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Reddit manipulates its front page in order to suppress some subreddits for political reasons

For example, if you aren't logged in, the front page shows nothing from The_Donald subreddit, no matter which other options do you choose, even though many The_Donald posts are well in the range of likes that qualifies them to be on the front page. But when you are logged in and subscribed to The_Donald, the front page magically gets some posts from The_Donald! They suppress some subreddits that they don't like and promote some other, mostly meaningless subreddits. Promoted subreddits are mostly about animals, jokes, girlfriends, and other neutral things. Such suppression should be reflected on the wiki page, because it is obviously done for political reasons. Reddit owners support their brand of politics this way. 24.4.131.132 (talk) 22:52, 31 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

If you wish to add this tidbit of information to the Reddit article, please find a reliable source for your claims. An ancedote will not suffice. User:Axisixa [t] [c] 00:37, 1 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

What is "ancedote"? This is very easy to see for anyone. It shouldn't even require any references. 24.4.131.132 (talk) 18:47, 1 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Everything on Wikipedia requires references, and this is one of our most fundamental rules. It should go without saying that billions of people in the world consider many things to be 'obviously' true, yet billions more disagree. Therefore, putting stuff without sources into articles is a bad idea. User:Axisixa [t] [c] 00:01, 2 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Here's a reference - Gizmodo, "blog network", but abides by press code of practice and has editors. Hence should count as WP:RS. ∰Bellezzasolo✡ Discuss 18:50, 1 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This could be included, but it doesn't repeat the claim that this is done due to political bias. User:Axisixa [t] [c] 00:01, 2 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

There is no other possible reason. The link says that the reason is to fix "Trump Spam Problem", but who is to decide what is spam and what isn't? Politics is the only reason, according to WP:SENSE. 24.4.131.132 (talk) 04:36, 2 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

According to the article, the Reddit users decided. The_Donald was one of the subs that people were frequently filtering out of their own feeds. In that Gizmodo article, they link to another of their own articles exposing The_Donald manipulating the voting system on Reddit to bomb the front page. --SubSeven (talk) 07:15, 2 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Change external link and citation/reference for Alexa ranking from http:// to https:// 68.192.101.212 (talk) 23:23, 6 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Done Gulumeemee (talk) 01:00, 7 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Please change the Alexa rank of Reddit to number 6, not 7, as the reference used is the direct Alexa page and it states that Reddit is number 6. -Thedudewhocorrectsthealexarank — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thedudewhocorrectsthealexarank (talk • contribs) 06:04, 28 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Done. User:Axisixa [t] [c] 09:24, 28 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Can someone please remove the notable subreddits section because it doesn't really add much but can be a great target for turf wars if you know what I mean. I am not good in Wikipedia formatting code thingies and there are citation links on some stuff there so clearly a skilled Wikipedician is required. I even had to copypaste this request thing from previous on the page so I hope I didn't miss some obvious detail like going to a special page and that adding this text is sufficient.

Have a nice time of the day,

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Not done: Only subreddits mentioned in reliable sources can be included. Since there are surprisingly few of these (only the ones already listed right now), there should be and has been no argument over inclusion criteria. I do not see this changing in the forseeable future. User:Axisixa [t] [c] 01:06, 14 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

13th anniversary?

I heard there is its 13th anniversary. Is it anywhere near significant for articles? Qwertyxp2000 (talk | contribs) 23:08, 24 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Change Alexa.com rank from "7" to "8" RevkahAnne (talk) 17:18, 27 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Kpgj hpjm 17:48, 27 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

/r/thanosdidnothingwrong

Given the widespread media attention this "ban half the subreddit" thing is getting, is this subreddit worth mentioning here? Toa Nidhiki05 20:39, 8 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Probably not - the event will likely have no lasting notability. User:Axisixa [t] [c] 00:29, 9 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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there is a 'citation needed' for reddit's april fool's day 'CircleofTrust'. here's the needed source: https://redditblog.com/2018/05/22/looking-back-at-r-circleoftrust/ Jooji-san (talk) 11:42, 22 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Done Danski454 (talk) 16:01, 22 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Shadowbans

Why is there no mention of shadowbans included in this article? It cites a post discussion shadowbans, and dozens of media articles are also available highlighting this problem.

It's not officially acknowledged by Reddit, and should therefore occupy the Controversies section. 69.158.176.133 (talk) 21:12, 25 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You can edit! Please develop this article at Shadow banning. To get started consider taking online training and creating an account. Blue Rasberry (talk) 13:57, 26 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked in Indonesia and China

Please change the first line of this section to read ... "on the grounds that it hosts content" ... 203.196.41.161 (talk) 10:19, 10 September 2018 (UTC) Editrite![reply]

The_Donald as a Suggestion?

Not sure using a far-right sub as an example should be alright: why not switch it for r/Android instead so we can leave aside politics? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Raicopk (talk • contribs) 12:19, 13 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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