Reddit.com, the wildly-popular online community, received 2.07 billion pageviews in December 2011 alone, capping a year in which the site's traffic doubled the hits it received in 2010.
December 29th was Dump GoDaddy Day, and more than 50,000 domains were either transferred away from GoDaddy or deleted outright, with thousands more people doing so in the days leading up to it. One Reddit user, Drov, who asked to be identified by his username only, agreed to speak about what he feels is wrong with SOPA, and why he transferred his domains away from the site.
For arguably the first time, the new dynamic of online advocacy has stepped into the political realm, targeting Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and his 2012 re-election bid. And an emboldened online community seems deadset on using the blunt force of an Election Day loss to change the Congressman's mind on key legislation.
Wisconsin Republican U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, has become the target of Redditors over his support of the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), after his opponent Rob Zerban took anywhere from five to 10 minutes to respond to an email question regarding his stance on the bill, declaring he would not support the legislation.
From stories of Scott Olsen at Occupy Oakland and the riots in Tahrir Square, to a hilarious cache of old photos and LOTR's Eye of Sauron in a glass door's reflection, reddit has broken some of the biggest stories of the year, and given us plenty of hilarity in between. Here, see the top scoring links of 2011 as voted by reddit users.
Selfprodigy went so far as proclaiming December 29 as a proposed boycott day for others to transfer domains from Go Daddy in protest of the company's support of SOPA. Wrote selfprodigy on reddit: ... (I am) moving my small businesses 51 domains away from them, as well as my personal domains...I'm suggesting Dec 29th as move your domain away from Go Daddy day because of their support of SOPA. Who's with me?
A creepy cloud formation was reportedly photographed today hovering over England and users on the forum site Reddit began spreading the picture.
The real purpose of the SOPA and NDAA bills is to target Occupy Wall Street, Anonymous and other web-based movements that have fueled revolutionaries both here and abroad.
A post on social news web site, Reddit, has caused some consumers to question the food quality at Louisville-based fast food chain KFC. I'm never eating in KFC again, an initial post on Reddit stated, including an unsavory image. We contacted KFC to investigate whether there have been claims made in the past about food quality and whether the company has found lungs, kidneys [or] liver mixed in with its chicken products.
Discovery tool StumbleUpon completely revamped its website, changing its logo, layout, and much more. Here are the five features to familiarize yourself with.
Social news Web site Reddit claimed its recent fundraising campaign has generated over $150,000 in donations to Doctors Without Borders (DWB).
Popular social news Web site Reddit has been taken over by “upvote and I’ll donate to Doctors Without Borders” posts.
An unidentified NYPD officer is currently live on Reddit, answering the websites' users' live questions about Occupy Wall Street and other issues.
Telltale Games, a digital publisher responsible for cross-platform episodic series, has been prepping for the Nov. 15 release of Jurassic Park: The Game, but a complaint on Reddit has the online community crying foul and many promising to pass on the game.
Black shirt is the only color modeled by a black man
Is lulumelon's model choice an unfortunate oversight, or are some redditors color blind?
Neil deGrasse Tyson is no stranger to questions on space and the universe. The acclaimed American astrophysicist spent his Sunday answering questions online, but from an unlikely source - Reddit users.
Cooper questioned whether the controversial subreddit promoted child pornography
Is reddit hiding behind the First Amendment in defending sexually suggestive content featuring young girls?
News aggregator site Digg unveils Newsrooms, a feature that organizes news by specific topics, and new ways to engage and reward influential users.
Who are the protestors who are occupying the heart of the world's financial capital on Wall Street? And what do they want?
Jon Finkel, victim of Gizmodo writer Alyssa Bereznak's nasty post (original and altered version) on Monday, has opened up to popular social news Web site Reddit.
