R/AskReddit explained

AskReddit
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Type:Subreddit
Language:English
Launched:[1]

AskReddit, sometimes stylized as Ask Reddit or Ask Reddit...,[2] [3] is a subreddit on the website Reddit, where users can submit open-ended questions to which other users can then reply.[4] The subreddit describes its focus as "to ask and answer questions that elicit thought-provoking discussions".[5] As of July 2015, AskReddit was the most popular subreddit on all of Reddit,[6] and as of September 2021, it has 33.5 million members.[7] In November 2018, Kevin Wong of Complex wrote:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: r/AskReddit . 2020-07-30 . . en-US . 2020-07-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200730001718/https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/ . dead .
  2. Vella . Matt . 2015-07-09 . Here's What's Really Happening Inside Reddit . . 2020-07-30 . Web site: Here's What's Really Happening Inside Reddit . 9 July 2015 . 2020-07-30 . 2020-08-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200812041744/https://time.com/3951150/reddit-crisis/ . bot: unknown .
  3. News: Manjoo . Farhad . Farhad Manjoo . 2012-01-19 . How Reddit Went From a Second-Tier Aggregator to the Web's Unstoppable Force . en . . 2020-07-30 . 2020-08-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200811194755/https://slate.com/technology/2012/01/reddit-how-the-site-went-from-a-second-tier-aggregator-to-the-webs-unstoppable-force.html . live .
  4. Caplan . Mary A . Purser . Gregory . May 2019 . Qualitative inquiry using social media: A field-tested example . . en . 18 . 3 . 417–435 . 10.1177/1473325017725802 . 149021775 . 1473-3250 . 2020-07-30 . 2020-05-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200514144847/https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1473325017725802 . dead .
  5. Lanius . Candice . October 2019 . Torment Porn or Feminist Witch Hunt: Apprehensions About the #MeToo Movement on /r/AskReddit . . en . 43 . 4 . 415–436 . 10.1177/0196859919865250 . 0196-8599. free .
  6. News: Auerbach . David . David Auerbach . 2015-07-06 . The Reddit Blackout Isn't About One Fired Employee. It's About a Dysfunctional Relationship at Reddit's Core. . en . Slate . 2020-07-30 . 2020-08-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200810090249/https://slate.com/technology/2015/07/reddit-amageddon-what-its-really-about.html . live .
  7. News: Jokic . Natasha . 2020-02-15 . An insider's guide to Reddit's advice communities — where strangers solicit and give tips on everything from STDs to what to have for dinner . . 2020-07-30.