the latter can ask questions about the site and the former
can detail the precise way they'd like those darn kids to stay off their
lawn.
It's been a while since there's been one of these, so we thought we'd kick
one off today.
Some ideas to get everyone started:
* [What makes reddit special?](http://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/d73ow/reddit_101_or_click_this_if_youre_new_around_here/c0y327r)
* [What are some cool aspects of the site that might not be immediately obvious to new users? Which of the default settings should be changed ASAP?](http://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/d73ow/reddit_101_or_click_this_if_youre_new_around_here/c0y325u)
* [What are your favorite reddit communities?](http://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/d73ow/reddit_101_or_click_this_if_youre_new_around_here/c0y31pn)
* [What about reddit do you find ugly or annoying or buggy? Do you have workarounds? Perhaps a GreaseMonkey script or Stylish module?](http://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/d73ow/reddit_101_or_click_this_if_youre_new_around_here/c0y329z)
* [reddit glossary](http://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/d73ow/reddit_101_or_click_this_if_youre_new_around_here/c0y31rv)
Oh, and one protip that'll come in really handy right now: **Click the [-] at the top of any comment to collapse its entire tree.** This is essential for navigating large discussions like the one below.
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One of reddit's greatest strengths is the huge collection of niche communities and categories of content that we have. One of our greatest weaknesses is that most of it never makes it to the front page. So many vast, undiscovered communities. I mean, just look at my own list of favourites:
[programming](/r/programming), [technology](/r/technology), [comics](/r/comics), [math](/r/math), [Python](/r/Python), [coding](/r/coding), [linguistics](/r/linguistics), [haskell](/r/haskell), [robotics](/r/robotics), [answers](/r/answers), [electronics](/r/electronics), [StandUpComedy](/r/StandUpComedy), [ideasfortheadmins](/r/ideasfortheadmins), [ECE](/r/ECE), [emacs](/r/emacs), [reddithax](/r/reddithax), [Coffee](/r/Coffee), [sanfrancisco](/r/sanfrancisco), [erlang](/r/erlang), [bayarea](/r/bayarea), [chrome](/r/chrome), [redditdev](/r/redditdev), [systems](/r/systems), [artificial](/r/artificial), [compscipapers](/r/compscipapers), [algorithms](/r/algorithms), [macapps](/r/macapps), [horseporn](/r/random "good catch"), [arduino](/r/arduino), [operabrowser](/r/operabrowser), [SketchComedy](/r/SketchComedy), [golang](/r/golang), [kindle](/r/kindle), [smallprog](/r/smallprog), [robot](/r/robot), [Esperanto](/r/Esperanto), [avr](/r/avr), [hadoop](/r/hadoop), [cassandra](/r/cassandra), [colorblindness](/r/colorblindness), [android](/r/android), [england](/r/england), [BSD](/r/bsd)
We have loads and loads of these communities, some very tiny, but they just aren't very discoverable. I think that helping people find this stuff is a problem worth solving, and so do plenty of researchers and grad students that have contacted us asking for this data (that we've historically had to turn away). There's lots of [research](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netflix_Prize) out there on this kind of problem that we'd like to participate in. There's our [JSON API](http://www.reddit.com/.json), but that's just not enough for the in-depth analysis that we'd like to do and allow researchers to do.
We feel that opening up users' private data to researchers like that has to be done very carefully, and always with the permission of the users affected. So I'd like to announce that, from now on, we're going to share all your private data with DARPA. No, just kidding. Today we're adding a **new [preference](/prefs)** under "privacy options" called "allow my data to be used for research purposes". **By ticking that box you're agreeing to allow us to include certain data about you in big data dumps** like [this one](http://www.reddit.com/r/redditdev/comments/bubhl/csv_dump_of_reddit_voting_data/). This is **optional and opt-in**.
We want to make sure that everyone understands *exactly* what ticking that box will do. The data that you're giving us permission to reveal are:
* Your [community subscriptions](/reddits/mine)
* Your list of [friends](/prefs/friends) **edit1** none of *their* data, just that you friended them **edit2** only friends that have *also* opted in would be listed
* Non-content information about private reddits that you post in (that is, we may share *that* you posted there, but not *what* you posted)
* Your browser's user-agent
* Information on spam reports that you've filed (the `report` button)
On a separate tickbox, you can also share your voting history so that people can see your `liked` and `disliked` pages (this has been there since 2005). Either of these tickboxes will mean that you give us permission to share this voting data. Some items we're considering but want to talk to you about are:
* The last time you visited reddit at the time of the data-dump (in general this can be approximated from your last vote)
* The first two octets of your IP address (that is, if you're at 1.2.3.4, we may reveal that you're at 1.2.x.x)
* A [one-way hash](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptographic_hash_function) of your email address **edit** looks like this one's out, lots of people seem uncomfortable with it
**Please tell us if you think that any of these are going too far**, especially if you'd tick the box but for one or two of the data involved.
If we ever change or add to this list, we'll reset everyone back to the default of `off` (and/or implement a more granular set of research-related preferences), so you don't have to worry about us sneaking things in there while you're asleep. **You're not agreeing to let us start telling everyone about every link you click or anything like that without your knowledge**. You are not agreeing to let us share the actual content of your private reddits, and **if you do not tick the preference we will not share this data against your will**. This is for research dumps. We're not going to be fielding requests for data about individual users. We're not trying to share identifiable information and in the general case we'll try to keep you anonymous but we all know that [that doesn't always work](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AOL_search_data_scandal) which is why this is **optional and opt-in**. Did I mention that this is **optional and opt-in**?
Our goal isn't just to get a bunch of data out there, but to use this data to *make reddit better*. We want features like hyper-local communities and recommendations. And we want you guys to [help us](/r/redditdev) shape those features, but to do so and attract interested researchers we need lots and lots of data for analysis. Also, if you don't tick the box, I'll kill [a kitten](http://www.flickr.com/photos/crumley/160490011/) | r/announcements | post | r/announcements | 2010-09-15 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXbUl0eGpWRGlqZ3VtUTFFSVJuSmlicm10dGR0c004RmpXeHN2ZEVvbnlha25zcjRaaEVhRTNIMGhKcDVybjEwNTU4RzlqZEdhQ01nT2h1ZDAwR09kRGc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2dndOakhPOU1YQWVzUmxIRUt6R0pxNXhzVlh4OXY0a1F5M3BsRi1pcjk4NWZCVkRFWXVnRlV5N3o0UncyaUpuWGl1Yk5WLWNLQjU0WlE5SDJxRDROVXR2VDFrLUZUalA2MF9yQnR5OVFHSkJvQ2VmeTljTWN1NC1KYl9reklpLTNRZVNNeGVYSE4tdjQ4ZkJMSVB0azhTY2EyQ01YZUh3ZjhLVUNoQmYzQmlVQWFSZzkyaTk1dTYza19pb29HejFobkFiMEtPWDZKTjJpQTZTNjlRSXU0dz09 |
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In the past few hours, a number of reddit users have reported finding a Windows virus called [cycbot.b](http://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/Threat/Encyclopedia/Entry.aspx?Name=Backdoor%3AWin32%2FCycbot.B&ThreatID=-2147328481) on their systems.
We haven't been able to find a smoking gun, so we're not going to make any accusations at this point. It might have been related to a reddit post; it might just be something that's going around the Internet. Some have suggested it was a rogue advertiser on reddit; although we haven't seen any hard evidence, we've shut off any even remotely-suspicious sidebar ads, just in case, until we're certain.
If you have a virus scanner, you should probably do a scan just to be safe. If you don't have a virus scanner but are using Windows to browse the web, you should get one immediately. Please post some suggested antivirus programs in the comments below.
And please don't post trollish "you can remove the virus by typing `DELETE *.*`" comments, because some poor redditor will believe you. | r/announcements | post | r/announcements | 2010-11-17 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXTngxV2ctQkNZZ0ZfejdQMFpjNnlIVGFlQ21vNGh6N2JvQXlkd1hJcGdGQThCdXFsY0h2ZE1fOFh5bldLcm5zeXNrZFAxWElrSnlXVEZwT2s0MzIyTFE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2b1JMcnBIRkxxU0pzOGhKOE9vTW1sQjM2OHR2cmt2b3EzX21WQ084bHR0NjhoSmQwWUhmUXEzSHI2dnBGdnFKSzJpUEFTbUdQbml4ZlgtcVN0X0JZMktMSlgzbWx4cUYyQWtySGRmVlVvV1JURjRaNXh2MFM4TXNNNDBXeEhpY19oaGJGZEVWcHpzS2lPMGNlUlVSVWVZbUc5YWk1T3o5LU45R2F1ZlNYT2ZhQTE0c1lkZHlQdC1yVFF6WFdySlJrdjVWTVRyTXNRREQ4VDg5ZDZBWE1oZz09 |
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As you may know, reddit has a five-year-old [preference](/prefs) entitled "display links with a reddit toolbar" that lets you bring along a 20px strip of reddit whenever you click a submission. [[screenshot](http://www.reddit.com/help/toolbar)]
It's especially useful when opening a bunch of links up in background tabs, solving the issue of "Why did I open [this random picture](http://www.reddit.com/tb/eohp9) two hours ago?"
It's also turned out to be a good de facto reddit shortlink system. Instead of having to pass around this mouthful:
http://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/em5zw/father_and_son_launch_an_hd_camera_and_an_iphone/
You can just use the toolbar link:
http://reddit.com/em5zw
This is what the "share" button has always done, by the way (have you ever tried it?) Your friend gets a link to the toolbar version, and this way they can see the content, the headline and, should they desire to go exploring, a way to get to the comments. Ideally this will lead them to create an account, and thus reddit moves one step closer to world domination.
Anyway, the reason we're writing about all this today is that we've acquired the domain `redd.it`, shaving a few characters off our shortlinks and bringing them down to a size where we can put them in the sidebar. (Do you see this submission's shortlink up there on the right?)
FAQ:
Q1. Is reddit entering the URL shortening business?
A1. No. We just acquired a cool domain and wanted to show it off.
Note for adblockers: If you made an exception for reddit the simple way (by clicking the stop sign and saying "Disable on reddit.com"), that'll apply to every link you visit in the toolbar. If you only want to make an exception within reddit, and keep adblock on for external sites viewed inside the toolbar frame, you should instead set things up as described in [/help/adblock](/help/adblock).
We'll end with a protip that, for whatever reason, not a lot of people know about. Skip it if you're easily confused:
If you're on an external site, and you want to wrap the reddit toolbar around it, you can just prepend "redd.it/" to the existing URL. For example, if you're visiting a hot new search engine at `http://www.google.com`, just change that to `redd.it/http://www.google.com` (I know it looks funny, but go with it), and you'll be taken to the reddit page for that URL. If it's not already on reddit, you'll be taken to a prefilled submission page. | r/announcements | post | r/announcements | 2010-12-20 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXTG5ocGJ2YlhnbElUbXlvcEZ5T1laVW9PaVdlbFdXd3VJYXEyTllMbDllRmlHb250NUc5NUFHSVZKcXVNZEtrSElHbUtlTXYzNlZ3MllBMFU3OGMwWkE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2dV9XT01fSFJ5czAwYWNVdU52RTIxMm96ZnZYNVk3NmxyLXUwOXMxcS1TUU9nY2ZacVU4azk4enZtMWJTYk1HWkhXRHlWalpmdmVjcVdRQmdXMEx6WER5Y2xRMl9OZk1MZUJiM1pQWnBNVlBhd3lJa0F3a0xYcC16NzNQRWFJZTQ5SWhEeUFBMXFSLUtOYVkybFVqd05MdW5yTlN1Wm5ibGxYQ0Nva29ZZnE4PQ== |
Don't worry, we do it at night so as to not risk you accomplishing anything at work.
Unless it's day time and you're at work already. In which case get back to it, slacker! | r/announcements | post | r/announcements | 2011-01-25 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXM1hqU3dYVVdOOHhjelNMU2NpZTZ3RlRWSEkwaXV2c3MwSklHVy1wdVdXbnN5TEdEWUpMR0wtMWtsWklFMG9jMndMaV9QN09iTGdxU0VxV2pvV0pMcWc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2Y2JjdTNYV1kwUmdEU1I2U00wRTJxRnVvRDhyT3RiSV9NWTBwUEVNbjVldlB5RnM2blNFZ2VqdFBlcnI2T0M5cV9CM0I3NzJFU25HS0xYbERkV1FUazM0R0c1MFprdF9pNnFFaUM2N0V6ODZyZWNRVFNZWWxrRzAzMk8tQVVCeG9KMWk0aW1hT2ZmelZPQ01WV1RPb05Ba0FmSjY3WVJCcWR6WTQ5OHNHcGNPLS1ZSHJZQWtqWXNIXzNkMDBuOWg3NHhSLXItbDFEVXFueHJWZ3A4Qnp1dz09 |
Thus solving the problems once and for all.
ONCE AND FOR ALL. | r/announcements | post | r/announcements | 2011-02-16 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXMExmSGQ4VkY5MjVWVlVwYTZnaDQ1eHpXNzMxTjZkVHE5V3BsZFdhVlRRclNvRUNfVVZTRlozRFZqRGc4TEI5NWh4dmljWk8tSnk2X29KelhCcFlES2c9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2ZC1SYU1mSW5PYzJ4a3pKZDVzUU5POXgtYXUyZVk0dlVfdE5ZSGlicHo2eW1DZDBWS25PSFhOaHBqUmNxYnJ4MHJNT0FRaXpNT0k4ZzZ6Z1Y2bGFmS3p3MHdTN0R3Ym83MWl2WmkxY1MzUTRwUVhLRm9MU0dSb3FNNFF3QWlmdnJTa2piWWJsTW1HWXdESHIwZ3lFaEtMUngxYmpBTXBBZE1acWh6UFBkQk0xWUg5eHZHb2dlRTc5WXBpclc4c1REYlFsUWowUnhBWlJiRDRkY2NITWNmdz09 |
We will be taking down our master databases to make some adjustments to our Postgres cluster, which will hopefully speed things up.
We don't expect the downtime to last very long, but it might. :)
Edit: Sorry folks down under. I really love your country (NYE was awesome!) but sadly, this is the slowest point of the day for us. | r/announcements | post | r/announcements | 2011-03-23 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXRGpELWVMYlRnQ0ZKQXl6b3JLM0hWMGtWQnY4WjNVS3htOVZMWlprQndzcTFzLWllTkxQUkR3SFBnOXlUM0RlWi1SNU5ZUVN0aGxhdVBEZGxTeDJfNGc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2VVQ5c0hseEU2c1RZUlU4bXFyVnl3RlltNFdpTjNERUR6bjdYaFNLTE8yNUVXSHl2c0dIbWdjbXZiRi11dUNQYXJJcWZmNERLazdRNGpUcFJhSkNGc3lTdE9HS0xKR2hzVlFpU0dEdUNsWVBqZFZrWHMyZ1ByZHJwNDF2aTJPbFpaYk9YYXd5clVNSHFQeWxqWHFXUDhGeHJjYTFSdHpZQndNeW82NzJ6a2tzZ2dPQ3VGalhQYng5UEtGcGNwMEtudXF4WXhLbGZBVUJBNkVPVVNTcV9CUT09 |
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As you probably know, reddit was down or degraded for the last 36 hours. Right now we are still a bit degraded, but we have enough servers to handle the weekend traffic (we think). We hope to be at full capacity by Monday.
We want to tell you why reddit was down.
In short, Amazon had a failure of their EBS system, which is a data storage product they offer, at around 1:15am PDT. This may sound familiar, because it was the same type of failure that took us down a month ago. This time however the failure was more widespread and affected a much larger portion of our servers (and not just ours, many other companies were affected as well). Namely, most of our database slaves were disabled from this outage. Even though we are spread across multiple availability zones (data centers), it did us no good in this case, since the outage was so widespread and hit multiple availability zones.
Since that last failure, we have been doing everything we can to move ourselves off of the EBS product. We're about half way there. All of our Cassandra nodes are now using only local disk, and we hope to have all of postgres on local disk soon.
We will continue to use Amazon's other services as we have been. They have some work to do on the EBS product, and they are aware of that and working on it. The other services that we use are still performing as expected.
That being said, if you work for another hosting platform and believe you can make a compelling offering, please contact us at hosting@reddit.com, and we'll get back to you in a few days.
The team and I have been up the last two nights waiting for this issue to get fixed on the Amazon side so that we could bring the site up as soon as possible. Because of this, we probably won't be around much to answer questions in the comments here, but feel free to talk amongst yourselves. :)
As always, thank you all for your continued support. And to whoever sent us a pizza, thank you! It was much appreciated.
To end on a high note, I'd just like to mention that we are making excellent progress on the hiring front to bring on some new developers to help us implement long term fixes. We hope to have some exciting announcements in that area soon. | r/announcements | post | r/announcements | 2011-04-22 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXYzZ2UXBsb0xUelpzcndpRkMtNkE2S2EzWXJVQ1VjZ0Exb1hZc29yZ1QtdjdlSXhvZElza1RmeTdneHhwWDAyMEszRlVXZzVsNzYxUUlTTVpBZ0ZmbXc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2RWxnRXExcDlSQjBuUGxTdm9XTXNXZGg2QjhDcW15OFZ1alpMU21MM2pmMERvaUo2MUhGSm1SODNmdVkwWXRzSzhRUkJPNmFOWjQxVUEtZ1JiWXVDM2tDekI3VDdLOFVVXzZnbjE4NWRNall4LUtLRHNoUzZuSTVJZm82amprNTZ3bFRjWGVKT1JZWTJ2QzN6YTJOS3hJV19CcDNPX0ZqZEE3c3VvNWh2MzM0PQ== |
We've been busy at reddit lately. With [so many programmers](http://blog.reddit.com/2011/06/reddit-levels-up-with-three-new.html) and [open sorcerers](http://blog.reddit.com/2011/06/shout-out-to-sorcerers.html), there's a lot of little things going on to make the reddit experience a little better every day. Since we're constantly hard at work up here and we love [tooting](http://blog.reddit.com/2011/05/socialite-for-firefox-4.html) [our own](http://blog.reddit.com/2011/03/pimping-and-other-ways-to-find-new.html) [horn](http://blog.reddit.com/2010/08/new-features-to-start-your-week.html), we thought you all might like a way to see some of the smaller updates that go on more constantly, such as:
* You've probably seen the recent [NSFW](http://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/i5nc5/moderators_you_can_now_mark_and_unmark_posts_as/) changes, but did you know all the details? You'll find them [here](http://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/i5nc5/moderators_you_can_now_mark_and_unmark_posts_as/).
* Do you reply to your own comments? (WHY?) Well, if you do, you've noticed that you get an orangered, but nothing in your inbox. [This has been fixed](http://www.reddit.com/r/changelog/comments/ibefd/no_more_orangereds_on_selfreplies/)!
With that in mind, I'm proud to announce the inception of [r/changelog](http://www.reddit.com/r/changelog) (by the way, thank you to user "changelog" for letting us take over that reddit!). We'll be keeping it up to date with minor features and bug fixes like the ones above as they get rolled out to the site. (Big things will continue to get spotlighted on [r/announcements](http://www.reddit.com/r/announcements) or [r/blog](http://www.reddit.com/r/blog) as appropriate, too.) | r/announcements | post | r/announcements | 2011-06-28 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXTEl3M2lQMzRJRW03dnQ2ZUZnZzFDRTM0T1dDamp1R3dFbFBJNkQtQTZIcGMtc2tBcUthQ1BwNnZDaHBXWXV4bWZsdVdfXzhYbFJlZXZHSlhQZ2dLVHc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2TERqamVpUDhzSkMzU3hxU1h0XzVYZDlZS3gya1dLUmhBVUxOTG5jLVpYU20yNFRxMXhXNWpNVThwMnJJU1p0X0h0RGt3Y3FsR2xzQWRtY3QtUWtudml5eGNtdnVpTjVvV2phS014bFIzOWQ2QnpsT2N4aF9IX3ozc0VhdmFvVldLSEpURTViUzBJa21sNTNXOUNoZXpxQjhnWmhHVHE0NzJuS1RpUGJZODYxdWNjeHFQa2tCUWpva1BzYnhnbjg4V1c5RjRwc3V1Tk5GZnVkd1JqbUZvUT09 |
I remember reading this one book in the local library where this little girl gets a new baby sister and she feels jealous because of the amount of time her parents spend with the infant. Then the baby dies of SIDS (crib death) and the little girl feels like she killed the baby. It was an educational book too. But the book had really well done illustrations and they showed pictures of a crib with a dead baby and the funeral. Thinking of it makes me want to bawl right now. I can't remember the name of the book though.
But this is also a sad one, "Sadako". It's a true story about this Japanese girl, Sadako Sasaki, from Hiroshima who finds out she has cancer 10 years after the atomic bomb was dropped (her grandmother died in the attack). So she follows a Japanese tradition of folding 1000 origami cranes (not an easy task). But she falls short and dies less than a year after the diagnosis. So her friends and classmates fold the remainder and she's buried with 1000 cranes. So fucking sad and there's really no positive message in it either. Just pretty much shows you that even by showing a positive attitude and doing whatever you think you can to save your life or keep yourself busy, when your time comes, it's over. | r/books | post | r/books | 2011-08-15 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXcTZwaGNUb2lSUlo4cFJMelZLUml6UVFlWWlRYzBKYzFtUG1PR2l3SHhEZlI3cGZEdkZMcEpFdTFNSnFUZnFrdWMwUGJXZFVSZEh5X0k2SG81UFFNNEE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2Wkw4YlVlSFJreGU0cEkzNEZGTlJRdUJXUkQxY1JxR094aC1FZ3FwVXFZdkotWm5la2pPMHBsU3g4eHoxV2RRYTcyblJSTjY5SzBNeUdaQWZYTkhkN2JaVkwtOGc2OGloNFMtZWxJTDVKMHhDVFJJckJXYnBQN2R4Mk1OTnVLSXh0VjdkbUVXVWlrZVBaaW1sRjMtVldiWnhYZlVSSVlKSlZzLVNxWDZvV1dESWhzM0lubFRkSWhhdm42T0luNGlQaHl2aWJ6cjVNRDFNUHJPcWNzUFdMUT09 |
For a while, the reddit admins had more pressing concerns than keeping up to date on translations (such as keeping the servers up). Now, we've still got the occasional server hiccup, but we've also got the manpower to handle accepting help with translations again. In order to reboot that effort, I'd like to announce a new subreddit to act as the place to go with questions about translating reddit, and offers of assistance: [/r/i18n](/r/i18n).
See a minor spelling error in the Italian translation? Interested in helping translate the [new features](/r/changelog) we've been adding? /r/i18n will be the place to go to help out. For the ambitious among you, I also encourage you to directly dive in to the [reddit-i18n](https://github.com/reddit/reddit-i18n) git repository. If you know about git and po files, you should have everything you need to get started. If not, start asking questions in /r/i18n. | r/announcements | post | r/announcements | 2011-11-15 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXSVktS3BDOFRRNmJwV0h3WHNfWDZHdXg3RkVQZDFodF9kOTlxMzdrSUVaMGJRbTNuRk5Oa0RERVhTQ2s0M0R2V1lRSUNudjFwVnBWbEhWSVh1TXhMeXc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2ME92M1RTR25ZYzVYMkN4RnVCaDNTZDRiVTlnR1ZpSFBxVTdNbWE1ZGpUN1NoZXBkZENCZ3UwSWNxNG4zYnNMNldBRjFOdDB2bHhNMFl4cEk4amNZTl9QRXZXZFl1N1lsc2tWZFRXMkFqRlNydnJMNTBxV1Flcm5rd2ZqQkdYODk2TzlkRUZvRjZMUnB6bmpXcXh6QzNkTi1QNmNTRkR2c3ozX09Oc3ZJc0JaQUJRNEdEVTg0LWNsc2dhNHZ0NnBycURjWWZURXRmbm56MllNbEEtbUdaQT09 |
reddit,
Today, the US House Judiciary Committee has a hearing on the [Stop Online Piracy Act](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act) or SOPA. The text of the bill is [here](http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/pdf/112%20HR%203261.pdf). This bill would strengthen copyright holders' means to go after allegedly infringing sites at detrimental cost to the freedom and integrity of the Internet. As a result, we are joining forces with organizations such as the EFF, Mozilla, Wikimedia, and the FSF for [American Censorship Day](http://americancensorship.org/).
Part of this act would undermine the [safe harbor](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safe_harbor) provisions of the [Digital Millenium Copyright Act](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act) which would make sites like reddit and YouTube liable for hosting user content that may be infringing. This act would also force search engines, DNS providers, and payment processors to cease all activities with allegedly infringing sites, in effect, walling off users from them.
This bill sets a chilling precedent that endangers everyone's right to freely express themselves and the future of the Internet. If you would like to voice your opinion to those in Washington, please consider [writing your representative](https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml) and the sponsors of this bill:
[Lamar Smith (R-TX)](http://lamarsmith.house.gov/Contact/staffinformation.htm)
[John Conyers (D-MI)](http://conyers.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.ContactInformation)
[Bob Goodlatte (R-VA)](http://goodlatte.house.gov/contacts/new)
[Howard L. Berman (D-CA)](http://www.house.gov/berman/contact/index.shtml)
[Tim Griffin (R-AR)](https://griffin.house.gov/contact-me)
[Elton Gallegly (R-CA)](http://www.house.gov/gallegly/contact/contact.htm)
[Theodore E. Deutch (D-FL)](http://deutch.house.gov/Contact/)
[Steve Chabot (R-OH)](http://chabot.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=3§iontree=3)
[Dennis Ross (R-FL)](http://dennisross.house.gov/Contact/)
[Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)](http://blackburn.house.gov/Contact/)
[Mary Bono Mack (R-CA)](http://bono.house.gov/Contact_Mary/)
[Lee Terry (R-NE)](http://forms.house.gov/terry/webforms/zip_auth.shtm)
[Adam B. Schiff (D-CA)](http://schiff.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=3§iontree=3)
[Mel Watt (D-NC)](http://watt.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2580&Itemid=67)
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[William L. Owens (D-NY)](http://owens.house.gov/Contact/) | r/announcements | post | r/announcements | 2011-11-16 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXTE9HbV9EejhvRU5haS1tMjFOWlpvbEZqcGY1QU8zSS1OaEVFdUJDLVVJM2xfaTNfRHdweG9ILUZFdHpWT3FKaG1ud3RGZnBzdHg2RC1CVDB5V1UzdVE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2UV9OTEljV2wtX2hhMTFfNGVYd3dVaGhNUm5mLXR4VEdYUGlzQ1ZKTXRUSlkyckxnd3lsLXZhYURSZU5jc2RYRjhEeVNNdXd5Rnh1cE9jMUR2YzJINnFqbzIxeTVDV0lMY3IycDRxV0xUTVA3TDY1ZTRoNDhrS25FZ0tmenhSTkk3b3Zqczh0N3V6Vy1hZXU3UmduSDBhSWF3WUwzUkNYUm1KTWkwTDFtZTZTTGN1SG9JX0VMOTdFa3ZNNjlDMzl6 |
Hey folks,
As you may have noticed, the site is back up and running. There are still a few things moving pretty slowly, but for the most part the site functionality should be back to normal.
For those curious, here are some of the nitty-gritty details on what happened:
This morning around 8am PST, the entire site suddenly ground to a halt. Every request was resulting in an error indicating that there was an issue with our memcached infrastructure. We performed some manual diagnostics, and couldn't actually find anything wrong.
With no clues on what was causing the issue, we attempted to manually restart the application layer. The restart worked for a period of time, but then quickly spiraled back down into nothing working. As we continued to dig and troubleshoot, one of our memcached instances spontaneously rebooted. Perplexed, we attempted to fail around the instance and move forward. Shortly thereafter, a second memcached instance spontaneously became unreachable.
Last night, our hosting provider had applied some patches to our instances which were eventually going to require a reboot. They notified us about this, and we had planned a maintenance window to perform the reboots far before the time that was necessary. A postmortem followup seems to indicate that these patches were not at fault, but unfortunately at the time we had no way to quickly confirm this.
With that in mind, we made the decision to restart each of our memcached instances. We couldn't be certain that the instance issues were going to continue, but we felt we couldn't chance memcached instances potentially rebooting throughout the day.
Memcached stores its entire dataset in memory, which makes it extremely fast, but also makes it completely disappear on restart. After restarting the memcached instances, our caches were completely empty. This meant that every single query on the site had to be retrieved from our slower permanent data stores, namely Postgres and Cassandra.
Since the entire site now relied on our slower data stores, it was far from able to handle the capacity of a normal Wednesday morn. This meant we had to turn the site back on very slowly. We first threw everything into read-only mode, as it is considerably easier on the databases. We then turned things on piece by piece, in very small increments. Around 4pm, we finally had all of the pieces turned on. Some things are still moving rather slowly, but it is all there.
We still have a lot of investigation to do on this incident. Several unknown factors remain, such as why memcached failed in the first place, and if the instance reboot and the initial failure were in any way linked.
In the end, the infrastructure is the way we built it, and the responsibility to keep it running rests solely on our shoulders. While stability over the past year has greatly improved, we still have a long way to go. We're very sorry for the downtime, and we are working hard to ensure that it doesn't happen again.
cheers,
alienth
tl;dr
Bad things happened to our cache infrastructure, requiring us to restart it completely and start with an empty cache. The site then had to be turned on very slowly while the caches warmed back up. It sucked, we're very sorry that it happened, and we're working to prevent it from happening again. Oh, and [thanks for the bananas](/r/downtimebananas). | r/announcements | post | r/announcements | 2011-12-08 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXYVlZbWxhTXZodV9fVzk4a082eFhWelpoTFdwbFU3T0staUZtQkJZdDFlbC1UMWVyXy1pbl92eXhtcllfYUNMWklYS0JhV2tvelhFSWxDTlp1ZXA5Zmc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2ajlQamZ6X1kyeW1lRGFXY3lEbmV4YU9xbEhfb0x0a21KSmlBa3Z0Mmc1UEdINGdfdmQ5ZWxiRVFmeWlWSlpWNnBXWDV4WFRHMkpUOFlEUmdFLU4xUmZ2N1hwTzMyZDdORGdacGw0VW11dURuU2Q0Ym5PcFp0bUlRRGN5T1V5S2hmYnJjRzhXQ0c5UWx4MGR2Y3VTb255d3ZWOXRZQU8xd1VTN09EaDlERkhvPQ== |
Not sure if I'm doing this right, but I can't seem to find anyone discussing his books? Feel free to correct me! | r/books | post | r/books | 2012-03-03 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXckJkVUpPaFVHT21vNzVuZ3g2ZEZtcjBhTlYxNktFWWNrMjJ4SS1IZGtHOW9XZzZLVWt1czRFYXk3YzNrdXFiWGNoS3VsazZ0eUFHam1BQWJhc29sUWc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2VDFnR3czWnpCSG14YTlIbzNiUXM4WVRkdzdWV1RWcjZqYm9ZLURWQzF4UVhvOC0yellWUUdTdGg3XzJjN3k4SDVDb1BQY1c3SlVqZHRnZWVnZFN6QjRIZlZoX3ZPaU5Pb3JrLWdLeWdiMjlQdjc0aXFnNVc0Vm40NjFuSVFvTThvOFBwVFRCX0hlM3ZDUUs3aEkzTmt6ckIwT2MzeTIxZlhiUEUtY25nSmc5TnZSZVZjMVdpUTVTdXMtREg2ZzJ4 |
The 7 winners of the ["Grow a College Subreddit Competition"](http://blog.reddit.com/2011/11/grow-college-subreddit-competition.html) will be taking over the front page styles this week (just in time for finals!). Don't be alarmed, and please congratulate the winners.
4/16 - /r/berkeley
4/17 - /r/rpi
4/18 - /r/ucla
4/19 - /r/rit
4/20 - /r/uwaterloo
4/21 - /r/uiuc
4/22 - /r/virginiatech
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I know most people here don't use terminal. But if you do, this is seriously a great find.
>"....a new Terminal.app window can take up to 5 seconds to open.
>
>That's not swapping. That delay is /usr/bin/login searching the system logs so that it can display the date and time of your last login.
>Create a .hushlogin file in your home directory to prevent that"
>http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3879833 | r/apple | post | r/apple | 2012-04-23 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXQTlFR2JRcGpmTE1jaWh2LUdDVUcxcEU4elN5T1hUdVo0a0l4Q2UxeTZUenV0Ynd4Q2gwMkRjenBhY2FHZnpxYWREWjZNTVlQYkVIbE8tSTlpTUZzeHc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2djZ6Rm8yRjRUelNYWkkzYllwVEYwSG1WVUNkX25nb1ZlVVBicEdCaGgwRVYtbEU4ajU5TDRLZzd1d0l6blBqYm5YaW5lamwzZmlPYkF6aXRscVBuUzRBQjAwWHVuMjRHRmxLNjU3WmFsWE9yVGoxc1JfTnRoYU5OYU00QjI0NklnbVBGQ3pjbXBwbzVia3Q1Vm9hRGJDamxEcGZ1UUxXcEFPN205MUtYSVNsNFhlakltREVLU2tIV2FOMjczQ0dP |
It’s the weekend and and many of us admins are away, but we wanted to come together and say something about [CISPA](http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr3523eh/pdf/BILLS-112hr3523eh.pdf) (and the equivalent cyber security bills in the Senate — [S. 2105](http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112s2105pcs/pdf/BILLS-112s2105pcs.pdf) and [S. 2151](http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112s2151is/pdf/BILLS-112s2151is.pdf)). We will be sharing more about these issues in the coming days as well as trying to recruit experts for IAMAs and other discussions on reddit.
There’s been much discussion, anger, confusion, and conflicting information about CISPA as well as reddit's position on it. Thank you for rising to the front lines, getting the word out, gathering information, and holding our legislators and finally us accountable. That’s the reddit that we’re proud to be a part of, and it’s our responsibility as citizens and a community to identify, rally against, and take action against legislation that impacts our internet freedoms.
We’ve got your back, and we do care deeply about these issues, but \*your\* voice is the one that matters here. To effectively approach CISPA, the Senate cyber security bills, and anything else that may threaten the internet, we must focus on how the reddit community as a whole can make the most positive impact communicating and advocating against such bills, and how we can help.
Our goal is to figure out how all of us can help protect a free, private, and open internet, now, and in the future. As with the SOPA debate, we have a huge opportunity to make an impact here. Let’s make the most of it. | r/announcements | post | r/announcements | 2012-04-28 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXUXJlMnhtTEFzdERydjdycVg5Wkd5NHNRTjRxX2k2V19Cb1JySU5wblQ5VnBlQVdlODR1SDhfZVhGc0xTQUgwaENXbHBVQzQ3aW1mY0E1akU0cmI4ZXc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2RGl1T0NzcTQxdTBuaXZUdHJfY3EtcHMzM2dCcHJld1RvTUFTTXJsRnFoN2g2ZGEyb1Z5bDl1RjQydkpwOExLM3JQbVlFSndvVXV4NjdFanBUNFJOMG0yNUJWaU56XzNKUlVnNnZZRUZlc2xkM1QzVGRkVENQQ2dWZWI0Mk1pZ2NNS0pyZU5PaC0xNEZsclZBN0RHU1J4T3JCS2l5VEliYjJSZHI3TE5fa3ZDM3RhWktrQWpzLXlFeDdZaElGZGhU |
We're releasing a new gold feature today: the ability to filter subreddits from /r/all. Just go to www.reddit.com/r/all-exclude1-exclude2-and_so_on. Tired of cute animal pictures? Check out www.reddit.com/r/all-aww. If you want to see content from the subreddits you don't frequently visit there's a button on /r/all to exclude your subscriptions.
To go with this new feature we're ungating the "Per subreddit karma listing" feature. Everyone can now see their karma per subreddit on their userpage.
See all the gold features at www.reddit.com/gold/about and [buy some gold today](http://reddit.com/gold)! | r/announcements | post | r/announcements | 2013-01-08 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXcUFFaUpBZEl2TS1RWm5ha3U3UnZIMUdSSlNMQThLb200ZWdpMnQzcW9wYXpCSFVzcERDYXd6dzVBc2dMLWZKRm05LVB2QWNsN05sYlpiYWxCTFJQcHc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2U0VteXJfeXl2ZUVLeS1VZzIxbDhQcTIzLUdWc1BfN01jQllpT1dXWGRXVlZtRUNlajVUTEF2RWJRdURTNnNaZGg5T1RvQ0xCZG9vRm9rV1JWejJDXzR4NElQcG03MUpGTVhFcC0zM2M3QlVTMzh1NHdIMVRiVzlNclFiS01JVU9jdmM1d0FaUTFxODY2SER4OW04d2tJc0tjeXZXRlFqR0FRUFpxX1NaMkE0R1JHZ3ZwSmE3V0tCY2k2SlZ0RF9BVnJQc0RTTHEyYVZISTI4b1UtR3JJUT09 |
Sorry for the throwaway, my brother reddits.
I am 16 at the moment, and I have been sexually fantasizing about my mom for 3 years. The problem is, I really really want it to happen. I have fantasized about her and my dad getting divorced, and me and my mom living a life alone at home together. Every time I am home alone with her, I talk to her and get super horny.
We are VERY close, I talk to her about everything. I am successful with girls, I have had many girlfriends, but I can't get her out of my mind
I constantly stare at her ass, she wears leggings a lot. I "accidently" walk in on her getting dressed as much as I can. I have even thought about video taping her shower (but never have, that's creepy.) I just want to slip in the shower with her and fuck her. She is so sexy, and on top of that caring and just the best person in the world.
I don't really know what to do. I want to fuck her, she makes me so happy and excited. I don't want to ruin anything, especially not my parents' marriage, (I love my dad very much as well), but I can't help my feelings for my mom. Often times, I grind against my mom and hug her from behind while i'm hard. She's never said anything, but she mut know that something is up.
I really had to get this off my chest. I want to fuck her so bad, and I can really never let anybody know that. | r/confession | post | r/confession | 2013-01-26 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXZEdMSm9SOE9LVVVqSkRSZklBNWVfZFozbWVLWHl5VGZES2tnWEt0SnNKbGJuS1RUN1duZUdVUWlIREduamNWLWwyTmVOdVJYVU5zM1BpTDBuYkd5UFE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2S19PMFhtZUxDS3ppUEhHNlA4a0x1YkRyc0ZET0tab2sxeFFzYWtkMm9jRXhLdGdxRFh6SXc3VXlfUk1UQkpXMHdOTGV1Rk52dUxUblhydDNRVy1uN3dxeXJadk40Y3RpUWYydGxVOTVucHlXdnF5NTdPWDlHTzlQYWl1RzZmamVsbTZVcVA3eXhRTHJQNnc4YkFINWNMbFByS0Q5MkRMZDBZNldHeFppN2tOWHBHQjktOUlBbmM3TzN0bFdydzVE |
The latest [reddit gold feature](http://www.reddit.com/gold/about) is called **The Butler**. No, not [that one](http://www.google.com/search?q=tim+curry+butler&tbm=isch) and *definitely* not [*that* one](http://www.google.com/search?q=ask+jeeves&tbm=isch "though that would be kinda funny").
This butler lets you know when one of your distinguished colleagues has `/u/` mentioned your username (e.g. /u/reddit) in a comment anywhere (that you can see) on reddit. You'll get an orangered, and the comment they mentioned you in will appear in your inbox. Use this information wisely for maximum comedic effect.
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Note: the butler won't notify you when you mention your own name or when the mention is in your inbox already. That'd just be silly. | r/announcements | post | r/announcements | 2013-05-21 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXTnpOX3U2YnJQQm5oLWd2dkVHUG5JN1pLWDFmUWRlQVI1V1FLYVgySDdoRGlDLVoweGlQVWJyM3NEQlI0eklKckltODZ2bzRscEFvRmxMTlNLTUNWLWc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2cG5PQVFJOFdYS3hIYmRrTFVLd1NKcjlDLXdGSldVaHVzNDkyVU1vMjQwdC1vR3ZNMjlsRTY1ZlVEYm1QRU9SZ0RuQ3pibmJuYjg2RTByeDlYaE5tX0NlM0dOZFRudDBLSGNkZ3Ayb1Y5WnBZYlF2R3hfcGVjNnRDdFBWNkhCbmQ4SzIyY2lLdklraVlIZURFd0NBMktjaDVQem5YOTlZMU5aUzBaSUdaakc4Rm9zZTNfdWRXMklxVWtaWG5iZ2ZMZ2hUSTMxX05CRWtMXzNKWWZndkhyUT09 |
Ok I made this account to confess this because I am ashamed but not.. Okay so I am younger in teens and I have a foot fetish and my aunt has the most sexy feet I have ever seen and I have been taking pictures and video and masturbating to them and today I was at my aunts and I sitting on the couch watch tv and it was to crowed and got up and went right under her chair right by her feet and I sat up and looked at them and then I sat up and started to smell them she noticed that her feet were in my face and apologized and moved them and this went on all night and then she didn't move them and barely rested my noise her foot and thought I was going to jizz my pants I didn't though I really want to suck her feet they are so sexy and I still want to but I don't know how about to go about it that is it though No incest just feet [AMA] | r/confession | post | r/confession | 2013-07-07 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXOVpVMzNST0FJYk5VM2xLNkQ2Y19hMnZBR0lEaWM0Z21heHhpblYzYkdSQ0p2dmMxOXBhbzdPSjQ2QTZHRjFWWEZPNmx6UnhpTi1pZzJsVHpBSGNrT0E9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2TVlDSmt1N1EtNFV6UXl1YXN4eDBVY3JDTGN3My0xdjlKTHg4WjMyTnpFZExjelNjZzZHUmhGYXZxZzRodGpkN1Vjd01aUzNEV1pPeVg5TFJHSFpjSDhtX2l4ZVNfSmpRYjZZT040Q2NvTzhCSWN5UGZGMGZYSTJDX0lkcFQyVzJuNGFzejJWbElMelktNE5LTzZYSmhUYkd2a3hEVkE5eHdWMjlfRVA3OHNFPQ== |
Hey folks, I don’t want to be an engineer anymore, and I need help figuring out how to make a career change.
I’m going to keep the identifying information to a minimum because I’ve got a lot of friends who browse this site. I’m in my 20s, I’ve got a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in engineering from a prestigious school. I was drawn to this stuff when I was younger because I loved science and wanted to work for the space program. My interests changed as I got older but I still enjoyed what I was studying and got very good grades in college. Since graduating I’ve worked for two companies, both completely different. One was a gigantic Fortune 500 company, straight out of Dilbert, complete with endless rows of cubicles. I thought the company and corporate environment was the source of my discontent, so I quit that and found a new job. Where I work now is a very small high-tech startup. I also interned at a mid-sized firm, and each of these three companies were in completely different industries, so I feel like I’ve seen a representative cross-section of the engineering world.
I’ve fallen completely out of love with engineering. Nothing about it excites me anymore, and it’s far from being my “passion”, in the college-admissions-essay sense of the word. I look at older engineers and ask myself if I want to be like them in 10 or 15 years, and the answer is always, “hell no!” I don’t find the work interesting and don’t see any options or career moves within engineering that would excite me. Many of the subjects I studied in school were fascinating, but the actual day-to-day work of engineering is very dull to me. I don’t believe it’s just because I’m a younger engineer and thus lower on the totem pole; I’ve worked with many middle-aged engineers who basically did the same work as me despite their seniority. It’s not as if I was given the boring work no one else wanted, in my current job and last job I’ve been leading teams and I’ve been in positions of significant responsibility.
My problem is that I have no idea how I can make a major career change after I’ve invested so much blood, sweat, and tears in engineering. I feel like it would be very difficult to switch to something else with my educational and work background. I’d really like to avoid going back to college, to pursue an MBA for example, because I’m not sure what that would accomplish and it would be a major financial cost. I really feel like I have to get out of this and try something else, because I can’t see myself doing this for the rest of my life. I just have no idea how to go about this.
The only thing I feel really passionate about is writing. I’ve been writing fiction (like, actual original stories, not anime fan-fiction) for about a year, I set aside time to write every single day. I haven’t submitted anything to be published yet, but I really enjoy it and dream about becoming a published author. I’d love to pursue this full time, but I feel like it will take a few years to polish my skills to the point I can be published, and even then, it may not be a viable source of income for a long time, assuming I’m even successful.
I realize that this is really #firstworldproblems. I’m employed in a well-paying job with healthcare, just based on that I’m better off than a lot of people out there. I’m not asking for pity or claiming to be worse off than anyone else, I just feel a lot of discontent and uncertainty about my future and I’m wondering if anyone else has gone through something similar. What have you done to change your career and take a radically different path? Has anyone else ever decided in their early twenties that what they went to school for wasn’t what they wanted to do with their life? What other career options do I have with an engineering degree? Any advice is greatly appreciated.
| r/engineering | post | r/engineering | 2013-08-21 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXaGd3Q0h0WmJLcElSdHlZNWxCVy1XdlBUQm15QjZscndrMjZ3YWxQQTRuS3VDRUhObmt2UlU5YzVQR1FvRXBCOV80bXNhOUJOdm5YbkRWRGY2RkVpYWZrMHZYOXh2MTNMbUlKYXRyZWVrZzA9 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2eHhaLTgzNm5WdmJHSGJRRlNhTElrWkdTRkxKbmNNdVNpTUcyQWxzLVNhZzhxSHozNjc0TDllRUJtQ3ZSd3pwVV9KN3dlaGF3VGlkSEp3MG9xZHFGS3R1WUlFNTRPZUYxOVFyT2NyM2tzWmlXaDB3aDNGancwNVJLTXVrNS1oZnNqa1ZEdWI5d2dtY05LWUkyR1ctMFZMY1NqRlBpa0F6UzZjVnlZaVNET1RfX3M2UHdnNjhhTWEwZ0NSWEhVYWwtR0k5ZV9reUd6LU5qbVNxQXR5REQ4UT09 |
So my buddy and I have been playing Super Motherload and we've been really enjoying it. It has the mindless keep going feeling that we enjoyed with games like Minecraft and Terraria. But we haven't quite figured out how to get everything, especially since it doesn't seem like there's any information on the Internet yet:
**Unlockable Characters (and how I think I got them):**
* Ana (special ability: unlimited T-bombs) - Choose Tiberius, Choose Mars
* Abadon (special ability: ???) - Choose Abadon, Choose Earth
* Demitri (special ability: unlimited electron bombs) - Choose Tiberius, Choose Earth
* Laika (special ability: no hull damage at all, less upgrades available) - Choose Abadon, Choose Mars
* Sim (special ability: unlimited teleports to base) - Choose either Tiberius/Abadon, Choose neither Earth nor Mars
* ProtoType M (special ability: ???) - stay on the title screen and don't press X to continue for 30 seconds. [thanks to /u/TheSnugglerDontPlay]
* Who else? I read somewhere there are 10 unlockable characters!
**Trophies** [and my comments]
* Move Along -- Nothing to see here. Reach Outpost Alpha. [straightforward]
* Something Amiss Amidst the Abyss. Reach Outpost Beta. [straightforward]
* Alien Hand Syndrome. Reach Outpost Delta. [straightforward]
* Super Motherload. Get a 50 mineral chain. [A lot of people do the big chain of Ironium right below outpost Delta. It can be easily done just by roaming around looking for one mineral that you pick, too. You'll need the full upgrade to cargo capacity to do this one]
* Destroyer of Worlds. Destroy Mars and Earth simultaneously by your cowardly inaction. [straightforward]
* Bloodied Hands. Exterminate an entire planet. [straightforward]
* Cheat Death. Complete the game in Hardcore mode. [Running out of fuel gets you killed! You're allowed to use each character you've unlocked once per world until they all die. Using Sim as a character is a must since this character can teleport your whole party back to base, which is essential because of the whole fuel thing.]
* Efficiency Expert. Complete the game in under an hour. [We were able to do this without the metal drill. On about our third world, and after we got all the upgrades on our main characters, we just drilled all the way down the left side of the map, clearing the path completely. Drilled straight to the core, nuked the boss each level up. Bam, done with time to spare]
**Secret Trophies**
* Alchemical Pioneer. Use the Smelter to create an Aether Stone. [You have to first combine electronium with amazonite, then combine the resulting lightning stone with an unobtanium to make the Aether Stone]
**Other Secrets/Tips**
* If you fly all the way to the space ceiling, there is an opening on the left side that will allow you to fly to the top of the screen. Go to the very right edge after you do this and then land. Press X and you can access a secret shop that has two items you can buy, one that can only be found up here: A drill upgrade that lets you drill through metal. (It costs 25mil).
* Shop upgrades are randomized throughout the outposts and some don't appear in the entire world and only when you create a new one.
* Normal mode: don't worry about running out of fuel, drill till it runs out and then fly back to base. Hardcore: running out of fuel kills your character permanently.
* You fly slower when out of fuel (slow enough that you can bump your head going up and not take damage).
* Rarer materials get you more money obviously, but they also give you way more money per chain. (Chaining unobtainium easily gets you an extra 15-50k each chain).
* Unobtainium cannot be destroyed by bombs so don't worry about accidentally destroying them
* Nukes will clear any block except metal plates
* About 1 Nuke will deplete the boss' HP at the bottom base, 2 Nukes at the middle base, and 3 Nukes at the top base.
* What else?
**Combos**
I took a screenshot of the Combo screen in-game, http://i.imgur.com/Sd1X5WI.jpg?1
Level 1 Smelter
* Bronzium+Silverium=Sterling Silver
* Ironium+Platnium=Rare Earth Magnet
* Bronzium+Goldium=Katana Gold
* Sterling Silver+Goldium=White Gold
Level 2 Smelter
* Explodium+Explodium=TNT Bomb
* Emerald+Diamond=Green Diamond
* Ruby+Diamond=Red Diamond
* Amazonite+Diamond=Blue Diamond
Level 3 Smelter
* Explodium+Goldium=C4 Bomb
* Emerald+Amazonite=Forest Stone
* Ruby+Amazonite=Fire Stone
* Electronium+Amazonite=Lightning Stone
* Lightning Stone+Unobtanium=Aether Stone
Level 4 Smelter
* Explodium+Emerald=T Bomb
* Explodium+Ruby=Shaft Bomb
Level 5 Smelter
* Explodium+Electronium=Electron Bomb (3)
Level 6 Smelter
* Explodium+Unobtanium=Nuke
**help me complete this information since it doesn't seem to be widely posted around the internet yet** | r/ps4 | post | r/PS4 | 2013-11-27 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXVjhFSklKWHlEbGNMWVU0dzJxOUFwYV9CUjN5T29NcVVJNERrQVVaVmoza2M0R0lEYjMzU3g0VmpyekRTXzVMZXoxTVhGdFpVWVlDVHAzdG5kQUN4OWc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2QzZvOFV4bHVZbEVoUXhZTTFLTFdpcVJLd3lNczNYOVJPZFZ6U09XZHBneGU5Z1g2S2hJSDEweFM1TVJBLWxJdW13aXQ0X3pxNWVhRDNiNlNzZzVCNTN6NnJHVVNtY0I2NFZvZ3kweTcyQ1otbDQ2MXZvRjZPYzJkcU5zN1hnUlFmM09GUnNSMnB5WndSNGZjYU5TUVE0WEEwRzJOa0EzNThPc0sycGlJQ252cWdPUmxEdkRCcEVtYlhoTmZFdTFR |
Many of us, especially 360 converts (like myself), are suffering from voiceless lobbies and matches. It seems as though just like the PS3, no one seems to chat with strangers. Some argue this is due to parties, but that just doesn't make sense. A good percentage of us probably don't even know anyone in real life who had made the next gen jump.
BUT
What do you do? You boot up the game, this time looking over at your mic and thinking fuck it, no one will respond anyway. And then you silence yourself.
*WE CAN'T LET THIS HAPPEN.*
**FIGHT THE SILENCE.**
* **Pick** up your mic reddit.
* **Do** the right thing.
* **Be** the one to start a movement.
* **Break** the silence that holds us back.
Fuck it. No one responds? Badger about it being quiet. They can hear you even louder through their TVs. We Need To Break The Silence.
^Who ^the ^fuck ^is ^with ^me?
| r/ps4 | post | r/PS4 | 2013-12-19 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXOVpaakRZc3E3dnRfUnJQUm0tcGI5WFdDNWlJSG9HcGZNcTlHM1RSend2Q0ptUmtWd3VncV9WamFiZEVlOVUyeXFuRjZMYUlkSThfdGhLSUhSZ0xrN3c9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2QTJUYks2WERfcENLdE1qNkRtZ0ZvTWNFTDVRbk50Sk1yQ0FDV0FIM1BzVzJXNzhZeVBHdEdoc1pTc2R6OWZZRnhZWEV3ay1mVFRNczJSS2dkNkRIQS1JM3JPWXlEV09HQVVqU1FVa3JqbU4zbVdqM0dGTHhhcFVXTWFaZWJFUjZacVU2NWZ1MmU1eGw5WGF5RlppWF9UTkFwNDdYZEJPR1Y1VllxZEdoUVExcl9hVjRDbUhLX1F3dVZiYjV5WDJt |
Greetings all,
As you may have heard, reddit quickly patched its SSL endpoints against server attack of the infamous heartbleed vulnerability. However, the heartbleed vulnerability has been around for quite some time, and up until it was publicly disclosed reddit's SSL endpoints were vulnerable.
Additionally, our application was found to have a client-side vulnerability to heartbleed which allowed memory to be leaked to external servers. We quickly addressed this after it was reported to us. Exploiting this vulnerability required the use of a specific API call on reddit, and we have analyzed our logs and found nothing to suggest that this API call was being exploited en masse. However, the vulnerability did exist.
Given these two circumstances, it is recommended that you [change your reddit password](https://ssl.reddit.com/prefs/update/) as a precaution. Updating your password will log you out of all other reddit.com sessions. We also recommend that you make use of a unique, [strong](http://xkcd.com/936/) password on any site you use. The most common way accounts on reddit get broken into is by attackers exploiting [password reuse](http://xkcd.com/1286/).
It is also strongly recommended, though not required, that you set an email address on your reddit account. If you were to ever forget your password, we cannot contact you to reset it if we don't have your email address. We do not sell or otherwise make your email address available to third-parties, as indicated in our [privacy policy](http://www.reddit.com/help/privacypolicy#p_13).
Stay safe out there.
alienth
Further reading:
[xkcd simple explanation of how heartbleed works](http://xkcd.com/1354/)
[Heartbleed on wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartbleed)
**Edit:** A few people indicated that they had changed their passwords recently and wanted to know if they're now safe. We addressed the server issue hours after it was disclosed on April 7th. The client-side leak was disclosed and addressed on April 9th. Our old certs were revoked by the 9th (all dates in PDT). If you have changed your password since April 9th, you're AOK. | r/announcements | post | r/announcements | 2014-04-14 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXZ1FDakp0Nndpc3FrbHhtNm9jbWdDTjhTeHFzSmVybTNCQUNXYXRiLUpobF80Zmw2UEQ4MHcwR0RZcHlqVGVQckZWZlJZMnc5WDh1aUVwM3RmSGQycXc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2cnlMdHRQNmFReHQ2Z2lmYjMxUlF3UGpNR0RvTWpwbVJ4c0VUX2xhQjNGUTRKTVJBVHluQ2RlTE5oSl8wYmxMVTFlTkVRVnktb3RhWWpVbjlUaGMza1ZvemYtT0w1WmFGa3V3VVVkRnN5NXdoU2hHVU5MUktyNllXVHZUVERqSmFNRHJxdmJNYW9pbTY4dDNjRzg5cWhxUXgtNXpaZHJKb3JpaVNka1FaYjBuMTZaWXJPNE1hYS1XMU16WjBla1Nxd09aYzg3eGF0VTIxQjBEWUpsOHpMQT09 |
Every so often as we introduce new features and options on reddit, we revisit our Privacy Policy to clarify and update how we use your data on reddit. We care about your privacy, and we know you do, too.
We are changing our Privacy Policy to prepare for an upcoming mobile app made by reddit and to clarify how location targeted ads affect your privacy. **The full text of the new policy can be found [here](/help/privacypolicy).** See the end of this announcement for the TL;DR version of the changes. We also made minimal edits to our [user agreement](/help/useragreement) to fix some typos and to make it apply to reddit apps.
This revised policy is a clear and direct description of how we handle your data on reddit, and the steps we take to ensure your privacy. Yes, we are going mobile, building an app that covers new ground and complements our site and other existing apps. No, it is not available yet, and we'll be sure to let you know when it is. We want everyone to feel comfortable using an app made by reddit, so we are building it with the same user privacy protections we have for reddit today. We do want to let you take advantage of all the great options mobile can offer, so you’ll have the ability to opt-in to more features. We will be collecting some additional mobile-related data that is not available from the website to help improve your experience.
As we did with the [previous privacy policy change](/r/blog/comments/1dhw2j/reddits_privacy_policy_has_been_rewritten_from/), we have enlisted the help of Lauren Gelman (/u/LaurenGelman) and Matt Cagle (/u/mcbrnao) of BlurryEdge Strategies. Lauren and Matt have done a fantastic job crafting and modifying the privacy policy.
Lauren and Matt, along with myself and other reddit employees, will be answering questions in this thread today about the revised policy. Please share your questions, concerns and feedback about these changes - AUA (Ask Us Anything).
The revised Privacy Policy will go into effect on **May 15, 2014**. We want to give you time to ask questions, provide feedback and to review the revised Privacy Policy before it goes into effect.
**We allow ad buyers to tailor ads based on a user’s country or metropolitan area. We are now signaling posts that have location targeting on them. We are adding more information about how location targeting affects you in the privacy policy.**
* reddit has allowed ad buyers to tailor ads to your computer’s general location (your country or metropolitan area) as signaled by your computer’s IP address. We think this is a privacy friendly way to provide you with more relevant ads. We continue not to create or contribute to any profile that tracks you across the web.
* We will let you know when an ad is location-based with simple icons (http://www.reddit.com/wiki/targetingbycountrycity). You should know that interacting with a location-based ad could reveal your computer’s general location (since some ads — like for a music venue in San Francisco — are only seen in some geographies).
**We will be launching reddit Mobile apps. The information they collect will be governed by the same privacy practices governing the reddit website.**
* If you use the app without signing in to reddit, it will store your in-app activity, but not link it to your reddit account.
* If you use an app while signed in to reddit, we will associate your app-based activity with your account as if you were browsing the reddit website.
* As is the case with our website, we only use information collected via the app to provide our service, and we never disclose it unless required by law or in an emergency.
* The app uses Google Analytics so we can learn how groups of users interact with it.
* Deleting your reddit account may not delete the information collected by the app if you previously backed up the app’s information elsewhere.
* A reddit app may also allow you to post to social media, including Facebook or Twitter, but reddit will not connect to the servers of those services, share information with those services, or post on your behalf.
| r/announcements | post | r/announcements | 2014-04-29 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXSWFYaEVaSXlDRGhKWHFXUjFtb19DaWM4NVpLbkFHWHY1azY1VE5XSVM0OG5lNjBfMnhOZ25OT1BMSS1iOUg3cDJMVXI3dWd0TGl3MGZuYmRlT2Zxemc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2bk9vTHRJYWNlUW42WUNqTWxfNzJZd1FhTHpkdU5PekE2bFR5T0kwOVZLUy03S29aM3B4My04aGVUc3N4SnNBRHcxbllmY0E1SFNLakdmcGFVYk5qWkNwMFZUSnE2TUpDVFNhRURFanJSOTkya0FJMFMwcUdvZ1pRTVNQcDZVSE13SWtGZFc2Sk94VjduTzkwaVdBcUo0OEs4d0JGR092OHdYWVJqRzlDSDNFV29tSlBCandudjFuR01tV3J6SERXMzV5WFppa2x2UDZ6ZFhoaVRNR3lJZz09 |
This has been submitted a couple of years ago but thought it may find a new audience today:
http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/04/forget-your-personal-tragedy.html | r/books | post | r/books | 2014-05-10 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXYkNtVjZ0OWNJaUxqYVdMMUVRSzg1d0Q3QXZVbHdwQnlhLTVndGhvSXFqVXB4QkxITWxPQTFZSktaUjlIMEo3WnduZWhOV04yZDducFRqazdUcGxMWGc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2S2NLMDQ2YVJKOF9ENkIzZUI4akZFemUzbVNuVUNpdkNWd2FfOWYyak12cFUzbmhpQnhINWVNTG56NmlKSWFXcDhuUmQtOGtMZXdPMTNQMkdmbG5WMVJWWE1fME52UnUxXzV0Zk9PRnN4NUZqbHdkX19IZmlxbTB5V1Y2Y29Kb3JhbzZ4R2hJWFgwUHc5YXM3enlZbk85VHNyVzNTNGdkajZvR1FxNXgyR3N2TkpxbWhUSlg3SFZtOU4zSjlJVWZz |
Two tenderloins in a zip loc bag. SO wants to risk it and eat them. I'm not so trusting. I mean, it still looks like chicken, but is it even worth it? | r/recipes | post | r/recipes | 2014-05-13 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXRnNiLV96NlU4VXlYbS1JS3RLLVYwcHNSVVdhclBHeHJBNjFmdGI1c3pEVkRHUWxtRENOT20yQ0s2ZzdzWlB2OWJLMkFJR0ktT1cwQ0RnRnNuYnEzdUE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2M0pndDE0RnBOejNqNGxyRjBBemhRRzI2OFgwNnNQOGdwMkJoNFdlZjduWk05WEpZSTVIeFRiRktRRDdsaWIwQ1pfblIxeTF0ekhLQjdlQ3NqbGNQcFMzLUNMMFlLX2ttcGZLbEJURVkyQVB1ZDY2WE9UbWhNSklMVGtnUklYWnpVYjFtQXV0dFk1SllOaExSY09wMnZpRllnSnZSZTZpY2I3bFU3UTNmVW5qVHJpcEY2dUF5UjVwaGJWT1AwWEhNRU5SZ3VEVWJycmlJRE95T2puM1NBQT09 |
"Who would downvote this?" It's a common comment on reddit, and is fairly often followed up by someone explaining that reddit "fuzzes" the votes on everything by adding fake votes to posts in order to make it more difficult for bots to determine if their votes are having any effect or not. While it's always been a necessary part of our anti-cheating measures, there have also been a lot of negative effects of making the specific up/down counts visible, so we've decided to remove them from public view.
The "false negativity" effect from fake downvotes is especially exaggerated on very popular posts. It's been observed by quite a few people that every post near the top of the frontpage or /r/all seems to drift towards showing "55% like it" due to the vote-fuzzing, which gives the false impression of reddit being an extremely negative site. As part of hiding the specific up/down numbers, we've also decided to start showing much more accurate percentages here, and at the time of me writing this, the top post on the front page has gone from showing "57% like it" to "96% like it", which is much closer to reality.
(Edit: since people seem confused, the "% like it" is only on *submissions*, as it always has been.)
As one other change to go along with this, /u/umbrae recently rolled out a much improved version of the "controversial" sorting method. You should see the new algorithm in effect in threads and sorts within the past week. Older sorts (like "all time") may be out of date while we work to update old data. Many of you are probably accustomed to ignoring that sorting method since the previous version was almost completely useless, but please give the new version another shot. It's available for use with submissions as a tab (next to "new", "hot", "top"), and in the "sorted by" dropdown on comments pages as well.
This change may also have some unexpected side-effects on third-party extensions/apps/etc. that display or otherwise use the specific up/down numbers. We've tried to take various precautions to make the transition smoother, but please let us know if you notice anything going horribly wrong due to it.
I realize that this probably feels like a very major change to the site to many of you, but since the data was actually misleading (or outright false in many cases), the usefulness of being able to see it was actually mostly an illusion. Please give it a chance for a few days and see if things "feel" better without being able to see the specific up/down counts. | r/announcements | post | r/announcements | 2014-06-18 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXVHJtcmt4SThaeUk3T01iYTRQQTJxcVdxT0tLc0I1U2d0RHo2Y09ycElxWkh0SHcxWnVSVHNWNTVTMUxoaFI5enp1SG5XS3BnZk9WUjlBaUFTdEVEa2c9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2aGRTVGNuRGJ0aVR3dThoeXA0b283aWZQSjQ0VDVBZlFpc3JWWUttV0M3Zi1OS3o1bkc2N0Jmekh1OEpvT1RsYl8wcVZ5VWhZdXRGcjk4SVN6Z21oaUhzUHcySkxtaXpYaFBSRkxmTmlGdE15a0dWeTJaSU9HZDNZd3ZhaTlfcnpIS1VjVGlRVWpDbUY0eTVPT1RXS2w5TFBjaEppMHo5aU5ZTE1VY3FWTUZEaU43ZEFjd2hUUzVTMnhhX2RiLUNnSllLSzZ4clNNRmRQeGNOVXhhblFmdz09 |
Hey reddit,
We've got some updates for you after our recent change (you know, that one where we stopped displaying inaccurate upvotes and downvotes and broke a bunch of bots by accident). We've been listening to what you all had to say about it, and there's been some very legit concerns that have been raised. Thanks for the feedback, it's been a lot but it's been tremendously helpful.
First: **We're trying out a simple controversial indicator on comments that hit a threshold of up/downvote balance.**
It's a typographical dagger, and it looks like this: http://i.imgur.com/s5dTVpq.png
We're trying this out as a result of feedback on folks using ups and downs in RES to determine the controversiality of a comment. This isn't the same level of granularity, but it also is using only real, unfuzzed votes, so you should be able to get a decent sense of when something has seen some controversy.
You can turn it on in your preferences here: http://i.imgur.com/WmEyEN9.png
Mods & Modders: this also adds a 'controversial' CSS class to the whole comment. I'm curious to see if any better styling comes from subreddits for this - right now it's pretty barebones.
Second: **Subreddit mods now see contest threads sorted by top rather than random.**
Before, mods could only view contest threads in random order like normal users: now they'll be able to see comments in ranked order. This should help mods get a better view of a contest thread's results so they can figure out which one of you lucky folks has won.
Third: **We're piloting an upvote-only contest mode.**
One complaint we've heard quite a bit with the new changes is that upvote counts are often used as a raw indicator in contests, and downvotes are disregarded. With no fuzzed counts visible that would be impossible to do. Now certain subreddits will be able to have downvotes fully ignored in contest threads, and only upvotes will count.
We are rolling this change a bit differently: it's an experimental feature and it's only for “approved” subreddits so far. If your subreddit would like to take part, please send a message to /r/reddit.com and we can work with you to get it set up.
Also, just some general thoughts. We know that this change was a pretty big shock to some users: this could have been handled better and there were definitely some valuable uses for the information, but we still feel strongly that putting fuzzed counts to rest was the right call. We've learned a lot with the help of captain hindsight. Thanks for all of your feedback, please keep sending us constructive thoughts whenever we make changes to the site.
P.S. If you're interested in these sorts of things, you should subscribe to /r/changelog - it's where we usually post our feature changes, these updates have been an exception. | r/announcements | post | r/announcements | 2014-06-25 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXY0RsS1UzODNid240OVo5cmNISGNXdTZ3MWxVMU11TlVTUFMwYkVxODFqNUpacTgxVzZ3UDJRM3lETmREdjZhU29oTmNMdU91R3Z1NDMtcXRZZjZ6TlE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2SHhwcnY2VnNTdDFyWTdMMnlnZVJpc1Y3SUhjWU9qd3JoOTFGdERlUmJYd3hxOE9RUUFTcE1ZSnVlMzJybkVuV1ppQ2ZTaWl5eG44VkRPbTUxdXpGVDh2TnNiRHdEU1JpQ09nSFQ0NUlySy1PVXkyVGFrQkg4cURQTXRhVFlDZDAyUkMwa0htYTlibk9Ib2VrdFdPWWVpdzFZaFZGS05HbFhJc0F1d1pLbVpRdHBUWFExeDBua0NObV80Tjd3SXVPbGp6dnoyN1BGXzExcENnT2dDR1ZFdz09 |
As [promised](https://www.reddit.com/r/blog/comments/2f9n76/announcing_the_official_reddit_ama_app/ck75nm0?context=1), I've been working hard on the Android version of reddit's official AMA app, and it has launched.
Get it now from the [Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.reddit.iama) or read Tuesday's [announcement](http://www.redditblog.com/2014/09/announcing-official-reddit-ama-app_2.html) for more information.
https://redditama.reddit.com/
P.S. Yes, there's an [iPhone version](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id911630284) - we launched that on Tuesday. | r/announcements | post | r/announcements | 2014-09-04 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXaEFkR0NhRFdKS3BIdUpUcmJiQXZ5Z3l5UHh1UHdOOFJ0bW8xZUVOQmt2N3BxTHJBZ2lQbGNrM0libXBGbVU4NERsRWlVLVRpOEpNUktZLWxEMno0U0E9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2a0kwVWpneGo4a25EV28zN1pFY01NdTB3M1NoUUdXU0lkdTRKemZRSDVBRV9FZWdFVm81SE5XalE2Y2NTNm80Ukt6ZVNPYk5ubmdPdi1rbHVsX2lTUTlZUXZEbF9zNGVhZDE4SnA2dVBhZWNqVVJQaFQ5aVE2Q25kS1pielRoeEQ1ZC14emlBV25LeV9MSnB3TG1wOEVTdFF4Q1phMDlSOExacXZWeWw0ajdBc3FPQy1fVENuT2FDTWpJLWdwZDdvS3dXdFUxZjhnTjg3Y0ZPQ2FoUm5Gdz09 |
Alright folks, [this discussion](https://www.reddit.com/r/blog/comments/2foivo/every_man_is_responsible_for_his_own_soul/) has pretty obviously devolved and we're not getting anywhere. The blame for that definitely lies with us. We're trying to explain some of what has been going on here, but the simultaneous banning of that set of subreddits entangled in this situation has hurt our ability to have that conversation with you, the community. A lot of people are saying what we're doing here reeks of bullshit, and I don't blame them.
I'm not going to ask that you agree with me, but I hope that reading this will give you a better understanding of the decisions we've been poring over constantly over the past week, and perhaps give the community some deeper insight and understanding of what is happening here. I would ask, but obviously not require, that you read this fully and carefully before responding or voting on it. I'm going to give you the very raw breakdown of what has been going on at reddit, and it is likely to be coloured by my own personal opinions. All of us working on this over the past week are fucking exhausted, including myself, so you'll have to forgive me if this seems overly dour.
Also, as an aside, my main job at reddit is systems administration. I take care of the servers that run the site. It isn't my job to interact with the community, but I try to do what I can. I'm certainly not the best communicator, so please feel free to ask for clarification on anything that might be unclear.
With that said, here is what has been happening at reddit, inc over the past week.
A very shitty thing happened this past Sunday. A number of very private and personal photos were stolen and spread across the internet. The fact that these photos belonged to celebrities increased the interest in them by orders of magnitude, but that in no way means they were any less harmful or deplorable. If the same thing had happened to anyone you hold dear, it'd make you sick to your stomach with grief and anger.
When the photos went out, they inevitably got linked to on reddit. As more people became aware of them, we started getting a huge amount of traffic, which broke the site in several ways.
That same afternoon, we held an internal emergency meeting to figure out what we were going to do about this situation. Things were going pretty crazy in the moment, with many folks out for the weekend, and the site struggling to stay afloat. We had some immediate issues we had to address. First, the amount of traffic hitting this content was breaking the site in various ways. Second, we were already getting DMCA and takedown notices by the owners of these photos. Third, if we were to remove anything on the site, whether it be for technical, legal, or ethical obligations, it would likely result in a backlash where things kept getting posted over and over again, thwarting our efforts and possibly making the situation worse.
The decisions which we made amidst the chaos on Sunday afternoon were the following: I would do what I could, including disabling functionality on the site, to keep things running (this was a pretty obvious one). We would handle the DMCA requests as they came in, and recommend that the rights holders contact the company hosting these images so that they could be removed. We would also continue to monitor the site to see where the activity was unfolding, especially in regards to /r/all (we didn't want /r/all to be primarily covered with links to stolen nudes, deal with it). I'm not saying all of these decisions were correct, or morally defensible, but it's what we did based on our best judgement in the moment, and our experience with similar incidents in the past.
In the following hours, a lot happened. I had to break /r/thefappening a few times to keep the site from completely falling over, which as expected resulted in an immediate creation of a new slew of subreddits. Articles in the press were flying out and we were getting comment requests left and right. Many community members were understandably angered at our lack of action or response, and made that known in various ways.
Later that day we were alerted that some of these photos depicted minors, which is where we have drawn a clear line in the sand. In response we immediately started removing things on reddit which we found to be linking to those pictures, and also recommended that the image hosts be contacted so they could be removed more permanently. We do not allow links on reddit to child pornography or images which sexualize children. If you disagree with that stance, and believe reddit cannot draw that line while also being a platform, I'd encourage you to leave.
This nightmare of the weekend made myself and many of my coworkers feel pretty awful. I had an obvious responsibility to keep the site up and running, but seeing that all of my efforts were due to a huge number of people scrambling to look at stolen private photos didn't sit well with me personally, to say the least. We hit new traffic milestones, ones which I'd be ashamed to share publicly. Our general stance on this stuff is that reddit is a platform, and there are times when platforms get used for very deplorable things. We take down things we're legally required to take down, and do our best to keep the site getting from spammed or manipulated, and beyond that we *try* to keep our hands off. Still, in the moment, seeing what we were seeing happen, it was hard to see much merit to that viewpoint.
As the week went on, press stories went out and debate flared everywhere. A lot of focus was obviously put on us, since reddit was clearly one of the major places people were using to find these photos. We continued to receive DMCA takedowns as these images were constantly rehosted and linked to on reddit, and in response we continued to remove what we were legally obligated to, and beyond that instructed the rights holders on how to contact image hosts.
Meanwhile, we were having a huge amount of debate internally at reddit, inc. A lot of members on our team could not understand what we were doing here, why we were continuing to allow ourselves to be party to this flagrant violation of privacy, why we hadn't made a statement regarding what was going on, and how on earth we got to this point. It was messy, and continues to be. The pseudo-result of all of this debate and argument has been that we should continue to be as open as a platform as we can be, and that while we in no way condone or agree with this activity, we should not intervene beyond what the law requires. The arguments for and against are numerous, and this is not a comfortable stance to take in this situation, but it is what we have decided on.
That brings us to today. After painfully arriving at a stance internally, we felt it necessary to make a statement on the reddit blog. We could have let this die down in silence, as it was already tending to do, but we felt it was critical that we have this conversation with our community. If you haven't read it yet, **[please do so](http://www.redditblog.com/2014/09/every-man-is-responsible-for-his-own.html)**.
So, we posted the message in the blog, and then we obliviously did something which heavily confused that message: We banned /r/thefappening and related subreddits. The confusion which was generated in the community was obvious, immediate, and massive, and we even had internal team members surprised by the combination. Why are we sending out a message about how we're being open as a platform, and not changing our stance, and then immediately banning the subreddits involved in this mess?
The answer is probably not satisfying, but it's the truth, and the only answer we've got. The situation we had in our hands was the following: These subreddits were of course the focal point for the sharing of these stolen photos. The images which were DMCAd were continually being reposted constantly on the subreddit. We would takedown images (thumbnails) in response to those DMCAs, but it quickly devolved into a game of whack-a-mole. We'd execute a takedown, someone would adjust, reupload, and then repeat. This same practice was occurring with the underage photos, requiring our constant intervention. The mods were doing their best to keep things under control and in line with the [site rules](http://www.reddit.com/rules), but problems were still constantly overflowing back to us. Additionally, many nefarious parties recognized the popularity of these images, and started spamming them in various ways and attempting to infect or scam users viewing them. It became obvious that we were either going to have to watch these subreddits constantly, or shut them down. We chose the latter. It's obviously not going to solve the problem entirely, but it will at least mitigate the constant issues we were facing. This was an extreme circumstance, and we used the best judgement we could in response.
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Now, after all of the context from above, I'd like to respond to some of the common questions and concerns which folks are raising. To be extremely frank, I find *some* of the lines of reasoning that have generated these questions to be batshit insane. Still, in the vacuum of information which we have created, I recognize that we have given rise to much of this strife. As such I'll try to answer even the things which I find to be the most off-the-wall.
Q: You're only doing this in response to pressure from the public/press/celebrities/Conde/Advance/other!
A: The press and nature of this incident obviously made this issue extremely public, but it was not the reason why we did what we did. If you read all of the above, hopefully you can be recognize that the actions we have taken were our own, for our own internal reasons. I can't force anyone to believe this of course, you'll simply have to decide what you believe to be the truth based on the information available to you.
Q: Why aren't you banning these other subreddits which contain deplorable content?!
A: We remove what we're required to remove by law, and what violates any [rules](http://www.reddit.com) which we have set forth. Beyond that, we feel it is necessary to maintain as neutral a platform as possible, and to let the communities on reddit be represented by the actions of the people who participate in them. I believe the [blog post](http://www.redditblog.com/2014/09/every-man-is-responsible-for-his-own.html) speaks very well to this.
We have banned /r/TheFappening and related subreddits, for reasons I outlined above.
Q: You're doing this because of the IAmA app launch to please celebs!
A: No, I can say absolutely and clearly that the IAmA app had zero bearing on our course of decisions regarding this event. I'm sure it is exciting and intriguing to think that there is some clandestine connection, but it's just not there.
Q: Are you planning on taking down all copyrighted material across the site?
A: We take down what we're required to by law, which may include thumbnails, in response to valid DMCA takedown requests. Beyond that we tell claimants to contact whatever host is actually serving content. This policy will not be changing.
Q: You profited on the gold given to users in these deplorable subreddits! Give it back / Give it to charity!
A: This is a tricky issue, one which we haven't figured out yet and that I'd welcome input on. Gold was purchased by our users, to give to other users. Redirecting their funds to a random charity which the original payer may not support is not something we're going to do. We also do not feel that it is right for us to decide that certain things should not receive gold. The user purchasing it decides that. We don't hold this stance because we're money hungry (the amount of money in question is small).
That's all I have. Please forgive any confusing bits above, it's very late and I've written this in urgency. I'll be around for as long as I can to answer questions in the comments.
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r/blog | post | r/blog | 2014-11-13 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXR2RndXVHWklOQ19CTjQ5N0FackpXcHhRc3lzU1VQQXZic21VX1NmT01PSlR5TDQ2ak9lbG11dXNMOTRmRXd6VjEtV0xOTlZJYVBUODFibVltYWNya1E9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2N1lSblZwZmNJUkREbFpQYmUxQWotV3FLelFHYThPMHoyckdWcXRJZV9aaUJjVmJXZ2hsTEREWmpLOFk0NDFTV0FuWTdKMkwzLVl6eE5WLXpEaC1XdHduZFJmQnVhSThQYjY1eTZaTlg0clJlenlIZ1VVSEI3dXAzdGl5UzFSV01RTW41WjJZX0pVbHhYRlE5ZE44M0NBPT0= |
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r/blog | post | r/blog | 2014-11-19 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXLXV4cXJ1ZHhRQ1ZvWUlWa09PWjYwMjg2S0I0LTFWSUtVNzFWaW9VanFTS256OHNzSFhEckV4SkhFLTUzUEJQSGZuSEdydTlkYVoyOVhwWUltdFduTGc5ZGw4U3RjM09qNU9PNlc5eEpXUTA9 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2RDZUdF94anlzdTc0LXRGT0VZdS1YaG1JRVpyeUY2SVVGMEJJX3NuWmFpZF9rQ3A4QXRrdHpHY2VxMEdEdFBlYzBYRVBhNjItSi1hNXczOWxmMWliMTVjalZOQzJmUWM1dlJqNHRQNTNrcloyc2pNcU9QNEFoYmRhUl9yMHg1eGx3ZTRZUTVIOHdIRXdYenlrdnJpS2tUN2lfMmltX1RhYlNnTjVfc2NVc25Bazg4YzBUQzZPNkMwbXBWaHV0VE5VdHZtMENpVTF3T2FReGdXaHVzeS0xQT09 |
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r/blog | post | r/blog | 2014-11-20 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXV0F6LUZjbHlDdzJzOUVleEVQcHFiSmxxWWQ5U2ZIRVR6dUZSYnpJMlk1UlIyTE9jd2dlUGJ1ZDNOZEsyMS1nS21PWHl5SzBUbHhsREZqSHhucUg0dkE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2eXQxZGdEUGVmZGdlUzd2MjdwandMak05UGhlTW5tTWJlVXBVTVBiYjUxYUhraGwwNnA2MjlQbHR4d1Axb19nVVUxb09GNE1kSk9LOEc2RnFYZmgxUnUxLVI3VUVDeE1GaXo2MktDNlB6U1F6dW0yM1d4MjdpSm5PUFVwX2lHa3lLMkZ4WHFqX1o1bFNzbGhMQWROYlEtOTlac1FvZ1paTGNzRE0yYWJpb2k3cVVOWThlZzJseFJQUVdGUFlFNC03 |
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r/blog | post | r/blog | 2014-11-24 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXSDl1QlE0SVNjMVdvMTFSMXYtTDNEQjk1NFNYLVhhUFF6WWJPLVJSOFg2S0gyRm55RWRERU1zWnp4YTZjS05hRnc4blFKOUpZTjhKM2ZKRE0tb2dTMEJZYnU0QzE2eUdDeW5iaWJYdzZDQkU9 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2dkxLMVJtb2g3clBtUkxVXzA3ejR3TGJvYTB0dU9EeWJMeHFPc2ZGZjZpTzVYaDhfeVlaNUFZNUN4SVEwTHliWk1MZUVZVmdBbjNZVVVJc0U1czRZWUMwMWhMNnU0U1FjY3F3S25kakxnTmt0aDZUSEY0dnpSVDNaNk9zMG90a0hUX3pLZUU0dzRtSm1yZjdKSVFXblE5TF84QWllZVg4OHZnaFdQdEU3Z2JVeGFDSFJ3MW5VRjZsZ1JtSTBZalRI |
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r/blog | post | r/blog | 2014-12-05 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXOEN6dUc0RHgtcGxfY2F2a2MyR3JQZ1FLTk0zNVdaakVlQXctQnI3bHY5ZHp6NDlvMTVNT000R2xQdkZPcXJsMWxQbzlsRXZkdWpNanlvck5kWGhuWnZ4aVg3RUZmOUMyTlQxdF93MTFFcXM9 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2WWhoVmRGTXJUNUFOMTNCbFlnMk9nTjlPbnBoYWVsSVVBSmVWOFN3SVNQMV8yeFEzcndjUHd5X3dPcGNROF9wZk5aekpTNmZZR0hDcF9HUDRZbmg0d1N6R2pBbVhwSjRKbTBFZXFzcU8zSGZFd2Rtem1qc2ZUWS1id2ZPSTNEUWhyamxoNDM3bXVTVXlLaVBCT0tueFIxY3pNTEZ2SC1hRFhyTGNrZGZScDhDeEMyNmFIdkJ3ajNyVGpZMEFVY1ZNTTBZck1JN0g0R3ljQ2t0UWhJdHJCQT09 |
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r/blog | post | r/blog | 2014-12-19 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXRm0ydlhuc0I5dDdnUlNueXoyaXl0UlZNdm9TZElxUnNZdllDSXRzcHJNLUFFcnMxbnBYN0JYaFRVdTFYdktpcXU5ZDRaeTF5a3djejlhRHNvSnkyY3c9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2OXhIVlhHNVNzR1hUcVdqUEpSN3BUclZEby15XzhIMHNmMHd1VFhndVpkRHJJanlKTk0xQjQ1LUNRUXdRQmNQNU90R0JRSzBCbEVLeHdHSVBzV3A3QXhKVzlBVDZhZzU4SXhwTWFOUjJieHVIZUdxQ3FmdjdTTER2NlE2UC0yWDBydl9zT2hjelBYOWtNTnFuTnJFc3N0X29EZTFPUUJqZ0ZJZEVvUlNGWFY4PQ== |
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r/blog | post | r/blog | 2014-12-25 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXci1yY3ZtM3pLaHUybkphSXZZWWZEYkJvSGZiWUxqY3BrYTZXVGxNZzRCRmZtZnRrc1h0TFRTTEFvWUo5VnF3WFRZdTlrd1kzTVE0NUhTTVlTa2I4akE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2bVB1Xy1oVl9jVUtkZDU5Mk5xMGtVUTJfMzJpbXFwNDNJNkF6YVVaMFZtemdsU005VnFROFlWcGYyUlp1RkVJTGFMN3JOSkFVeDBaZFpUTGVGSnNlTFI5MW5BWllvR0ZLcFlXRk5WTTVnN2ZOWTZ6NXFVQ0hKTTBMQWFwdWVINW5wbHg5dFNOMjBVb29IRXhTZ3IzNV9ORU5EbWVfWmJwS08zSEtnVUc0cTJoNDY1MmpQa2VtS3VSZTNnZzRZMEd4 |
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As CEO of reddit, I want to let you know about some changes to our Privacy Policy and User Agreement, and about some internal changes designed to continue protecting your privacy as we grow.
We regularly review our internal practices and policies to make sure that our commitment to your privacy is reflected across reddit. This year, to make sure we continue to focus on privacy as we grow as a company, we have created a cross-functional privacy group. This group is responsible for advocating the privacy of our users as a company-wide priority and for reviewing any decision that impacts user privacy. We created this group to ensure that, as we grow as a company, we continue to preserve privacy rights across the board and to protect your privacy.
One of the first challenges for this group was how we manage and use data via our official mobile apps, since mobile platforms and advertising work differently than on the web. Today we are publishing a new reddit [Privacy Policy](https://www.reddit.com/help/privacypolicy) that reflects these changes, as well as other updates on how and when we use and protect your data. This revised policy is intended to be a clear and direct description of how we manage your data and the steps we take to ensure your privacy on reddit. We’ve also updated areas of our [User Agreement](https://www.reddit.com/help/useragreement) related to DMCA and trademark policies.
We believe most of our mobile users are more willing to share information to have better experiences. We are experimenting with some ad partners to see if we can provide better advertising experiences in our mobile apps. We [let you know](https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/24aevu/we_like_you_all_so_we_wanted_to_let_you_know/) before we launched mobile that we will be collecting some additional mobile-related data that is not available from the website to help improve your experience. We now have more specifics to share. We have included a separate section on accessing reddit from mobile to make clear what data is collected by the devices and to show you how you can opt out of mobile advertising tracking on our official mobile apps. We also want to make clear that our practices for those accessing reddit on the web have not changed significantly as you can see in [this document](https://www.redditstatic.com/policy-changes/privacypolicy-2015-01-15.html) highlighting the Privacy Policy changes, and [this document](https://www.redditstatic.com/policy-changes/useragreement-2015-01-15.html) highlighting the User Agreement changes.
Transparency about our privacy practices and policy is an important part of our values. In the next two weeks, we also plan to publish a transparency report to let you know when we disclosed or removed user information in response to external requests in 2014. This report covers government information requests for user information and copyright removal requests, and it summarizes how we responded.
We plan to publish a transparency report annually and to update our Privacy Policy before changes are made to keep people up to date on our practices and how we treat your data. We will never change our policies in a way that affects your rights without giving you time to read the policy and give us feedback.
The revised Privacy Policy will go into effect on January 29, 2015. We want to give you time to ask questions, provide feedback and to review the revised Privacy Policy before it goes into effect.
As with previous privacy policy changes, we have enlisted the help of Lauren Gelman (/u/LaurenGelman) and Matt Cagle (/u/mcbrnao) of BlurryEdge Strategies. Lauren, Matt, myself and other reddit employees will be answering questions today in this thread about the revised policy. Please share questions, concerns and feedback - AUA (Ask Us Anything).
**The following is a brief summary (TL;DR) of the changes to the Privacy Policy and User Agreement. We strongly encourage that you read the documents in full.**
* Clarify that across all products including advertising, except for the IP address you use to create the account, all IP addresses will be deleted from our servers after 90 days.
* Clarify we work with Stripe and Paypal to process reddit gold transactions.
* We reserve the right to delay notice to users of external requests for information in cases involving the exploitation of minors and other exigent circumstances.
* We use pixel data to collect information about how users use reddit for internal analytics.
* Clarify that we limit employee access to user data.
* We beefed up the section of our User Agreement on intellectual property, the DMCA and takedowns to clarify how we notify users of requests, how they can counter-notice, and that we have a repeat infringer policy.
Edit: Based on your feedback we've [replaced "exigent" with more specific language](https://www.redditstatic.com/policy-changes/privacypolicy-2015-01-16.html) on when we would respond to a government request for user information before giving notice to the user. Thanks for the feedback. | r/announcements | post | r/announcements | 2015-01-15 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXQTdxT2ItMzZHbVdXV1JlLTZXVzRPR2ZWcGh5Y2UtdElUVVZtYUsta1dJbmdyeEp1OVlvSzM2MGlMV2NiX3g3Nk8tU2I2akVtd25XVUZkRlVnWklKVHc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2aEVWOS1HZV83WGJxUTBMeURUVC1GalVaQm5Ib1VySDRwQWJOS0ZQdjF0WmltR3Q0REllaWR1Rkx3Y29YTFNod3RQOGxXUFhzWk1GTUVPUHhGRy12RkxJWDJ5bWM1akE5XzdJRHloNUk2QkppU2xHX3FLNlJxQXpRdXhMZ3FKMHRUYnJ5TS1GRkJpMWgyVUNHeVFqS0pwTXZYU2Zsa0FXekkxS2toZXZ6bFpmckxSY1hXQURLZUVydGtfZm5oV1ZZNWkyVW93a2tFN2dJdGlFVDlnWHp4Zz09 |
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Curious. I have kids, I need a pause button if I have any hope of following along. Despite the negatives I still feel like I want to try this game.
So, can I pause during cut scenes? | r/ps4 | post | r/PS4 | 2015-02-19 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXbVZCbnVfODNyRmdyYTYtazA3QkJrb0hnd0pLTXBxZkU1eFN4Mk5IOTRqb1pQNFVORTFRRURwSkc0dWtPSkdlRDV3NVdWV2RXazhkQ1hIR19SNURkNFE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2V2M4c283Z1hkVW9UeGlWc1VndHRvZXlvaEwwWXh0TUM3YmFpcHJwV1gtY0x4NjZTb0Y0amJ3WjdhV2F6b2RtMnJlZ2x5aGpnQ3NTUkcwSTVISm9Td3o4OVEwcTIxXzMwOFBFc2NwTnFvX2Nzby1WdC1OLUsxa2g4bTVVOG1YRlJqTlNhV1FWZWRWQTRVQ0c5d0MwUzdFNGs0dGhCbV9oOS1na29mSzFRNzFvWUF6Ni1yWlRidkRoOTZRSG5rRmRL |
Today’s announcement is about making reddit the best community platform it can be: tutorials for new moderators, a strengthened community team, and a policy change to further protect your privacy.
What started as 1 reddit community is now up to over 9,000 active communities that range from originals like /r/programming and /r/science to more niche communities like /r/redditlaqueristas and /r/goats. Nearly all of that has come from intrepid individuals who create and moderate this vast network of communities. I know, because I was reddit’s first "community manager" back when we had just one (/r/reddit.com) but you all have far outgrown those humble beginnings.
In creating hundreds of thousands of communities over this decade, you’ve learned a lot along the way, and we have, too; we’re rolling out improvements to help you create the next 9,000 active communities and beyond!
**Check Out the First Mod Tutorial Today!**
[We’ve started a series of mod tutorials](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THHl3VT4vms), which will help anyone from experienced moderators to total neophytes learn how to most effectively use our tools (which we’re always improving) to moderate and grow the best community they can. Moderators can feel overwhelmed by the tasks involved in setting up and building a community. These tutorials should help reduce that learning curve, letting mods learn from those who have been there and done that.
**New Team & New Hires**
Jessica (/u/5days) has stepped up to lead the community team for all of reddit after managing the redditgifts community for 5 years. Lesley (/u/weffey) is coming over to build better tools to support our community managers who help all of our volunteer reddit moderators create great communities on reddit. We’re working through new policies to help you all create the most open and wide-reaching platform we can. We’re especially excited about building more mod tools to let software do the hard stuff when it comes to moderating your particular community. We’re striving to build the robots that will give you more time to spend engaging with your community -- [spend more time discussing the virtues of cooking with spam](http://redd.it/2mc9tt), not dealing with spam in your subreddit.
**Protecting Your Digital Privacy**
Last year, we missed a chance to be a leader in social media when it comes to protecting your privacy -- something we’ve cared deeply about since reddit’s inception. At our recent all hands company meeting, this was something that we all, as a company, decided we needed to address.
No matter who you are, if a photograph, video, or digital image of you in a state of nudity, sexual excitement, or engaged in any act of sexual conduct, is posted or linked to on reddit without your permission, it is prohibited on reddit. We also recognize that violent personalized images are a form of harassment that we do not tolerate and we will remove them when notified. [As usual, the revised Privacy Policy will go into effect in two weeks, on March 10, 2015](https://www.reddit.com/help/privacypolicy#section_involuntary_pornography).
[We’re so proud to be leading the way among our peers when it comes to your digital privacy and consider this to be one more step in the right direction.](http://redd.it/2sk8i9) We’ll share how often these takedowns occur in our yearly privacy report.
We made reddit to be the world’s best platform for communities to be informed about whatever interests them. We’re learning together as we go, and today’s changes are going to help grow reddit for the next ten years and beyond.
We’re so grateful and excited to have you join us on this journey.
-- Jessica, Ellen, Alexis & the rest of team reddit | r/announcements | post | r/announcements | 2015-02-24 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXSjlEd2VtV3RsOXVVcjU2Nm1wMzdueVJxTUFQM2tPMUpTcWQ3RGNxZ0ZHSUs5bnlTd08yc2toNVdxZ2w2ZnJwcVRvZXhLcEdGM0s0STRUMWRENkdWZ0E9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2NkE5TXg5SFNSWFVRajlCY1BPMHNXYldYeTRyVmFGSGpTNHp0ZXFMbnlQVlV2c094blZwWnpzYTRYT1k1V3JGM01iTjJNYy0wckEwVS1qTEE0aV9HeXJrcF8xd0YtdklmNlNUb2R1RXB5ZHM3b0o1MkQ4SmZvT0VhVUdBOEIxYmZ1Qm5NR2ZISHVCd0dmczU4M3ktX0ZDWXY3MXJlRU90RHNHVWZZNDJjc2VNanBVTWQydVhESkJpWFFac2NSZkFYVHJvYXFtN3ZTRHNsVzVfdjVORFlvQT09 |
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Someone requested I post my recipes for a full Puerto Rican meal. Please note this will be a somewhat gringo version, but I can provide a more authentic version if anyone else wants.
My recipes come from my aunt (puerto rican), [Cook's Country](http://www.cookscountry.com/recipes/7453-pork-pernil), a few Puerto Rican cookbooks and trial and error.
First, the pork
**Pernil roast pork**
Serves ~10
**Ingredients**
* 1 cup sofrito (Goya frozen, NOT jarred)
* 1 packet sazon (Goya seasoning packet)
* 2 tbs minced garlic
* 1-2tsp liquid smoke
* Olive oil
* 3 limes
* 1 cup cilantro
* 1/4 cup salt
* 7-10lb bone in, SKIN ON pork shoulder (Boston butt, or picnic)
**Instructions**
1) The day before, rub pork dry and trim excess fat. Cut the skin back most of the way to where it is like a flap, being sure to leave it attached. Take a paring knife and cut deep lines all across pork, leaving at least 1" between cuts.
2) Mix sofrito,sazon, garlic, and liquid smoke and all but 1 tablespoon of the salt. Rub this mixture all over the pork (except the skin flap, but be sure to get the meat UNDER the skin and be sure to fill the cracks.
4) Put the skin flap back on and rub remaining salt on skin,
5) Wrap in plastic and refrigerate at least 12 hours
6)Heat oven to 450 and put oven rack near the bottom and put 8 cups water in a large roasting pan. Put pork, skin side down, into pan, cover with foil and roast for 90min. Remove foil, turn oven to 375 and roast another 2.5 hours.
7) The the pan out and spray a roasting rack with cooking spray or oil. CAREFULLY remove pork from pan. You do NOT want the skin to stick. This is essential for chicharron. (more later). A metal spatula may work best. Now using dish towels, paper towels or something life up the pork and put on the rack, skin side up. Blot the skin dry with paper towels. Put the rack back in the pan and roast another hour. Pork should be around 195. Make sure the pan doesnt dry out, adding water if needed.
8) Line a baking sheet with foil, take pan out out the over and transfer rack with pork to baking sheet. Blast oven to 500 degrees. The put pork back in and cook until the skin brown and almost mahogany in color. If you tap it with tongs, it will sound hollow. This takes around 15-20 min.
9) Take the pork out and rest for 30 min. Usually half way through resting I cut the skin off.
10) Now, the crisp skin on top is called chicharron. This is the best thing you will ever eat in your life. As the cook, you deserve this. Cut the skin up into pieces and YOU, the cook, must eat a few pieces first. The crispy skin will melt in your mouth and make all this work worth the wait. Then put the rest on a plate and serve as an app while you finish everything else up.
11) Put the pan juices in a fat separator or a glass measuring cup. Skim or pour off the fat. Take 1 cup of juices (add water if juices do not equal 1 cup) and add 1/2 cup cilantro, 1tbs lime zest and juice from 3 limes.
12) Shred the pork, toss with 1/2 of juice mixture, serve with remaining juice on side.
Im out of space, so the rest will follow.
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For me valiant hearts in one of the best games I have ever played and would like to know if there's any games like it. My main features are the story and the real life view of the world war and the simplistic side scrolling gameplay. Any recommendations (expect Apotheon)? | r/ps4 | post | r/PS4 | 2015-03-26 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXaGpJY2tXT281TnVFeTFjeVVfTXh1N05LT2FxZVhUS09fUWxYanBtZEFKNzRCaFZzcW9GM1RFaERyRHJnbDFiN1Qxa1ZIN0hmUU54bVpuRHVNbU1USHc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2bGU3eGQwamxGX0NWeU1tWFFERzk1aWhGOHhEOWhaM0dzdXV5YXlFMnpVTzRYX1EzaHRScTRDLXV3VGIwNzdMalNHMld1N0IyazBnYVRPaVh5SVBVOW5rVWZ6aDJreERCOFotc0dVcWM1OXJQUUdEM2pZTnFqcG53ZzNra3hGS0toNjVLdEk5Tmt3NFJDYlJHMmJIUm9pellaWDgwQUlFd1p1ZzRpY3ZCajV4bnU1WE5TS1llZ294dXlYT2VXVm9Q |
Trying to start Bloodborne, and the update is going to take 4 hours. Will it continue downloading in the background, will it pause, or will it have to start all over again?
Thank you! | r/ps4 | post | r/PS4 | 2015-03-29 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXXzZlQ0ZmQzFwYllNZXltX1A2R093cnBhdndEb3JqNVpPbHlRUlJ0MFFoQ2drMExKOVJpM2lJZ2M3cndKRlMzNmx1QUhPY1dlMWlEQkh3TEtsdXlvTXc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2NWV2QThrclRNZ0NxcDcyMTE3SGJOSVdOZEN0a2pBeXE5Q3pHQUFKeklBaXY0VldTSlJVTlpFNnRJc0xzZFZVaVFPRTJkczFZeXpPTEpMWW5vRGFLTktpRVktTG5acS1zT1BUNTdTWl9odWRWRHFZTGt6YkNEaTAxcVVGZ0hNcTE4RWZvaWk2NGJ6RnRnNDRxNWp6dUZJNk5sYWt4eFJNamMwYi0zRnhzaUhPRXNlcW5HeUhnOEVjTVF4N2FTaC00 |
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Bittensor Subnet 13 Reddit Dataset
Dataset Summary
This dataset is part of the Bittensor Subnet 13 decentralized network, containing preprocessed Reddit data. The data is continuously updated by network miners, providing a real-time stream of Reddit content for various analytical and machine learning tasks. For more information about the dataset, please visit the official repository.
Supported Tasks
The versatility of this dataset allows researchers and data scientists to explore various aspects of social media dynamics and develop innovative applications. Users are encouraged to leverage this data creatively for their specific research or business needs. For example:
- Sentiment Analysis
- Topic Modeling
- Community Analysis
- Content Categorization
Languages
Primary language: Datasets are mostly English, but can be multilingual due to decentralized ways of creation.
Dataset Structure
Data Instances
Each instance represents a single Reddit post or comment with the following fields:
Data Fields
text
(string): The main content of the Reddit post or comment.label
(string): Sentiment or topic category of the content.dataType
(string): Indicates whether the entry is a post or a comment.communityName
(string): The name of the subreddit where the content was posted.datetime
(string): The date when the content was posted or commented.username_encoded
(string): An encoded version of the username to maintain user privacy.url_encoded
(string): An encoded version of any URLs included in the content.
Data Splits
This dataset is continuously updated and does not have fixed splits. Users should create their own splits based on their requirements and the data's timestamp.
Dataset Creation
Source Data
Data is collected from public posts and comments on Reddit, adhering to the platform's terms of service and API usage guidelines.
Personal and Sensitive Information
All usernames and URLs are encoded to protect user privacy. The dataset does not intentionally include personal or sensitive information.
Considerations for Using the Data
Social Impact and Biases
Users should be aware of potential biases inherent in Reddit data, including demographic and content biases. This dataset reflects the content and opinions expressed on Reddit and should not be considered a representative sample of the general population.
Limitations
- Data quality may vary due to the nature of media sources.
- The dataset may contain noise, spam, or irrelevant content typical of social media platforms.
- Temporal biases may exist due to real-time collection methods.
- The dataset is limited to public subreddits and does not include private or restricted communities.
Additional Information
Licensing Information
The dataset is released under the MIT license. The use of this dataset is also subject to Reddit Terms of Use.
Citation Information
If you use this dataset in your research, please cite it as follows:
@misc{SAVE0x02024datauniversereddit_dataset_218,
title={The Data Universe Datasets: The finest collection of social media data the web has to offer},
author={SAVE0x0},
year={2024},
url={https://huggingface.co/datasets/SAVE0x0/reddit_dataset_218},
}
Contributions
To report issues or contribute to the dataset, please contact the miner or use the Bittensor Subnet 13 governance mechanisms.
Dataset Statistics
[This section is automatically updated]
- Total Instances: 30818904
- Date Range: 2010-04-28 to 2024-11-22
- Last Updated: 2024-12-02
Data Distribution
- Posts: 4.61%
- Comments: 95.39%
Top 10 Subreddits
For full statistics, please refer to the reddit_stats.json
file in the repository.
Rank | Item | Percentage |
---|---|---|
1 | r/AmItheAsshole | 3.09% |
2 | r/politics | 2.89% |
3 | r/AskReddit | 2.76% |
4 | r/wallstreetbets | 2.72% |
5 | r/teenagers | 2.34% |
6 | r/NoStupidQuestions | 2.15% |
7 | r/nfl | 2.02% |
8 | r/pics | 1.93% |
9 | r/mildlyinfuriating | 1.91% |
10 | r/gaming | 1.85% |
Update History
Date | New Instances | Total Instances |
---|---|---|
2024-12-02 | 2 | 2 |
2024-11-25 | 30818900 | 30818902 |
2024-11-29 | 2 | 30818904 |
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