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On July 10, 2015, after [[Ellen Pao]]'s resignation, Huffman was appointed CEO of Reddit.<ref name=nyt>{{cite news|last1=Issac|first1=Mike|title=Ellen Pao Is Stepping Down as Reddit’s Chief|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/11/technology/ellen-pao-reddit-chief-executive-resignation.html?smid=tw-nytimes&_r=0|accessdate=July 10, 2015|work=[[New York Times]]|date=July 10, 2015}}</ref> Huffman expressed that some controversial communities shouldn't be on Reddit, writing "Neither Alexis nor I created reddit to be a bastion of free speech, but rather as a place where open and honest discussion can happen."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://recode.net/2015/07/14/new-ceo-some-people-on-reddit-shouldnt-be-here-at-all/|title=New CEO: Some People on Reddit ‘Shouldn’t Be Here at All’|work=Re/Code|date=14 Jul 2015}}</ref> Huffman later stated "we didn’t create reddit to be a bastion of free speech, the concept is important to us." Huffman went on to publish a lengthy statement around objectionable content, creating new policies that would require users to opt-in to seeing some content, and blocking material that encourages "Systematic and/or continued actions to torment or demean someone."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/3djjxw/lets_talk_content_ama/|title=Let's talk content. AMA. : announcements|work=reddit}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fastcompany.com/3048747/fast-feed/reddit-ceo-steve-huffman-is-cracking-down-on-hateful-content|title=Reddit CEO Steve Huffman Is Cracking Down On Hateful Content|work=Fast Company}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/07/16/huffman-ceo-reddit-forum/30241849/|title=Reddit CEO to discuss site's values, policies in AMA today|author=Trisha Thadani, USA TODAY|date=16 July 2015|work=USA TODAY}}</ref>
On July 10, 2015, after [[Ellen Pao]]'s resignation, Huffman was appointed CEO of Reddit.<ref name=nyt>{{cite news|last1=Issac|first1=Mike|title=Ellen Pao Is Stepping Down as Reddit’s Chief|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/11/technology/ellen-pao-reddit-chief-executive-resignation.html?smid=tw-nytimes&_r=0|accessdate=July 10, 2015|work=[[New York Times]]|date=July 10, 2015}}</ref> Huffman expressed that some controversial communities shouldn't be on Reddit, writing "Neither Alexis nor I created reddit to be a bastion of free speech, but rather as a place where open and honest discussion can happen."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://recode.net/2015/07/14/new-ceo-some-people-on-reddit-shouldnt-be-here-at-all/|title=New CEO: Some People on Reddit ‘Shouldn’t Be Here at All’|work=Re/Code|date=14 Jul 2015}}</ref> Huffman later stated "we didn’t create reddit to be a bastion of free speech, the concept is important to us." Huffman went on to publish a lengthy statement around objectionable content, creating new policies that would require users to opt-in to seeing some content, and blocking material that encourages "Systematic and/or continued actions to torment or demean someone."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/3djjxw/lets_talk_content_ama/|title=Let's talk content. AMA. : announcements|work=reddit}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fastcompany.com/3048747/fast-feed/reddit-ceo-steve-huffman-is-cracking-down-on-hateful-content|title=Reddit CEO Steve Huffman Is Cracking Down On Hateful Content|work=Fast Company}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/07/16/huffman-ceo-reddit-forum/30241849/|title=Reddit CEO to discuss site's values, policies in AMA today|author=Trisha Thadani, USA TODAY|date=16 July 2015|work=USA TODAY}}</ref>

On August 5th, 2015, Huffman put forth a Reddit content policy update which banned subreddits dedicated to free speech, quarantined ideas which he deemed to be "offensive", and set in an action an Orwellian system of collecting the email addresses of users who chose to access content which he deemed to be "offensive". This prompted outrage and a decline in trust from a large portion of the Reddit community, causing a record number of Reddit users to permanently discontinue using the site.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/3fx2au/content_policy_update/?thing_id=t3_3fx2au&text=I+hope+you+die+soon.#</ref> Additionally a shadowban campaign was launched against users who vocally disagreed with, and or downvoted Huffman's ideas and posts on the site.


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Revision as of 01:13, 6 August 2015

Not to be confused with Steve Hoffman.
Steve Huffman
Born (1983-11-12) November 12, 1983 (age 39)
EducationComputer Science
Alma materUniversity of Virginia
OccupationCEO of Reddit

Steve Huffman (born November 12, 1983) is an American web developer and both the co-founder and CEO of the social networking website Reddit.[1][2] More recently, he co-founded the airfare search site Hipmunk.[3][4]

Career

Huffman, a graduate of Wakefield School in The Plains, Virginia, attended the University of Virginia and majored in Computer Science.[5] After college, he teamed up with classmate Alexis Ohanian to start Reddit, which was initially funded by Y Combinator.[5] Reddit was later acquired by Condé Nast in 2006.[6]

In 2010, Huffman teamed up with Adam Goldstein to create the travel site Hipmunk, with funding also from Y Combinator.[3][4] In 2011, Huffman was named to Inc. magazine's 30 under 30 list.[7] Huffman is also the instructor for "CS253: Web Development", an e-learning course that began on April 2012 offered by online education provider Udacity.[8]

In 2014 Huffman stated that his decision to sell Reddit was a mistake, and that the site's growth had exceeded his expectations.[9]

On July 10, 2015, after Ellen Pao's resignation, Huffman was appointed CEO of Reddit.[2] Huffman expressed that some controversial communities shouldn't be on Reddit, writing "Neither Alexis nor I created reddit to be a bastion of free speech, but rather as a place where open and honest discussion can happen."[10] Huffman later stated "we didn’t create reddit to be a bastion of free speech, the concept is important to us." Huffman went on to publish a lengthy statement around objectionable content, creating new policies that would require users to opt-in to seeing some content, and blocking material that encourages "Systematic and/or continued actions to torment or demean someone."[11][12][13]

References

  1. ^ "Three Years After Their Acquisition, Reddit Founders Move On". Techcrunch. 2009-10-27.
  2. ^ a b Issac, Mike (July 10, 2015). "Ellen Pao Is Stepping Down as Reddit's Chief". New York Times. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
  3. ^ a b "About Hipmunk". Hipmunk. 2010-08-01.
  4. ^ a b Leena Rao (2010-08-01). "Reddit Co-Founder Dips Back Into Y Combinator With Travel Startup Hipmunk".
  5. ^ a b Zak Richards. "Unleashing High-Profile, High-Profit Websites".
  6. ^ "Condé Nast/Wired Acquires Reddit". 2006-10-31.
  7. ^ "Adam Goldstein and Steve Huffman, Founders of Hipmunk". Inc.com. 2011-06-27.
  8. ^ "Udacity CS253 Web Application Engineering". 2012-04-01.
  9. ^ Matthew Hall (10 Dec 2014). "'Atrocious, mobile sucks': Reddit co-founder Steve Huffman on what site has become". The Age.
  10. ^ "New CEO: Some People on Reddit 'Shouldn't Be Here at All'". Re/Code. 14 Jul 2015.
  11. ^ "Let's talk content. AMA. : announcements". reddit.
  12. ^ "Reddit CEO Steve Huffman Is Cracking Down On Hateful Content". Fast Company.
  13. ^ Trisha Thadani, USA TODAY (16 July 2015). "Reddit CEO to discuss site's values, policies in AMA today". USA TODAY.

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