Reddit Review

by Shumaila Kidwai

Description

Reddit is a social networking,entertainment and news content website where a community member can submit text posts or multimedia links.

Access

Reddit is a free website. It can be accessed through: https://www.reddit.com

Sample Usage:

Pictures Included:

Tips, tricks, and tutorials

• How to create an account
• Understanding subreddits
• Subscribing to different subreddits
• How to follow people
• How to find new stuff
• Sorting the subreddit submissions
• Combining subreddits into a multireddit
• Linking comments 
• Using the mobile version of Reddit
• How to change language

What the Tool Does Well

-Using your email to sign in is not important at all.

- You can create a subreddit

- You can comment on other people's subreddit as well.

- Your notifications are divided through your account inbox where comments, mentions and everything is shown.

-You get to vote on a subreddit to make it visible to the front page.

- It enables freedom of speech.

What it Does Poorly

-It does not have any application for easier mobile use.

-The website looks extremely sloppy.

- It is not easily understandable.

-Sexism when it comes to women.

- Lack of diversity.

What happens when you...

-If you're a woman you are targeted to sexism within the forum which basically is something that the creators did not think of in depth.

Additional Resources

4chan is another form of reddit which seems to be similiar to reddit.

www.4chan.com 

The culture of Reddit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXGs_7Yted8

Work cited: 

 "Getting The Most Out Of Reddit: 20 Tips, Tricks And Tools." Hongkiatcom. Web. 09 Feb. 2016. <http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/reddit-tips-tricks/>.