Comment by foamed on 18/02/2022 at 21:21 UTC

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View submission: Reddit Community Values

Maybe we’ll get lucky and it’ll stay the same. We’ll have to wait and see I suppose.

Look at who they've hired and some of the changes, restrictions and anti-features they've implemented over the past two years:

On November 8th 2021[1] users in /r/ModSupport noticed that Reddit is considering starting their own crypto currency[2].

Quote:

1: https://old.reddit.com/r/ModSupport/comments/qpdwt2/why_werent_mods_notified_about_the_new/

2: https://www.reddit.com/community-points?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=usertext&utm_name=ModSupport&utm_content=t1_hjsy6g6

Community Points currently exist on a testnet version of the Ethereum blockchain, which uses similar technology to Bitcoin to validate ownership and control of tokens based on who holds them.

Community Points are distributed every 4 weeks based on contributions people make to the community.

**Who gets Community Points?**

Community Points are distributed across multiple groups.

* Contributors receive 50% of Community Points.

Moderators receive 10% of Community Points.
The remaining 40% of Community Points are set aside in a Community Tank, which supports the project in other ways (for example, by allowing users without Points to purchase perks like Special Memberships on-chain).

More info:

* https://www.reddit.com/community-points[3]

https://www.reddit.com/community-points/documentation/introduction[4]

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On November 1st 2021[5] Reddit announced a partnership with Riot Games[6] and they had released new Arcane/League of Legends inspired reddit avatars.

3: https://www.reddit.com/community-points

4: https://www.reddit.com/community-points/documentation/introduction

5: https://old.reddit.com/r/changelog/comments/qkfod7/introducing_reddit_x_arcane_avatars/

6: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riot_Games

On October 6th 2021[7] Reddit announced a new subreddit shop pilot program so that moderators can sell their own reddit approved merchandise. The reimbursement will be at Reddit’s sole discretion.

7: https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/q2oz1i/sticker_tshirts_and_more_subreddit_swag_is_here/

On September 29th 2021[8] reddit announced that mod teams would now be able to decide for themselves if they want to automatically archive posts after 6 months or if they want users within their communities to be able to vote and comment on previously archived posts.

8: https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/py2xy2/voting_commenting_on_archived_posts/

On September 10th 2021[9] Reddit released their app on the Microsoft Store[10].

9: https://www.reddit.com/r/blog/comments/plrsdf/opt_out_of_followers_frontend_improvements_to/

10: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/reddit/9ns3rbq5hv5f

On September 9th 2021[11] Reddit rolled out moderator certification programs. Mentors (moderators) whom are accepted to the Reddit Community Contractor Program (RCCP) will potentially be paid staff[12].

11: https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/pl3ka2/mod_certification_programs_are_open_for_testing/

12: https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/pl3ka2/mod_certification_programs_are_open_for_testing/hc8hh88/

On June 22nd 2021 they rolled out a new algorithm[13] to the home feed for improved user retention.

13: https://www.reddit.com/r/blog/comments/o5tjcn/evolving_the_best_sort_for_reddits_home_feed/

On June 17th 2021 they announced[14] that they will begin to remove ownership of inactive subreddits.

14: http://old.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/o18ct9/creating_new_opportunities_for_future_community/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=usertext&utm_name=modnews&utm_content=t3_o5ymis

On June 14th 2021 they announced that deleted and removed submissions will no longer be accessible to regular users[15].

15: https://www.reddit.com/r/changelog/comments/nzvq2t/limiting_access_to_removed_and_deleted_post_pages/

On June 9th 2021 Reddit announced that Secret Santa and reddit gifts would be permanently shut down.

Later the same month (March 21st 2021) they rolled out gender identity settings[16] to collect more personalized information from their users.

16: https://www.reddit.com/r/changelog/comments/mawomr/new_option_to_add_gender_identity_during_account/

On March 5th 2021 They appointed Drew Vollero[17] to be Reddit’s Chief Financial Officer[18].

17: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drew-vollero-923aa1b

18: https://redditblog.com/2021/03/05/introducing-drew-vollero-reddits-cfo/

On March 3rd 2021 Reddit rolled out online presence indicators[19]. This feature is on by default and has to be switched off in the account settings.

19: https://www.reddit.com/r/changelog/comments/lx08r2/announcing_online_presence_indicators/

On February 23rd 2021 they announced that they would "simplify" the privacy settings[20], this also meant that users can no longer opt-out of personalized ads based on their Reddit activity anymore.

20: https://www.reddit.com/r/changelog/comments/lqtecn/update_to_user_preferences/

On February 11th 2021 they removed all NSFW content from r/all[21]. In 2021 Reddit banned exactly 2100 NSFW subreddits[22].

21: https://www.reddit.com/r/changelog/comments/lhnvok/removing_sexually_explicit_content_from_rall/

22: https://old.reddit.com/r/NSFW411/comments/qlw026/meta_all_of_the_nsfw_subs_that_have_been_banned/

Reddit announced on December 13th 2020 that they had acquired Dubsmash[23] and have since slowly rolled out a Tik-Tok-like video feature on their app[24].

23: https://redditblog.com/2020/12/13/reddit-welcomes-video-platform-dubsmash-to-team/

24: https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/13/reddit-is-quietly-rolling-out-a-tiktok-like-video-feed-button-on-ios/

On September 9th 2020 they announced their new political advertisement system[25].

25: https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/ipitt0/today_were_testing_a_new_way_to_discuss_political/

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