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POSSIBLE SPOILERS
Rules say that original content is encouraged and must be book related so I hope this counts.
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Gerasimov V Ryan. In the book 'The Cardinal of the Kremlin' there is a scene between Jack Ryan and Nikolay Borissovich Gerasimov (head of KGB) that takes place in an empty rail car. It is a great part of the book. Ever since the first time I read it, over a decade ago, this is what I pictured in my head. I decided to finally put it on paper (or on the computer). While I am the artist of the piece I did produce this work from other references. For instance, I found a photo of the inside of a rail car and used it as reference. Same as for the characters. | r/books | post | r/books | 2017-06-06 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXUF9ITjBNRmU3Y0tZZlByRUJsNHZYZHZSVHMxd2lGek9OZDRxWFNFLUdfMUpJOWpENlNGUmVQUlV2cUdER2lUbWtJV2U3UlZBTzgyVG01Nk9vWGlxeVE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2dm1tVkl4SFd0eHlfTkMyand4dUZvaUZYbklNZTB4ZE1SWjVKQS1BX0g2bkZOQV9PYjJ6LTNqZk44bnVlQy1qQ0ZPOGdRZGhScDQ1ay1ZQ2pzR3c3eWw0X2hvR3FvQXMzQ1NSN2twR3dnTVJrd0JVRzhYNGdaRVRuN0ZlTjdQLWV3eDFmRDVRbUkwbG5leU5DVjg2YXFJTUN3RUp3YjZYUHdOSElfNzFJRlhsSUI1Z0JObDVuU2hSTGwzNGlJYmsyZmsxYlFQNks2R3hDc0Y5czJYd2ludz09 |
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My fellow [redditors](https://www.reddit.com/mobile/download),
When Steve and I created this site twelve years ago, our vision was simple but powerful. We wanted to create an open platform for communities and their members to find and discuss the content they found most interesting. And today, that principle is exactly what net neutrality is all about: preserving an open internet with consumer choice and unimpeded access to information.
Net neutrality ensures that the free market—not big cable—picks the winners and losers. This is a [bipartisan issue](https://www.reddit.com/r/comics/comments/6c2mzt/antinet_neutrality_is_everyones_problem/), and we at Reddit will continue to fight for it. We’ve been here [before](https://www.reddit.com/r/blog/comments/2sjkf0/join_us_in_a_final_push_for_net_neutrality_its_as/), and this time we’re facing even worse odds.
But as we all know, you should never tell redditors the odds.
### A level playing field
Net neutrality gives new ideas, online businesses, and up-and-coming sites—like Reddit was twelve years ago—the opportunity to find an audience and grow on a level playing field. Saving net neutrality is crucial for the future of entrepreneurship in the digital age.
We weren’t always in the [top ten most-viewed sites in the U.S.](http://www.alexa.com/topsites/countries/US) When Steve and I started Reddit right out of college, we were just two kids with $12K in funding and some computers in Medford, MA. Our plan was to make something people wanted, because we knew if we accomplished that, we could win—even against massive incumbents.
But we wouldn’t have succeeded if users had to pay extra to visit our website, or if better-funded alternatives loaded faster. Our start-up got to live the American dream thanks to the open internet, and I want to be able to tell aspiring entrepreneurs with a straight face that they can build the next Reddit. If we lose net neutrality, I can’t tell them that.
### We did it, Reddit, and we can do it again.
You all are capable of creating movements.
I’ve had a front-row seat to witness the power of Reddit communities to rally behind a common goal—starting when you all named a whale [Mister Splashy Pants](https://www.ted.com/talks/alexis_ohanian_how_to_make_a_splash_in_social_media) in 2007. It’s been heartening to watch your collective creativity and energy over the years; it’s easy to take all these amazing moments of community and conversation for granted, but the thing that makes them all possible is the open internet, which unites redditors as an issue above all.
Here’s a quick recap:
* In 2012, [we coordinated with mods to black out the website to protest SOPA & PIPA](https://redditblog.com/2012/01/10/stopped-they-must-be-on-this-all-depends/). They called these two bills “inevitable” in DC until America spoke up and they became “unthinkable.”
* Then, [you all crowdfunded a bus we took through the heartland to support the open internet](http://www.adweek.com/digital/inside-reddits-internet-2012-bus-144244/).
* Back in 2014, [you all rallied to deluge the FCC with thoughtful comments in support of net neutrality](https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/275mqp/reddit_there_are_only_45000_comments_on_the_fccs/), and [we collected your best comments for our own letter to the FCC](https://www.reddit.com/r/blog/comments/2aohmu/reddit_is_filing_an_fcc_comment_to_fight_for_an/).
* [You crowdfunded $20,000 to put up net neutrality ads across DC](https://www.theverge.com/2014/5/13/5711012/net-neutrality-protest-posters-go-up-across-washington-ahead-of-fcc-vote).
* In the span of a few hours, [you made over 15,000 phone calls to the FCC and your representatives](https://redditblog.com/2015/01/15/join-us-in-a-final-push-for-net-neutrality-its-as-easy-as-calling-858-wheeler/)!
And all of this actually *worked*.
It’s not just about the U.S., because [redditors in India have used the site to defend net neutrality](https://redditblog.com/podcast/a-neutral-net-part-two/) and the CRTC (the Canadian equivalent of the FCC) [visited r/Canada for a thoughtful (and 99% upvoted!) discussion with citizens](https://np.reddit.com/r/canada/comments/54kz6g/im_from_the_crtc_and_we_want_to_know_what_you/).
Reddit is simply too large to ignore, and you all did all of this when we were just a fraction of the size we are today.
### Time to get back to work
We’re proud to join major internet companies like Amazon, Etsy, Twitter, and Netflix ([better late than never!](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/06/15/netflix-joining-next-months-net-neutrality-protest-says-it-will-never-outgrow-the-fight/)) in today’s Day of Action to Save Net Neutrality, orchestrated by Fight for the Future. We’ve already been hosting AMAs on the subject with politicians (like [Senator Schatz](https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/6k27ny/im_us_senator_brian_schatz_lead_democrat_on_the/)) and journalists (like [Brian Fung from the Washington Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/6lfkwh/im_brian_fung_a_washington_post_reporter_covering/)). Today we’re changing our logo and sharing a special message from Steve, our CEO, with every visitor to our front page to raise awareness and send people to **[BattleForTheNet.com](http://battleforthenet.com)**. Most exciting, [dozens of communities on Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/6g9pkl/reddit_lets_get_organized_more_than_30_subreddits/) (with millions of subscribers) across party lines and interest areas have joined the cause. If your community hasn’t joined in yet, now’s the time! (And you’ll be in good company: u/Here_Comes_The_King is on our side.)
*The FCC [is deciding this issue the way big cable and ISPs want it to](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/05/18/fcc-votes-to-start-rolling-back-landmark-net-neutrality-rules/?utm_term=.b7242cbf9cd1), so it’s on us as citizens to tell them—and our representatives in the Senate and House—how important the open internet is to our economy, our society, and especially for when we’re bored at work.*
I invite everyone who cares about this across the internet to come talk about it with us on Reddit. Join the conversation, upvote stories about net neutrality’s importance to keep them top of mind, [make a high-quality GIF or two](https://www.reddit.com/r/HighQualityGifs/comments/6gnyl4/giffing_for_net_neutrality/), and, most importantly, [contact the FCC](https://www.battleforthenet.com/) to let them know why *you* care about protecting the open internet.
This is how we win: when every elected official realizes how vital net neutrality is to all of their constituents.
--Alexis
**Comment on this post with why net neutrality is important to you! We’re visiting D.C. next month, so if you're an American, add your representatives' names to your comment, we’ll do our best to share your stories with them on Capitol Hill!** | r/blog | post | r/blog | 2017-07-12 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXcGc0UGIzX3dUblhnWGt4alVVZV9YRTNRQW5YLTIxV2ZKLW51MzlCU0VZQkpNLUh2TkEzYVVUaUJkOTV4RFJ0RXY2elB4cExkdGFXSGY4Rk91dHhBZFE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2bmRCYUdIa0VuTzZzLUEwaU1SZ2ZJQldRbFNmV09Ob1JwUzc4ZXQ2cUhFT0U1MVdZQ2NTMWFxTWk1UVIzME0wM2M3angzcDg3dVFKcVZnbVJMTzQwWVlSYlpqSmR4RTNlZDYza05SeGxxQ3g4eVlkWEgtMXFxekdiMU1WeTA4SThYUVZQUlhYSi1LOEFnVnk5RlZsWkNaVFZESmg4cllBWG1kaF92cVZBNUE1U1NKOGIwMzBpNE9XTlpnV3pDUWhX |
Hi All,
We’ve got some updates to share about Reddit the platform, community, and business:
First off, thank you to all of you who participated in the Net Neutrality Day of Action earlier this month! We believe a free and open Internet is the most important advancement of our lifetime, and its preservation is paramount. Even if the FCC chooses to disregard public opinion and rolls back existing Net Neutrality regulations, the fight for Internet freedom is far from over, and Reddit will be there. Alexis and I just returned from Washington, D.C. where we met with members and senators on both sides of the aisle and shared your [stories](https://www.reddit.com/r/blog/comments/6mtgtp/we_need_your_voice_as_we_continue_the_fight_for/) and passion about this issue. Thank you again for [making your voice heard](https://redditblog.com/2017/07/14/redditors-rally-on-the-day-of-action-to-save-net-neutrality/).
We’re happy to report Reddit IRL is alive and well: while in D.C., we hosted one of a series of meetups around the country to connect with moderators in person, and back in June, Redditors gathered for Global Reddit Meetup Day across 120 cities worldwide. We have a few more meetups planned this year, and so far it’s been great fun to connect with everyone face to face.
Reddit has [closed another round of funding](https://www.recode.net/2017/7/31/16037126/reddit-funding-200-million-valuation-steve-huffman-alexis-ohanian). This is an important milestone for the company, and while Reddit the business continues to grow and is healthier than ever, the additional capital provides even more resources to build a Reddit that is accessible, welcoming, broad, and available to everyone on the planet. I want to emphasize our values and goals are not changing, and our investors continue to support our mission.
On the product side, we have a lot going on. It’s incredible how much we’re building, and we’re excited to show you over the coming months. Our video beta continues to expand. A few hundred communities have access, and have been critical to working out bugs and polishing the system. We’re creating more [geo-specific](https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/6j3dkw/testing_geo_popular_your_local_frontpage_of_the/) views of Reddit, and the web redesign (codename: Reddit4) is well underway. I can’t wait for you all to see what we’re working on. The redesign is a massive effort and will take months to deploy. We'll have an alpha end of August, a public beta in October, and we'll see where the feedback takes us from there.
We’re making some changes to our [Privacy Policy](https://www.reddit.com/help/privacypolicy). Specifically, we’re phasing out Do Not Track, which isn’t supported by all browsers, doesn’t work on mobile, and is implemented by few—if any—advertisers, and replacing it with our own [privacy controls](https://www.reddit.com/personalization). DNT is a nice idea, but without buy-in from the entire ecosystem, its impact is limited. In place of DNT, we're adding in new, more granular privacy controls that give you control over how Reddit uses any data we collect about you. This applies to data we collect both on and off Reddit (some of which ad blockers don’t catch). The information we collect allows us to serve you both more relevant content and ads. While there is a tension between privacy and personalization, we will continue to be upfront with you about what we collect and give you mechanisms to opt out. Changes go into effect in 30 days.
Our Community, Trust & Safety, and Anti-Evil teams are hitting their stride. For the first time ever, the majority of our enforcement actions last quarter were proactive instead of reactive. This means we’re catching abuse earlier, and as a result we saw over 1M fewer moderator reports despite traffic increasing over the same period (speaking of which, we updated [community traffic](https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/6pxyvy/traffic_page_update_now_includes_data_from_all/) numbers to be more accurate).
While there is plenty more to report, I’ll stop here. If you have any questions about the above or anything else, I’ll be here a couple hours.
–Steve
u: I've got to run for now. Thanks for the questions! I'll be back later this evening to answer some more. | r/announcements | post | r/announcements | 2017-07-31 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXVkNDWDZRbE5nbHRiMTFld2ZUazJRVDd1SjlaZTkzUURXSWViVnlPYXJpNWE4c2dHbHhvamhMUWZld04ySG55UHVLRWR4R1dqRXpPY3hSTEdIUUc3LWc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2TlRJUXFLOXZ0aldPanVzM25EcjhmQTFQU3ZpN2RrQUtaV2lGY0J1bzhFR3J3bTh2OHF1bWVSb0J6Y005Y1loelViY0VMcFltdkNTdENaczJzZE5kUEMxSHgtT2F6RHJZN3REWFVzNF9JZWdkYmZ2RzFILXJIc2c0Z3VZaU1ONFQzYjNJbG5sMElNNmtkTWF1RUtsTnNZVV82SURHWmV5c1k5Y3A1TG81SUwyY1RQU1c2bDBaN1BKYkZIS0xxZGwyUDcyQ3Biam9QNWh4WEVkV0U2TjZYdz09 |
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When the game went on sale recently I picked it up on my credit card, eager as I was to get the game for less than the £50 it's been for a long time.
To say I was, and am, underwhelmed is a massive understatement. Firstly, the technical issues - the game has massive issues with texture pop in, short draw distance, frame rate drops and frame pacing issues. Coupled with its "fancy PS3 game" level of graphical style, it is severely off putting. To rub salt in the wound, Im using the PS4 Pro so I do think these issues could have been better optimised - especially as this game makes my PS4 fans run overdrive.
But what do graphics matter, when we should all really only care about game play - right? The combat is pretty basic, yes you can combo light and heavy attacks, but these combos are basic and you can get stuck in an animation pretty often. The dodge mechanic is nice, perfectly timing and R2 dodge will make you completely invincible during the animation and you can launch a powerful counter attack. Often though, due to enemy types, your character will do the animation for the counter attack but the enemy hasn't followed the animation with you meaning that your character is stylishly slashing at air. The same issue occurs in a side quest when you fight another android, once you have them weak you can hit O for a power attack. The animation will play but the enemy doesn't animate properly and again you're hitting thin air.
The robots are incredibly simplistic and easy to kill. They are just not fun to fight. On Normal difficulty they're too easy, especially once you get some of the better plug-in chips that boost damage and recover health on kill. Bumping the difficulty up a notch makes you almost one-shot to any attack and increases enemy laser spam. It just feels cheap, rather than a challenge. I also do not enjoy the use of Pods (little floating robot assistants), with having to hold R1 to shoot low damage bullets or slow slightly strong missiles. The Pod Programs (strong attacks) are fun, but too easy to miss unless you use lock on camera, which itself is more of a hindrance than help.
I've finished the first playthrough, which ended very abruptly and with a tedious fight that ends up relying on using the Pod attacks exclusively, which is the definition of anti-fun. To see the true ending, I need to clear the game again from the perspective of the secondary character and then play 3 more versions of the game. It's tedious. I would prefer one single, longer playthrough than these multiple run throughs.
Anyone else struggle to care, or just plain gave up on this game? It's such a critical darling and underground cult hit, I want to love it but I just don't. I feel ripped off in light of its severe technical issues and let down by the story so far. The story might turn out to be amazing, but it's effectively locked behind boring game play. I could do with some non-spoiler motivation to continue from some fans of the game. Otherwise I'll just play something else I think. I'm gutted to feel this way. | r/ps4 | post | r/PS4 | 2017-10-17 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXdDI4MDQ0VkZmQWc4UEhNQ2h1d3h4ZlZRMV9Rb2p0d3NaWk1MU2xCT0N1UERDSENKNUlWdzZjRFRUbERoWVlBcF95ejdUTDYxVzNkaUtwbWk4UmU2c0E9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2WEF4eHlPbnJ4cmVMaXZlOHNOR0NUUDl2SHRYVHZKZGlLS2dlNURqbmo0dDlwbTBBZ1ZycHFldUk2WkhmOVFaSFo2VzNXN2FfaWVFRU4wOGRMNWxIRXFlUlQ3SzlpWi1iSzltQXowODh1VE0zZXRJZ0NSaHhkdVQwQjN5WWlwdGo1a2ExSU9RSEdKNTl6RHpXbG9mUm9xamh4ZVNkSXZVN19aeXRySHk4Vl9MZmdxYnJlVDFVMm1WZUs5S3ZETHFJ |
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I know it might seem strange for those who have always viewed dandelion as a weed, but it's an extremely nutritious green (with 500% DV vitamin K and 100% DV vitamin A per 1 cup chopped serving--as such those on blood thinners like Coumadin should abstain) but I hope you give it a try.
One of the things I like to do most with dandelion is making a pesto. I'll make it two or three times a year, usually in the spring and the fall when the dandelions are most tender. I pick the ones in the shaded areas because they are less bitter than those that are grown in full sun. Dandelion is really flavorful as far as a bitter green goes, so its companions should round and mellow it out. I don't have brie cheese at the moment, but it's something I often pair with the pesto, baked on bread so that the brie is melted and gooey and the pesto takes on a slightly roasted garlic flavor.
**Ingredients (makes 1.5 cups):**
-1 cup washed, chopped dandelion leaves
-1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
-1/2 teaspoon salt
-Pinch of black pepper
-4 cloves garlic
-1/4 cup walnut, pine nuts, or almonds
-1/4 cup Parmesan cheese (optional, abstain for vegan recipes or replace with nutritional yeast for flavor)
1. Place all the ingredients for the pesto in a blender/food processor and blend until smooth. Place in a glass container and use within a week.
For Pics: https://supermarketindependence.blogspot.com/2017/09/dandelion-pesto-with-tomato-and-bread.html | r/recipes | post | r/recipes | 2017-10-25 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXb1ozT010TzRta0tkOGxKUGZIaGh6QzI4WGJ6TFA2VzAtME1VeFJqN2hGbEd3UWozX1ZMRkZlM0tySlFiaURwcWdSbDY0cG15UEY3cWVzUDlRWmtaVmxpdi1WT0RaTmM1a2FVVWZhMkRjSVE9 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2TXhBQlVCOVhpUk9xUHE2bmd0REJVLV9pQUFBX3NzN0hZZjVrZVA1YWZZUGZCTDkxMzNKdnI5WFQ5LXFuSWJnYzB4dkprejJYSDJMS1RvQlVMeTM3cmlFdVZNaFpWNzNMRkY1TkpYczBRRWhRdWNYUGUtUnNVbU40a29EZzJXSU1KemJJbFFfZjBIUXNkMk5NSUdGRS1TVXdYQ0pnWk1EbUdjUHdtVS1JaWYwPQ== |
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Hello Everyone!
It’s been a few months since I last did one of these, so I thought I’d check in and share a few updates.
It’s been a busy few months here at HQ. On the product side, we launched [Reddit-hosted video and gifs](https://www.reddit.com/domain/v.redd.it/); [crossposting](https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/6vths0/beta_crossposting_better_attribution_for_cat/) is in beta; and Reddit’s web redesign is in alpha testing with a limited number of users, which we’ll be expanding to an opt-in beta later this month. We’ve got a long way to go, but the feedback we’ve received so far has been super helpful \(thank you!\). If you’d like to participate in this sort of testing, head over to r/beta and subscribe.
Additionally, we’ll be slowly migrating folks over to the new profile pages over the next few months, and two-factor authentication rollout should be fully released in a few weeks. We’ve made many other changes as well, and if you’re interested in following along with all these updates, you can subscribe to r/changelog.
In real life, we finished our moderator thank you tour where we met with hundreds of moderators all over the US. It was great getting to know many of you, and we received a ton of good feedback and product ideas that will be working their way into production soon. The next major release of the native apps *should* make moderators happy \(but you never know how these things will go…\).
Last week we expanded our content policy to clarify our stance around violent content. The previous policy forbade “inciting violence,” but we found it lacking, so we expanded the policy to cover any content that encourages, glorifies, incites, or calls for violence or physical harm against people or animals. We don’t take changes to our policies lightly, but we felt this one was necessary to continue to make Reddit a place where people feel welcome.
Annnnnnd in other news:
In case you didn’t catch our [post](https://redditblog.com/2017/10/18/announcing-the-reddit-internship-for-engineers-rife/) the other week, we’re running our first ever software development internship program next year. If fetching coffee is your cup of tea, check it out!
This weekend is [Extra Life](https://redditblog.com/2017/10/26/extra-life-is-almost-here-join-team-reddit-on-nov-4th-to-raise-money-for-childrens-hospitals/), a charity gaming marathon benefiting Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, and [we have a team](https://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=cms.page&id=1251). Join our team, play games with the Reddit staff, and help us hit our $250k fundraising goal.
Finally, today we’re kicking off our [ninth annual Secret Santa exchange on Reddit Gifts](https://www.redditgifts.com/exchanges/secret-santa-2017/)! This is one of the longest-running traditions on the site, connecting over 100,000 redditors from all around the world through the simple act of giving and receiving gifts. We just opened this year's exchange a few hours ago, so please join us in spreading a little holiday cheer by [signing up today](https://www.redditgifts.com/exchanges/secret-santa-2017/).
Speaking of the holidays, I’m no longer allowed to use a computer over the Thanksgiving holiday, so I’d love some ideas to keep me busy.
-Steve
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Happy Saturday, Reddit!
[Extra Life](http://www.extra-life.org/reddit) is finally here! We’re calling all gamers and do-gooders alike to help us support the [Children's Miracle Network Hospitals!](https://childrensmiraclenetworkhospitals.org/). We’ve already raised over $85,000, but we’re not done yet, and we need your help in our final push to raise money for sick children. Even if you can only spare a few bucks, please [donate now](https://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.team&teamID=34102) and help us support this very worthy cause.
For the next 24 hours, Reddit will be streaming live on our [Twitch channel](https://www.twitch.tv/reddit). We’ll be playing games like Rocket League, PUBG, League of Legends, and many more! Also, be sure to check out our team leaderboard over at r/ExtraLife to see which of our altruistic communities have raised the most funds.
Now, without further delay, let the games begin!
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I've noticed recently that if I move my headphone cable around or the adapter cable bends a little bit whatever I'm listening to might pause or just to the next song/podcast even when doing something as simple as picking my phone off the desk. Does anyone know if this is a common issue with the adapter?
The plug at the end of my headphones is slightly bent but this kind of thing doesn't happen when plugged straight into a regular 3.5mm in my laptop or iPad. They're kinda nice headphones so if it's a common issue with the adapters I'd spend the $9 on a new one as opposed to replacing the headphones | r/apple | post | r/apple | 2017-11-21 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXWndXa2ZUZUwxZDBuU1d0UFNHN3laMHlYUW9tTHBsUTdpTFRVekhhUVJnWl90YjdpY09NWGdBWk1HQXBPMTJhc00yTTEzekxoaTdsMElTNkVXclN0X1E9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2TTVDRUpaMFdQRDBFZkNwdEV3RFNYaG9nSnJfMUVsOGxJVllYckZOVUVrRkg3Y2RoNEowUGczUHBvWTZSUnpBVUI4NlZneU1BMnh3RmIxV2wwWlNISmtRdXZ4QUNrSzhGZllWU3RqaDVCcndLNVNINENxaXUwQnd5VWZZZ0xmNk9oV1U2WUJkZ2Z0VGVxNDliNE5iTG80MFA5SWJfeDhENFBkUVZfZGtreU8wSGhreXBKSW5Qdkp0aWRIblRJRjVsNk5kdDRicHNZR3NSQUlsUlRKV3ZWZz09 |
**Update**: Thank you, everyone! We were in touch with Congressman Mike Doyle's office yesterday sharing some of your great stories from his home district in Pennsylvania (thanks, u/Bones_MD!), and they've heard you loud and clear. They are leading an effort to get Congress to ask the FCC to delay their December 14 vote, but they need as many Congressional members as possible to sign on. You can help them by calling or writing your member of Congress (look them up [here](https://www.house.gov/htbin/findrep) or through [www.battleforthenet.com](https://www.battleforthenet.com/)) and specifically asking him or her to sign onto Representative Doyle's letter to the FCC. We'll be doing the same. Keep it up, we're being heard!
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Hi All,
If you spent any time on Reddit last week, you [may have noticed a common theme](https://i.redditmedia.com/IhvWlif94HFLCRp0uNqDNjOEsSn2IdI6NVm-OaNnYvM.png?s=2fe8fbb8cd76df11a24f8a105e8a8fae) in the posts on your front page, so we wanted to take a moment to recap what’s happened so far in the fight for net neutrality, underscore how important this issue is to Reddit, and share how we plan to continue to stand up for an internet that remains open and free.
On Tuesday, FCC chairman Ajit Pai [announced his intention to vote on a full rollback of the 2015 net neutrality rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/7ej943/fcc_announces_plan_to_repeal_net_neutrality/). While the pre-Thanksgiving timing of the announcement might have helped the news sneak by over the holidays, you all have helped prevent that from happening. Aside from ensuring that net neutrality was discussed IRL around Thanksgiving tables across the country, you brought the conversation about the open internet to almost every community on the site, from r/dataisbeautiful to r/trashpandas. You’ve made [high-quality gifs](https://www.reddit.com/r/HighQualityGifs/comments/7eklnu/when_i_hear_net_neutrality_is_under_fire_again/), flooded [the meme market](https://www.reddit.com/r/MemeEconomy/comments/7eqxtf/ea_memes_and_fcc_memes_have_a_quick_return_of/), explained the issue to people who are [out of the loop](https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/7elxew/whats_going_on_with_net_neutrality_ask_all_your/), and [given a history](https://www.reddit.com/r/bestof/comments/7elqw7/redditor_lists_all_the_times_ipss_have_illegally/) of why net neutrality rules are essential.
In just one week, you made 50,000 unique posts and over 350,000 comments related to net neutrality, generating over 21 million votes. While Tuesday’s news hits close to home, we are grateful that the Reddit community cares just as much about net neutrality as we do at Reddit HQ.
As many of you know, the FCC’s vote will happen on December 14 and is expected to pass. However, the vote is also expected to be challenged almost immediately in court, likely kicking off a long process that will take years to work through. During this time, Congress will likely try to legislate a fix. As a still-small company that owes its existence to net neutrality’s giving us a fair chance in the marketplace, we will take every opportunity to share our perspective and give constructive input to this process. The [data says](https://www.scribd.com/document/353285485/Freedman-Consulting-Net-Neutrality-Poll) that Americans don’t see this as a partisan issue, and neither do we.
Most of the activism right now is focused on driving messages to Congress and the FCC before December 14 \(including a protest in DC the day before the vote\). The FCC has received a record 22 million comments on net neutrality but has indicated they have not reviewed comments that don’t introduce new facts into the record or make serious legal arguments. Additionally, they believe a number of the comments are fake. While we are unlikely to change the FCC’s decision, we encourage you to follow [Commissioner Rosenworcel’s suggestion](http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-rosenworcel-fcc-net-neutrality-repeal-20171122-story.html) and continue to “make a ruckus” to let the FCC hear your individual stories on the importance of net neutrality.
A few months ago, u/kn0thing [asked you to leave comments explaining why net neutrality is important to you](https://www.reddit.com/r/blog/comments/6mtgtp/we_need_your_voice_as_we_continue_the_fight_for/), and thousands of you delivered. Today, we’re asking you again to leave personal stories that we can use in the battle ahead. When we shared these stories with members of Congress this past July, we saw firsthand how effective they are at humanizing an issue that is too often perceived as an abstract battle between big corporate interests.
We will continue to share these personal testimonials with more members of Congress, with the media, and potentially file them in court briefs. Our goal in this effort is to keep the personal dimension of the open internet top of mind for everyone who wants to repeal net neutrality. We know how powerful redditors banding together for a common cause can be, so our focus will continue to be on amplifying *your* voices, from Capitol Hill to — if it comes to it — the Supreme Court.
So, please tell us in the comments:
*How would your life change if internet service providers started blocking or throttling certain internet traffic, or creating paid prioritization channels for certain content?*
Include as much detail as you feel comfortable sharing. Generally, the more specific, the better. Mentioning your state and Congressional representative is especially useful.
Thank you.
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#Welcome to the /r/Filmmakers Official Filmmaking FAQ And Information Post!
Below I have collected answers and guidance for some of the sub's most common topics and questions. This is all content I have personally written either specifically for this post or in comments to other posters in the past. This is however not a me-show! If anybody thinks a section should be added, edited, or otherwise revised then [message the moderators](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=%2Fr%2FFilmmakers)! Specifically, I could use help in writing a section for audio gear, as I am a camera/lighting nerd.
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> ####1. Should I Pursue Filmmaking / Should I Go To Film School?
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> ####2. What Camera Should I Buy?
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> ####3. What Lens Should I Buy?
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> ####4. How Do I Learn Lighting?
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> ####5. What Editing Program Should I Use?
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# **1. Should I Pursue Filmmaking / Should I Go To Film School?**
This is a very complex topic, so it will rely heavily on *you* as a person. Find below a guide to help you identify what you need to think about and consider when making this decision.
##Do you want to do it?
Alright, real talk. If you want to make movies, you'll at least have a few ideas kicking around in your head. Successful creatives like writers and directors have an internal compunction to create something. They get ideas that stick in the head and compel them to translate them into the real world. Do you want to make films, or do you want to *be seen as* a filmmaker? Those are two extremely different things, and you need to be honest with yourself about which category you fall into. If you like the idea of being called a filmmaker, but you don't actually have any interest in making films, then now is the time to jump ship. I have many friends from film school who were just into it because they didn't want "real jobs", and they liked the idea of working on flashy movies. They made some cool projects, but they didn't have that internal drive to create. They saw filmmaking as a task, not an opportunity. None of them have achieved anything of note and most of them are out of the industry now with college debt but no relevant degree. If, when you walk onto a set you are overwhelmed with excitement and anxiety, then you'll be fine. If you walk onto a set and feel foreboding and anxiety, it's probably not right for you. Filmmaking should be fun. If it isn't, you'll never make it.
##School
Are you planning on a film production program, or a film studies program? A studies program isn't meant to give you the tools or experience necessary to actually make films from a craft-standpoint. It is meant to give you the analytical and critical skills necessary to dissect films and understand what works and what doesn't. A would-be director or DP will benefit from a program that mixes these two, with an emphasis on production.
Does your prospective school have a film club? The school I went to had a filmmakers' club where we would all go out and make movies every semester. If your school has a similar club then I highly recommend jumping into it. I made 4 films for my classes, and shot 8 films. In the filmmaker club at my school I was able to shoot 20 films. It vastly increased my experience and I was able to get a lot of the growing pains of learning a craft out of the way while still in school.
How are your classes? Are they challenging and insightful? Are you memorizing dates, names, and ideas, or are you talking about philosophies, formative experiences, cultural influences, and milestone achievements? You're paying a huge sum of money, more than you'll make for a decade or so after graduation, so you better be getting something out of it.
**Film school is always a risky prospect. You have three decisive advantages from attending school:**
1. Foundation of theory (why we do what we do, how the masters did it, and how to do it ourselves)
2. Building your first network
3. Making mistakes in a sandbox
Those three items are the *only* advantages of film school. It doesn't matter if you get to use fancy cameras in class or anything like that, because I guarantee you that for the price of your tuition you could've rented that gear and made your own stuff. The downsides, as you may have guessed, are:
1. Cost
- Risk of no value
- Cost again
Seriously. Film school is insanely expensive, especially for an industry where you really don't make any exceptional money until you get established (and that can take a decade or more).
So there's a few things you need to sort out:
- How much debt will you incur if you pursue a film degree?
- How much value will you get from the degree? (any notable alumni? Do they succeed or fail?)
- Can you enhance your value with extracurricular activity?
##Career Prospects
Don't worry about lacking experience or a degree. It is easy to break into the industry if you have two qualities:
- The ability to listen and learn quickly
- A great attitude
In LA we often bring unpaid interns onto set to get them experience and possibly hire them in the future. Those two categories are what they are judged on. If they have to be told twice how to do something, that's a bad sign. If they approach the work with disdain, that's also a bad sign. I can name a few people who walked in out of the blue, asked for a job, and became professional filmmakers within a year. One kid was 18 years old and had just driven to LA from his home to learn filmmaking because he couldn't afford college. Last I saw he has a successful YouTube channel with nature documentaries on it and knows his way around most camera and grip equipment. He succeeded because he smiled and joked with everyone he met, and because once you taught him something he was good to go. Those are the qualities that will take you far in life (and I'm not just talking about film).
So how do you break in?
- *Cold Calling*
- Find the production listings for your area (not sure about NY but in LA we use the BTL Listings) and go down the line of upcoming productions and call/email every single one asking for an intern or PA position. Include some humor and friendly jokes to humanize yourself and you'll be good. I did this when I first moved to LA and ended up camera interning for an ASC DP on movie within a couple months. It works!
- *Rental House*
- Working at a rental house gives you free access to gear and a revolving door of clients who work in the industry for you to meet.
- *Filmmaking Groups*
- Find some filmmaking groups in your area and meet up with them. If you can't find groups, don't sweat it! You have more options.
- *Film Festivals*
- Go to film festivals, meet filmmakers there, and befriend them. Show them that you're eager to learn how they do what they do, and you'd be happy to help them on set however you can. Eventually you'll form a fledgling network that you can work to expand using the other avenues above.
##What you should do right now
Alright, enough talking! You need to decide now if you're still going to be a filmmaker or if you're going to instead major in something safer (like business). It's a tough decision, we get it, but you're an adult now and this is what that means. You're in command of your destiny, and you can't trust anyone but yourself to make that decision for you.
Once you decide, own it. If you choose film, then take everything I said above into consideration. There's one essential thing you need to do though: create. Go outside right fucking now and make a movie. Use your phone. That iphone or galaxy s7 or whatever has better video quality than the crap I used in film school. Don't sweat the gear or the mistakes. Don't compare yourself to others. Just make something, and watch it. See what you like and what you don't like, and adjust on your next project! Now is the time for you to do this, to learn what it feels like to make a movie.
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#**2. What Camera Should I Buy?**
The answer depends mostly on your budget and your intended use. You'll also want to become familiar with some basic camera terms because it will allow you to efficiently evaluate the merits of one option vs another. Find below a basic list of terms you should become familiar with when making your first (or second, or third!) camera purchase:
1. **Resolution** - This is how many pixels your recorded image will have. If you're into filmmaking, you probably already know this. An HD camera will have a resolution of 1920x1080. A 4K camera will be either 4096x2160 or 3840x2160. The functional difference is that the former is a theatrical aspect ratio while the latter is a standard HDTV aspect ratio (1.89:1 vs 1.78:1 respectively).
2. **Framerates** - The standard and popular framerate for filmmaking is called 24p, but most digital cameras will actually be shooting at 23.976 fps. The difference is negligible and should have no bearing on your purchasing choice. The technical reasons behind this are interesting but ultimately irrelevant. Something to look for is the camera's ability to shoot in **high framerate**, meaning anything above the 24p standard. This is useful because you can play back high framerate footage *at* 24p in your editor, and it will render the recorded motion in **slow motion**. This is obviously useful!
3. **Data Rate** - This tells you how much data is being recorded on a per second basis. Generally speaking, the higher the data rate, the better your image quality. Make sure to pay attention to resolution as well! A 1080p camera with a 100 MB/s data rate is going to be recording higher quality imagery than a 4k camera at a 200 MB/s data rate because the 4k camera has 4x as many pixels to record but only double the data bandwidth with which to do it. Things like compression come into play here, but keep this in mind as a rule of thumb.
4. **Compression** - Compression is important, because very few cameras will shoot without some form of compression. This is basically an algorithm that allows you to record high quality images without making large file sizes. This is intimately linked with your data rate. Popular cinema compressions for cameras include ProRes, REDCODE, XAVC, AVCHD. Compression schemes that you want to avoid include h.264, h.265, MPEG-4, and Generic 'MOV'. This is not an exhaustive list of compression types, but a decent starter guide.
5. **ISO** - This is your camera sensor's sensitivity to light. The higher the ISO number, the more sensitive to light the camera will be. Higher ISOs tend to give noisier images though, so there is a tradeoff. All cameras will have something called a **native iso**. This is the ISO at which the camera is deemed to perform the best in terms of trading off noise vs sensitivity. A very common native ISO in the industry is 800. Sony cameras, including the A7S boast much higher ISO performance without significant noise increases, which can be useful if you're planning on running and gunning in the dark with no crew.
6. **Manual Shutter** - Your shutter speed (or shutter angle, as it is called in the film industry) controls your motion blur by changing how long the sensor is exposed to light during a single frame of recording. Having manual control over this when shooting is important. The standard shutter speed when shooting 24p is 1/48 of a second (180° in shutter angle terms), so make sure your prospective camera can get here (1/50 is close enough).
7. **Lens Mount** - Some starter cameras will have built in lenses, which is fine for learning! When you move up to higher quality cameras however, the standard will be interchangeable lens cameras. This means you'll need to decide on what lens mount you would like to use. The professional standard is called the PL Mount, but lenses and cameras that use this mount are very expensive. The most common and popular mount in the low level professional world is Canon's EF mount. Because of its design, EF mount lenses can easily be adapted to other common mounts like Sony's E-Mount or the MFT mounts found on many Panasonic cameras. EF is popular because Canon's lenses are generally preferred over Sony's, and so their mount has a higher utility.
8. **Color Subsampling** - This is easier to understand if you think of it as 'Color Resolution'. Our eyes are more sensitive to luminance (bright vs dark) than to color, and so some cameras increase effective image quality by dedicating processing power and data rate bandwidth to the more important luminance values of individual pixels. This means that individual pixels often do not have their own color, but instead that *groups of neighboring pixels* will be given a single color value. The size of the groups and the pattern of their arrangement are referred to by 3 main color subsampling standards.
- 4:4:4 means that each pixel has its own color value. This is the highest quality.
- 4:2:2 means that color is set for horizontal pixels in pairs. The color of each two neighboring pixels is averaged and applied to both identically. This is the second best quality.
- 4:2:0 means that color is set for both horizontal and vertical pixel 4-packs. Each square of 4 pixels receives a single color assignment that is an averaging of their original signals. This is generally low quality.
For more info on color subsampling, check out [this wikipedia entry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chroma_subsampling)
9. **Bit-Depth** - This refers to how many colors the camera is capable of recognizing. An 8-bit camera can have 16,777,216 distinct colors, while a 10-bit camera can have 1,073,741,824 distinct colors. Note that this is primarily only of use when doing color grading, as nearly all TVs and computer monitors from the past few decades are 8-bit displays that won't benefit from a 10-bit signal.
10. **Sensor Size** - The three main sensor sizes you'll encounter (in ascending order) are **Micro Four-Thirds (M43), APS-C,** and **Full Frame**. A larger sensor will generally have better noise and sensitivity than a smaller sensor. It will also effect the field of view you get from a given lens. Larger sensors will have wider fields of view for the same focal length lenses. For example, a 50mm lens on a FF sensor will look roughly twice as wide-angle as a 50mm lens on a M43 sensor. To get the same field of view as a 50mm on FF, you'd need to use a 25mm lens on your M43 camera. *Theatrical 35mm (the cinema standard, so to speak) has an equivalent sensor size to* ***APS-C***, which is larger than M43 and smaller than Full Frame.
## So Now What Camera Should I Buy?
This list will be changing as new models emerge, but for now here is a short list of the cameras to look at when getting started:
1. [Panasonic G7 \(~$600\)](https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1208931-REG/panasonic_lumix_dmc_g7_mirrorless_micro.html) - This is hands down the best starter camera for someone looking to move up from shooting on their phones or consumer camcorders.
2. [Panasonic GH4 \(~$1,500\)](https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1185322-REG/panasonic_dmc_gh4_camera_body_black.html) - An older and cheaper version of the GH5, this camera is still a popular choice.
3. [Panasonic GH5 \(~$2,000\)](https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1376491-REG/panasonic_lumix_dc_gh5_mirrorless_micro.html) - This is perhaps the most popular prosumer DSLR filmmaking camera.
4. [Sony A7S \(~$2,700\)](https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1186034-REG/sony_ilce7sm2_b_alpha_a7sii_mirrorless_digital.html) - This is a very popular camera for shooting in low light settings. It also boasts a Full-Frame sensor (compared to the GH5's M4/3 sensor), allowing you to get shallower depth of field compared to other cameras using the same field of view and aperture.
5. [Canon C100 mkII \(~$3,500\)](https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1086125-REG/canon_eos_c100_cinema_eos.html) - This is one of the cheapest true digital cinema cameras. It offers several benefits over the above DSLR cameras, such as professional level XLR audio inputs, internal ND filters, and a better picture profile system.
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# **3. What Lens Should I Buy?**
Much like with deciding on a camera, lens choice is all about your budget and your needs. Below are the relevant specs to use as points of comparison for lenses.
1. **Focal Length** - This number indicates the field of view your lens will supply. A higher focal length results in a narrow (or more 'telescopic') field of view. [Here is a great visual depiction of focal length vs field of view](https://cdn-7.nikon-cdn.com/Images/Learn-Explore/Photography-Techniques/2009/Focal-Length/Media/red-barn-focal-lenght-rep-image.jpg).
2. **Speed** - A 'fast lens' is one with a very wide maximum aperture. This means the lens can let more light through it than a comparatively slower lens. We read the aperture setting via something called F-Stops. They are a standard scale that goes in alternating doublings of previous values. The scale is: 1.0, 1.4, 2.0, 2.8, 4.0, 5.6, 8.0, 11, 16, 22, 32, 45, 64. Each increase is a doubling of the incoming light. A lens whose aperture is a 1.4 will allow in twice as much light than it would have at 2.0. Cheaper lenses tend to only open up to a 4.0, or even a 5.6. More expensive lenses can open as far 1.3, giving you 16x as much light. Wider apertures also cause your depth of field to contract, resulting in the 'cinematic' shallow focus you're likely familiar with. [Here is a great visual depiction of f-stop vs depth of field](https://cloudfront.slrlounge.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/aperture-depth-of-field-example.jpg)
3. **Chromatic Aberration** - Some lower quality glass will have this defect, in which imperfect lens elements cause a prism-style effect that separates colors on the edges of image details. Post software can sometimes help correct this, as in [this example](https://cdn.photographylife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Uncorrected-and-Corrected-CA.jpg)
4. **Sharpness** - I'm sure you all know what sharpness is. Cheaper lenses will yield a softer in-focus image than more expensive lenses. However, some lenses are popularly considered to be 'over-sharp', such as the Zeiss CP2 series. The minutia of the sharpness debate is mostly irrelevant at starter levels though.
5. **Bokeh** - This refers to the *shape* of an out of focus point of light as rendered by the lens. The bokeh of your image will always be in the shape of your aperture. For that reason, a perfectly round aperture will yield nice clean circle bokeh, while a rougher edged aperture will produce similarly rougher bokeh. [Here's an example](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/75/fd/6a/75fd6aba18cdb3fbe9780e3307b4874f.jpg)
6. **Lens Mount** - Make sure the lens you're buying will either fit your camera's lens mount or allow for adapting to is using a popular adapter like the Metabones. The professional standard lens mount is the PL Mount, but lenses and cameras that use this mount are very expensive. The most common and popular mount in the low level professional world is Canon's EF mount. Because of its design, EF mount lenses can easily be adapter to other common mounts like Sony's E-Mount or the MFT mounts found on many Panasonic cameras. EF is popular because Canon's lenses are generally preferred over Sony's, and so their mount has a higher market share.
##Zoom vs Prime
This is all about speed vs quality vs budget. A zoom lens is a lens whose **focal length* can be changed by turning a ring on the lens barrel. A prime lens has a fixed focal length. Primes tend to be cheaper, faster, and sharper. However, buying a full set of primes can be more expensive than buying a zoom lens that would cover the same focal length range. Using primes on set in fast-paced environments can slow you down prohibitively. You'll often see news, documentary, and event cameras using zooms instead of primes. Some zoom lenses are as high-quality as prime lenses, and some people refer to them as 'variable prime' lenses. This is mostly a marketing tool and has no hard basis in science though. As you might expect, these high quality zooms tend to be very expensive.
##So What Lenses Should I Look At?
Below are the most popular lenses for 'cinematic' filming at low budgets:
1. [Rokinon Cine 4 Lens Kit in EF Mount \(~$1,700\)](https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=rokinon%20cine&N=0&InitialSearch=yes&sts=ma&Top+Nav-Search=)
2. [Canon L Series 24-70mm Zoom in EF Mount \(~1,700\)](https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/843008-USA/Canon_5175B002_EF_24_70mm_f_2_8L_II.html)
3. [Sigma Art 18-35mm Zoom in EF Mount \(~$800\)](https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/967344-REG/sigma_18_35mm_f1_8_dc_hsm.html)
4. [Sigma Art 50-100 Zoom in EF Mount \(~$1,100\)](https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1234029-REG/sigma_693954_50_100mm_f_1_8_dc_hsm.html)
Lenses below these average prices are mostly a crapshoot in terms of quality vs $, and you'll likely be best off using your camera's kit lens until you can afford to move up to one of the lenses or lens series listed above.
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# **4. How Do I Learn Lighting?**
Alright, so you're biting off a big chunk here if you've never done lighting before. But it is doable and (most importantly) **fun**!
First off, *fuck three-point lighting*. So many people misunderstand what that system is supposed to teach you, so let's just skip it entirely. Light has **three properties**. They are:
* **Color**: Color of the light. This is both color temperature (on the Orange - Blue scale) and what you'd probably think of as regular color (is it RED!? GREEN!? AQUA!?) etc. Color. You know what color is.
* **Quantity**: How bright the light is. You know, the quantity of photons smacking into your subject and, eventually, your retinas.
* **Quality**: This is the good shit. The quality of a light source can vary quite a bit. Basically, this is how **hard** or **soft** the light is. Alright, you've got a guy standing near a wall. You shine a light on him. What's on the wall? His shadow, that's what. You know what shadows look like. A hard light makes his shadow super distinct with 'hard' edges to it. A soft light makes his shadow less distinct, with a 'soft' edge. When the sun is out, you get hard light. Distinct shadows. When it's cloudy, you get soft light. No shadows at all! So what makes a light hard or soft? Easy! **The size of the source, relative to the subject**. Think of it this way. You're the subject! Now look at your light source. How much of your field of vision is taken up by the light source? Is it a pinpoint? Or more like a giant box? The smaller the size of the source, the harder the light will be. You can take a hard light (i.e. a light bulb) and make it softer by putting **diffusion** in front of it. [Here is a picture of that happening](http://78.media.tumblr.com/7007ed96712236a6f446f094f946b8fa/tumblr_inline_o1qbhcoXA51rbs4ue_500.jpg). You can also **bounce** the light off of something big and bouncy, like a [bounce board](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/Bounce_Board,_by_Brian_Finifter.jpg) or [a wall](http://st.houzz.com/simgs/feb1a53a01e178c6_4-1017/modern-wall-sconces.jpg). That's what sconces do. I fucking love sconces.
Alright, so there are your three properties of light. Now, how do you light a thing? Easy! Put light where you want it, and take it away from where you don't want it! Shut up! I know you just said "I don't know where I want it", so I'm going to stop you right there. Yes you do. I know you do because you can look at a picture and know if the lighting is good or not. You can recognize good lighting. Everybody can. The difference between knowing good lighting and *making* good lighting is simply in the execution.
Do an experiment. Get a lightbulb. Tungsten if you're oldschool, LED if you're new school, or CFL if you like mercury gas. plug it into something portable and movable, and have a friend, girlfriend, boyfriend, neighbor, creepy-but-realistic doll, etc. sit down in a chair. Turn off all the lights in the room and move that bare bulb around your ~~victim~~ subject's head. Note how the light falling on them changes as the light bulb moves around them. This is lighting, done live! Get yourself some diffusion. Either buy some overpriced or make some of your own (wax paper, regular paper, translucent shower curtains, white undershirts, etc.). Try softening the light, and see how that affects the subject's head. If you practice around with this enough you'll get an idea for how light looks when it comes from various directions. Three point lighting (well, all lighting) works on this fundamental basis, but so many 'how to light' tutorials skip over it. Start at the bottom and work your way up!
Ok, so cool. Now you know how light works, and sort of where to put it to make a person look a certain way. Now you can get creative by combining multiple lights. A very common look is to use soft light to primarily illuminate a person (the 'key) while using a harder (but sometimes still somewhat soft) light to do an edge or rim light. [Here's a shot](http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/16600000/The-Shawshank-Redemption-the-shawshank-redemption-16632474-1600-900.jpg) from a sweet movie that uses a soft key light, a good amount of ambient ('errywhere) light, and a hard backlight. [Here](http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/16600000/The-Shawshank-Redemption-the-shawshank-redemption-16632964-1600-900.jpg) they are lit ambiently, but still have an edge light coming from behind them and to the right. You can tell by the quality of the light that this edge was probably very soft. We can go on for hours, but if you just watch movies and look at shadows, bright spots, etc. you'll be able to pick out lighting locations and qualities fairly easily since you've been practicing with your light bulb!
## How Do I Light A Greenscreen?
Honestly, your greenscreen will depend more on your technical abilities in After Effects (or whichever program) than it will on your lighting. I'm a DP and I'm admitting that. A good key-guy (Keyist? Keyer?) can pull something clean out of a mediocre-ly lit greenscreen (like the ones in your example) but a bad key-guy will still struggle with a perfectly lit one. I can't help you much here, as I am only a mediocre key-guy, but I can at least give you advice on how to light for it!
Here's what you're looking for when lighting a greenscreen:
* **Two Separate Lighting Setups:** You should have a lighting setup for the green screen and a lighting setup for your actor. Of course, this isn't always possible. But we like to aspire to big things! The reason this is helpful is that it makes it easier for you to adjust the greenscreen light without affecting the actor's lighting, and vice versa.
* **Separate the subject from the greenscreen as much as possible!** - Pretty much that. The closer your subject is to the screen, the harder it is to keep lights from interfering with things they're not meant for, and the greater the chance the actor has of getting his filthy shadow all over the screen. I normally try to keep my subjects at least 8' away from the screen at a minimum for anything wider than an MCU.
* **Light the Green Screen EVENLY:** The green on the screen needs to be as close to the same intensity in all parts as possible, or you just multiply your work in post. For every different shade of green on that screen you'll need make a separate key effect to make clean edges, and then you'll need to matte and combine them all together. Huge headache that can be a tad overwhelming if you're not used it. For this reason, Get your shit even! *"But how do I do that?"* you ask! Well, first off, I actually prefer to use hard light. You see, hard light has the nice innate property of being able to throw itself a long distance without losing all its intensity. The farther away the light source is from the subject, the less its intensity will change from inch to inch. That's called the **inverse square law**, and it is cool as fuck. If you change the distance between the light and the subject, the intensity of the light will shift as an inverse to the square of the distance. Science! So if you double the distance between the light and the subject, the intensity is quartered (1 over 2 squared. 1/4). So, naturally, the farther away you are the more distance is required to reduce the intensity further. If you have the space, use it to your advantage and back your lights up! Now back to reality. You probably don't have a lot of space. You're probably in a garage. OK, fuck it, emergency mode! Now we use soft lights. Soft lights change their intensity quite inconveniently if they're at an oblique angle to the screen, but they kick ass if you can get them to shine more or less perpendicular on the screen. The problem there of course is that they'd then be sitting where your actor probably is. Sooo we move them off to the side, maybe put one on the ceiling, one on the ground too, and try to smudge everything together on the screen. Experiment with this for a while and you'll get the hang of it in no-time!
* **Have your background in mind *BEFORE* shooting:** Even if your key is flawless, it will look like shit if the actor isn't lit in a convincing manner compared to the background. If, for example, [this](http://i.imgur.com/pVWZ03G.jpg) for some reason is your background, you'll know that your actor needs a hard backlight from above and to camera right since we see a light source there. Also, we can infer from the lighting on the barrels that his main source of illumination should be from above him and pointing down, slightly from the right. You can move the source around and accent it as needed to make the actor not-ugly, but your background has provided you with some significant constraints right off the bat. For that reason, **pick your background before you shoot**, if possible. If it is not possible to do so, well, good luck! Guess as best as you can and try to find a good background.
## What Lights Should I Buy?
OK! So now you know sort of how to light a green screen and how to light a person. So now, what lights do you need? Well, really, you just need any lights. If you're on a budget, don't be afraid to get some work lights from home depot or picking up some off brand stuff on craigslist. By far the most important influence on the quality of your images will be **where and how you use the lights** rather than what types or brands of lights you are using. I cannot stress this enough. ***How* you use it will blow *what* you use out of the water**. Get as many different types of lights as you can for the money you have. That way you can do lots of sources, which can make for more intricate or nuanced lighting setups. I know you still want some hard recommendations, so I'll tell you this: Get china balls (china lanterns. Paper lanterns whatever the fuck we're supposed to call [these](http://www.filmtools.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/3/8/3877.JPG) now). They are wonderful soft lights, and if you need a hard light you can just take the lantern off and shine with the bare bulb! For bulbs, grab some 200W and 500W globes. You can check B&H, Barbizon, Amazon, and probably lots of other places for these. Make sure you grab some high quality socket-and-wire sets too. You can find them at the same places. For brighter lights, like I said home depot construction lights are nice. You can also by PAR lamps relatively cheap. Try grabbing a few [Par Cans](http://www.greatneckgames.com/images/audio-visual-lighting/large/Par-Can-001.jpg). They're super useful and stupidly cheap. Don't forget to budget for some light stands as well, and maybe C-clamps and the like for rigging to things. I don't know what on earth you're shooting so it is hard to give you a grip list, but I'm sure you can figure that kind of stuff out without too much of a hassle.
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# **5. What Editing Program Should I Use?**
Great question! There are several popular editing programs available for use.
## Free Editing Programs
Your choices are essentially limited to **[Davinci Resolve \(Non-Studio\)](https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/)** and **[Hitfilm Express](https://hitfilm.com/express)**. My personal recommendation is Davinci Resolve. This is the industry standard color-grading software (and its editing features have been developed so well that its actually becoming the industry standard editing program as well), and you will have free access to many of its powerful tools. The Studio version costs a few hundred dollars and unlocks multiple features (like noise reduction) without forcing you to learn a new program.
## Paid Editing Programs
1. [**Avid Media Composer \($50/mo or $1,300 for life\)**](https://shop.avid.com/ccrz__Products?viewState=ListView&cartID=&categoryId=a3yi0000000011qAAA&&store=shop&gclid=CjwKCAiAu4nRBRBKEiwANms5W5aTpnsZUlCqfCPrO-E6gJnPP72AtyPKGqmTgHgRDzzq8h9le_T4jxoCu1EQAvD_BwE) - This is the high-level industry standard, but is not terribly popular unless you're working at a professional post-house for big budget movies.
2. [**Adobe Premiere Pro \($20/mo\)**](http://www.adobe.com/products/premiere.html?sdid=KKQOM&mv=search&s_kwcid=AL!3085!3!193588412835!e!!g!!adobe%20premiere%20pro&ef_id=Wag6FgAABW8Ed9zc:20171202234138:s) - This used to be the most popular industry standard editor for low to medium budget productions. It is still used quite often, so knowing Premiere is a handy skill to maintain.
3. **[Davinci Resolve Studio \($300\)](https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1366318-REG/blackmagic_design_dv_resstud_davinci_resolve_stud_color.html)** - This is a solid editing program built into the long time industry-standard color grading suite. Since Resolve added editing, its feature set and reputation has been on the rise. It's eclipsing Premiere now and set to be the undisputed industry standard for video editing and color grading for all but the absolute highest level productions. This is the best overall choice if you're looking to find your first editing program.
4. **[Final Cut Pro X \($300\)](https://www.apple.com/final-cut-pro/)** - This is the old standard for low-high budget editing, replaced by Adobe Premiere and now again by Resolve. It is available on Mac platforms only, and is still a powerful editor. | r/filmmakers | post | r/Filmmakers | 2017-12-03 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXc201WUNjMllKSGtJeW1IM2F6WUs5MkNRY3UxTGhkS3JFcW1yWU43dGF3cGxkY0cwb3VoTkUyc1ZQYTlZQ2ZwVGR0MkhwaE9FS3lmMloxUzdycWJJTHc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2cHZQNm5PekpvbDFGVVlXM1RnYTJ4bU9UTHFqVzd6MmFybVdFU3BFQXZobTZXaTlVODhvTmtaVUxBZkl1bjducEFBRVFfMFVTbmhETV90eVB5ZTlvZmNFRzhzeG1XWUFxSnF1ZGVWaUpkTm9BWUd0aXRoSjNaczJGaHhMc2NrUllwWGN2QVdGOHlEbUtvaDRKVjNqSGc4aFROS2JjRk95TF9nTHYzMTVRWmx4UE1BZmpCSzZuRUJUQzdLX0VISGZFUVlVdWVfQUZycWRqek5ISzNuM2VwQT09 |
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Following today’s disappointing vote from the FCC, Alexis and I wanted to take the time to thank redditors for your incredible activism on this issue, and reassure you that we’re going to continue fighting for the free and open internet.
Over the past few months, we have been floored by the energy and creativity redditors have displayed in the effort to save net neutrality. It was inspiring to witness [organic takeovers](https://www.reddit.com/r/blog/comments/7j8fkt/an_analysis_of_net_neutrality_activism_on_reddit/) of the front page \(twice\), read touching [stories](https://www.reddit.com/r/blog/comments/6mtgtp/we_need_your_voice_as_we_continue_the_fight_for/) about how net neutrality matters in users’ everyday lives, see bills about net neutrality [discussed on the front page](https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/7j6kn4/congress_has_set_out_a_bill_to_stop_the_fcc/) \(with over 100,000 upvotes and cross-posts to over 100 communities\), and watch redditors exercise their voices as citizens in the [hundreds of thousands of calls](https://thenextweb.com/insider/2017/11/22/reddit-net-neutrality-fcc-protest/) they drove to Congress.
It is disappointing that the FCC Chairman plowed ahead with his planned repeal despite all of this [public concern](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/12/12/this-poll-gave-americans-a-detailed-case-for-and-against-the-fccs-net-neutrality-plan-the-reaction-among-republicans-was-striking/?hpid=hp_hp-cards_hp-card-technology%3Ahomepage%2Fcard&utm_term=.d11780a12cc2), not to mention the [objections expressed by his fellow commissioners](https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/12/16766324/fcc-commissioners-clyburn-rosenworcel-net-neutrality), [the FCC’s own CTO](https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/13/net-neutrality-repeal-warning-eric-burger-fcc-259968), [more than a hundred members of Congress](https://doyle.house.gov/sites/doyle.house.gov/files/documents/20171213DoyleNDelayLtrAll.pdf), [dozens of senators, and the very builders of the modern internet](https://www.salon.com/2017/12/12/senators-internet-pioneers-pen-letters-to-fcc-asking-to-cancel-thursdays-net-neutrality-vote/).
Nevertheless, today’s vote is the beginning, not the end. While the fight to preserve net neutrality is going to be longer than we had hoped, this is far from over.
Many of you have asked what comes next. We don’t exactly know yet, but it seems likely that the FCC’s decision will be challenged in court soon, and we would be supportive of that challenge. It’s also possible that Congress can decide to take up the cause and create strong, enforceable net neutrality rules that aren’t subject to the political winds at the FCC. Nevertheless, this will be a complex process that takes time.
What is certain is that Reddit will continue to be involved in this issue in the way that we know best: seeking out every opportunity to amplify your voices and share them with those who have the power to make a difference.
This isn’t the outcome we wanted, but you should all be proud of the awareness you’ve created. Those who thought that they’d be able to quietly repeal net neutrality without anyone noticing or caring learned a thing or two, and we still may come out on top of this yet. We’ll keep you informed as things develop.
u\/arabscarab \(Jessica, our head of policy\) will also be in the comments to address your questions.
—u\/spez & u\/kn0thing
update: Please note the FCC is not united in this decision and find the dissenting statements from commissioners [Clyburn and Rosenworcel](https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/14/16776712/fcc-commissioners-democrat-statements-net-neutrality).
update2 (9:55AM pst): While the vote has not technically happened, we decided to post after the two dissenting commissioners released their statements. However, the actual vote appears to be delayed for security reasons. We hope everyone is safe.
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Well, folks. It’s that time of the year again. The end of the year—when we share a few (slightly premature) highlights from 2017!
You can check out all of our highlights—including a few fun stats and some “Reddit Superlatives”—in [our official blog post](http://redditblog.com/2017/12/19/the-best-of-reddit-in-2017/), but if you’re tired of clickin’, read on for a quick summary.
##Most Upvoted Posts of 2017
* 1\. [“The Senate. Upvote this so that people see it when they Google ‘The Senate.’”](https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/62sjuh/the_senate_upvote_this_so_that_people_see_it_when/)
* 2\. [“Private Internet Access, a VPN provider, takes out a full page ad in The New York Times calling out 50 senators.”](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/61ns2w/private_internet_access_a_vpn_provider_takes_out/)
* 3\. [“Gas station worker takes precautionary measures after customer refused to put out his cigarette”](https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/7431qq/gas_station_worker_takes_precautionary_measures/)
* 4\. [“This is Shelia Fredrick, a flight attendant. She noticed a terrified girl accompanied by an older man. She left a note in the bathroom on which the victim wrote that she needed help. The police was alerted & the girl was saved from a human trafficker. We should honor our heroes.”](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/5sfexx/this_is_shelia_fredrick_a_flight_attendant_she/)
* 5\. [“My dad waits every year for the day the sun rises just right and reflects along the railroad tracks, Today was that day!”](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/6z699p/my_dad_waits_every_year_for_the_day_the_sun_rises/)
* 6\. [“And here it is: Likely the last sketch I'll ever post on Reddit. It's been a wild ride, guys and girls. Thanks for everything.”](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/6e7luk/and_here_it_is_likely_the_last_sketch_ill_ever/)
* 7\. [“Half-naked girls get thousands of upvotes, how many for our boy in blue?”](https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/62td2v/halfnaked_girls_get_thousands_of_upvotes_how_many/)
* 8\. [“Reddit’s Immigrants”](https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/6qatmn/reddits_immigrants/)
* 9\. [“Protect Net Neutrality. Save the Internet.”](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/7eojwf/protect_net_neutrality_save_the_internet/)
* 10\. [“We need your voice as we continue the fight for net neutrality”](https://www.reddit.com/r/blog/comments/6mtgtp/we_need_your_voice_as_we_continue_the_fight_for/)
##Most Upvoted AMAs of 2017
* 1\. ["I’m Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Ask Me Anything."](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/5whpqs/im_bill_gates_cochair_of_the_bill_melinda_gates/)
* 2\. [“I'm Alan Sealls, your friendly neighborhood meteorologist who woke up one day to Reddit calling me the ‘Best weatherman ever’ AMA.”](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/6zoy5o/im_alan_sealls_your_friendly_neighborhood/)
* 3\. [“Joe Manchin refused to listen to our pleas for help. He said, “I’m not changing. Find somebody else who can beat me and vote me out.“ So, I took him up on it. I’m running for US Senate for the beautiful State of West Virginia, and my name is Paula Jean Swearengin. AMA”](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/6qwjro/joe_manchin_refused_to_listen_to_our_pleas_for/)
* 4\. [“I am Elon Musk, ask me anything about BFR!”](https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/76e79c/i_am_elon_musk_ask_me_anything_about_bfr/)
* 5\. ["I'm the Monopoly Man that trolled Equifax -- AMA!"](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/74nyxw/im_the_monopoly_man_that_trolled_equifax_ama/)
* 6\. ["Good news, Redditors! We are Matt Groening, David X. Cohen, Billy West, and John Dimaggio, here to talk all things FUTURAMA! Ask away, meatbags!"](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/6ka4pd/good_news_redditors_we_are_matt_groening_david_x/)
* 7\. [“I was Goofy at Walt Disney World for over 20 years! AMA! (This post is not for those who wish to preserve the Disney Magic)”](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/5h7gq8/i_was_goofy_at_walt_disney_world_for_over_20/)
* 8\. [“I am Dr. Jane Goodall, a scientist, conservationist, peacemaker, and mentor. AMA.”](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/6zvwqe/i_am_dr_jane_goodall_a_scientist_conservationist/)
* 9\. [“I spent 21 years in prison for a murder I didn’t commit, and my story was just made into a movie. AMA.”](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/6uaklk/i_spent_21_years_in_prison_for_a_murder_i_didnt/)
* 10\. [“President Trump has threatened national monuments, resumed Arctic drilling, and approved the Dakota Access pipeline. I’m an environmental lawyer taking him to court. AMA!”](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/6a7nyr/president_trump_has_threatened_national_monuments/)
## Largest New Communities Created in 2017
* 1\. [r/MovieDetails](http://reddit.com/r/MovieDetails)
* 2\. [r/INEEEEDIT](http://reddit.com/r/INEEEEDIT)
* 3\. [r/TrumpCriticizesTrump](http://reddit.com/r/TrumpCriticizesTrump)
* 4\. [r/AccidentalWesAnderson](http://reddit.com/r/AccidentalWesAnderson)
* 5\. [r/bonehurtingjuice](http://reddit.com/r/bonehurtingjuice)
* 6\. [r/WatchandLearn](http://reddit.com/r/WatchandLearn)
* 7\. [r/esist](http://reddit.com/r/esist)
* 8\. [r/2healthbars](http://reddit.com/r/2healthbars)
* 9\. [r/MarchAgainstTrump](http://reddit.com/r/MarchAgainstTrump)
* 10\. [r/FireEmblemHeroes](http://reddit.com/r/FireEmblemHeroes)
**Honorable mentions:**
* [r/SequelMemes](http://reddit.com/r/SequelMemes) (which just missed the cut-off at #11).
* [r/PrequelMemes](http://reddit.com/r/PrequelMemes) (which just missed the cut-off because it was created five days before the start of 2017).
## Best of 2017: Subreddit Edition
Right now, communities across Reddit are working on their own “Best of 2017” posts, so if you want to see all the very best of the best-of threads from your favorite subbies, check out r/bestof2017.
From all of us at Reddit HQ, Happy Snoo Year!
| r/blog | post | r/blog | 2017-12-19 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXQUpaODlqYW9ZSW9SNzd1NHNlUUlfZ0QweUYzSnlxb1ZtNjNFWUEzR01IQ2d0NHl5a09VNGdWWnc2djhOdkp0RWUtSV9jaGViYU42d01URDFGT1N0a3c9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2ZzFnOFhZN1RmckVDX1F3VkREWjE2T3A4REdYeXJXSVdDTHZPWFh3Zjd1VzdjOWlGSllXWllwcGRiWWFiYWVZc0x4VTRYU1JnaE5hUWNMNnR3b01sQmVvSUFJMGhLbkhFNklVamxlZk9QOWlEbmhnczFleFYwNXZGeDRkMGxRNUQ3QjVSWkp3M2R5QmhXWEZWeVRySTRnPT0= |
[My dudes](https://i.redd.it/vgup7bbie0501.jpg),
When we first launched our native mobile apps in April 2016, we started with a pretty basic set of features that would give you a portable way to discuss and browse the things you love on Reddit. Since that time, we’ve made a lot of improvements and added in features to let you do more.
This week, we released major updates to both our native apps: [version 4.0 on iPhone and iPad](https://www.reddit.com/user/dmoneyyyyy/comments/7kmm1u/reddit_for_iphone_and_ipad_40/), and version 2.22 on Android.
These are **the** biggest updates we’ve made to the apps since launch — they’re packed with some brand new features including mod tools that we’re stoked for you to try.
For more info and full feature lists, check out the official threads for each platform: [iOS here](https://www.reddit.com/r/changelog/comments/7kmu9v/reddit_for_ios_40_version_now_available11) and [Android here](https://www.reddit.com/r/changelog/comments/7l32an/reddit_for_android_222_version_now_available11/).
We hope you enjoy these updates. Happy holidays!
[**P.S. Here’s a shiny new video we made for the iPhone update!**](https://www.reddit.com/user/dmoneyyyyy/comments/7kmm1u/reddit_for_iphone_and_ipad_40/) | r/announcements | post | r/announcements | 2017-12-20 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXRlBfaXFmTWpkQ2tQS2lHVVNaM0RpQ2xYWTREXzNSWjk1NldlTHFHZ2JzX20zdXFJUkhaWERtSVJBQmpGVC1fQnl3YmdKSno1aV9DS2QtZGVadzVDSEE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2WE1zQlFPQjRTZXludnVrSlVaOHZydElaUS1OdWFHNjVscDZLeUVXU01OTFdWZEpIS09FY2hCdzlNX3g0SGVEc2IwYlFaWDdtQ0FlVFNETWRWaGJkZE5SWTRHY3dtbENLOFlQRzVQbjY3c19QY2VHMkd3RTIzZ3BySlJpNnYySWR1Y1E2SUpIWDRGalRaRFRnSkw1bDRzUWFlRDVYZnhiZm8zZkxvUXd0M3Qxc1JJeGhkVWhsNjB3RUM0c2hDLWlUZFNZbEZ2LV9aZVQzcVBydGpwdzVIdz09 |
[No Regrets]
Usually works | r/confession | post | r/confession | 2017-12-30 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXRjNlem5PcjJPdS1zbUhFSFpWek1tWjRxS3NDNVNSWjNHN00tUWV1aU84OFJ6ZmhnbGgxQUp0RENJYWllZjBncGZZSGQzWUMtMl95NEQzYkY1dDVxWlE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2UDRKNjh2QTVmZ2ItQ21ZR05aTnFhLTk1TGhOajR2Zll6S2ZkS29oLWNDMzBuUHdtZ0pkeFhjeFJtd3Bfemo1VFZzaFcxeGxFVUszSlRLZzlOM3kxR19iTTFJclg4RkRlUjBjaU5EVVEtVVVYNDVyd1FTcnIxLTZtRG8tUlZNWi1QZkxhSkJhOHdjVjRSYkF1TGVqWnBLLXpQWmhNc1NnV2xSbk1CakZFX0l4VnNqR1FjMDFLOWowV29BWnQtLVNu |
Hi, We just poured a slab for a crane at our shop and the shop guys say we can install the 2,000lb crane in 7 days. I keep warning that due to the cube shaped slab we need to wait at least a month before we install this thing. It will be picking up 2,000 lb parts on a 10ft arm. It is being held by 6 1.5 inch "J" bolts are in the rebar concrete slab per crane installation spec. However there is no specified cure time. Please help me convince the shop foreman to wait or help me understand that my fears are exaggerated. Thanks you in advance. | r/engineering | post | r/engineering | 2018-01-10 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXOWc1Z1pIRkd0MmJCQkJ4bnVlaURxYmk4eDJBZHBBc29Td3dadmFfa3NFdzEwYlNFLWUwTjVBbDBxRDFNbXpyaGFjVHVJZWdqNWhqSm9vMzhncHNucjRKMTFXU0R3Y3Y5bEdTWUVMX1AtNGc9 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2dWJjUjBHbDhMcFJYS0tEVDBFU0g1ZUY3d0NDLURONmhETWFzeGROM1ZzQV9DaER6eEVYb1BKaTFJa2EwM09hMUk4LXhHMUhhcVhXUi1uckdNNDVldk5WZFZtZlZCMFFidENkWm9HT3JGZEt4Q1JpRWdNeGNpR0k4dkgxMFlXZDVJU0ktbTlCWUpTOGUyUG9IOUdyZmgyZzFBOXFPSHFpekpsaDd4c3U0MVRHbFRPX2NHMjh1SjhBUWlWWlF6U2psaS1xMnRhTlJrdC1Ram8ybl9rRng1dz09 |
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I am 17. And i get anxious easily. I am not new to Reddit, but am pretty new to r/books. I always loved reading books, and my resolution for 2018 is to reignite that love. But 20 minutes ago, I saw the tagline of the sub, and I was in the local library. And I am freaking out. That I will not be able to read all the great books. I will miss out on a lot. I have started making a list of all the books I have to read. All the great ones. The Harry Potters and LOTR, and GOT and Hunger Games and Lolita and To Kill a Mockingbird and The Catcher in the Rye and Stephen King and Fuckkkkkkkk.
Did this ever happen to you? When? | r/books | post | r/books | 2018-01-21 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXSExqSmdNWXB6aE8xaWlyejZwRHZUVkY5RkttVjNtWjFKaTBrSlhKQTAtY18ybFVqS1E3RlQwQ3FkekI3SElHUDJ1cmtBRFFXNGNud0pyRGVQSFhyaVE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2YUVGSWdFRGlySUlONFdlTllrMzlwbmRDR0tXeVpMUHJOZ2R1SUdUWmhmODVpcnhxR2tVR01HdmFzY2pzZUJOTnlCRldPMU1hd1VuVzhVQlhnMnZkUFhIOFRKS3hzd0dZZVpPdkdtQTk1NGtvWGM5YkNSRm8xb2ZTbjgyR0xHekFuSEFxLVpoWDVzQVNuOUJodldUWEkzYUdDZDFTdFJ1Wm1HTVFUbGdkcVFMZU1GUkJsMTRRcm9fYi1lU3lJdlN3b0J1MGxKejRYRV9sanc3WW5hZWZqQT09 |
You asked for it, and we’re delivering! Today, all Reddit users have the option to enable [two-factor authentication](https://i.redd.it/2y66bw0sapb01.gif) for an additional layer of account security.
We have been [slowly rolling this feature out](https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/7bfoqg/twofactor_authentication_now_available_for/), starting with beta testers, moderators, and third-party app developers, to ensure a positive experience across devices. Your feedback has been incredibly valuable, from pointing out bugs to recommending features. Thank you to everyone involved in testing.
Two-factor adds more security to your Reddit account by requiring a second step to sign in. In this case, if you opt into 2FA, you’ll access a 6-digit verification code generated by your phone after a new sign-in attempt.
With two-factor enabled, even if someone else obtained your Reddit username and password, they still could not log in as you.
You can enable two-factor by selecting the [password/email](https://www.reddit.com/prefs/update/) tab under your preferences on desktop. Select **enable** under _two-factor authentication_ and follow the steps given to you. And make sure to generate your backup codes in the event your phone is unavailable! You can find more help in our [Help Center](https://www.reddithelp.com/en/categories/using-reddit/your-reddit-account/how-set-two-factor-authentication).
Two-factor is supported across desktop, mobile, and third-party apps. It requires an authenticator app (Google Authenticator, Authy, or any app supporting the TOTP protocol) to generate your 6-digit verification code.
A few handy security reminders:
* Choose a strong and unique password. We recommend at least 8 characters. And don’t reuse the same password on Reddit as other sites!
* Add a verified email address. Email is the only way for us to reset your account. (We do require a verified email for setting up two-factor authentication since the account can be lost if, for example, you lose your phone).
* Check your [account activity](https://www.reddit.com/account-activity) for recent logins. It’s a good idea to look at this page from time to time to make sure there’s nothing fishy going on.
Thanks! | r/announcements | post | r/announcements | 2018-01-24 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXMHVSNnQtU2VtQ1NTcngxT1FUVXBVS2ZTUUROWnhibklhT2M5LU05b0xrQnBvZXJwWkk0cnpkMG44VGQyYlpXOWlhV0dCcm5ZMkMxV204VzhkRlFFWUE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2d3RUQzVSRnNFb29fYXN4RVo3Q2QwT3lOTE9wQS1TRndsbVJnS1RHbmdYQWZWRHZpdWRWdTRKS0NZVktqVVRTQ09zV1Z4ZnJxbE1FMnlLX2pYeUFkakg0LUJlTXpHTnJ0ZnAzdkxLZGo1bUx4WXRkRjU0QkEyWl80b25hSzI5M29qaUx1bGdGXzJOemdWejRCd01RX2libG44RHk0Yk5sMmJOdlVXX2VzVkhyZkk3ZWpKRnpkNjZGZ2R2Z3JXZFZ3M05HRVdUTkVyZnRIYzVZU01VYXViUT09 |
Hello again,
Now that it’s far enough into the year that we’re all [writing the date correctly](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7npj23/first_day_back_in_this_office_this_year_i_never/), I thought I’d give a quick recap of 2017 and share some of what we’re working on in 2018.
In 2017, we doubled the size of our staff, and as a result, we accomplished more than ever:
We recently gave our [iOS](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/reddit-the-official-app/id1064216828?mt=8) and [Android](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.reddit.frontpage&hl=en) apps major updates that, in addition to many of your most\-requested features, also includes a new suite of mod tools. If you haven’t tried the app in a while, please check it out!
We added a ton of new features to Reddit, from spoiler tags and post\-to\-profile to chat \(now in beta for individuals and groups\), and we’re especially pleased to see features that didn’t exist a year ago like crossposts and native video on our front pages every day.
Not every launch has gone swimmingly, and while we may not respond to everything directly, we do see and read all of your feedback. We rarely get things right the first time \(profile pages, anybody?\), but we’re still working on these features and we’ll do our best to continue improving Reddit for everybody. If you’d like to participate and follow along with every change, subscribe to r/announcements \(major announcements\), r/beta \(long\-running tests\), r/modnews \(moderator features\), and r/changelog \(most everything else\).
I’m particularly proud of how far our Community, Trust & Safety, and Anti\-Evil teams have come. We’ve steadily shifted the balance of our work from reactive to proactive, which means that much more often we’re catching issues before they become issues. I’d like to highlight one stat in particular: at the beginning of 2017 our T&S work was almost entirely driven by user reports. Today, more than half of the users and content we action are caught by us proactively using more sophisticated modeling. Often we catch policy violations before being reported or even seen by users or mods.
The greater Reddit community does something incredible every day. In fact, one of the lessons I’ve learned from Reddit is that when people are in the right context, they are more creative, collaborative, supportive, and funnier than we sometimes give ourselves credit for \(I’m serious!\). A couple great examples from last year include that time you all created an [artistic masterpiece](https://redditblog.com/2017/04/18/place-part-two/) and that other time you all organized [site\-wide grassroots campaigns](https://redditblog.com/2017/12/11/an-analysis-of-net-neutrality-activism-on-reddit/) for net neutrality. Well done, everybody.
In 2018, we’ll continue our efforts to make Reddit welcoming. Our biggest project continues to be the web redesign. We know you have a lot of questions, so our teams will be doing a series of blog posts and AMAs all about the redesign, starting soon\-ish in r/blog.
It’s still in alpha with a few thousand users testing it every day, but we’re excited about the progress we’ve made and looking forward to expanding our testing group to more users. \(Thanks to all of you who have offered your feedback so far!\) If you’d like to join in the fun, we pull testers from r/beta. We’ll be dramatically increasing the number of testers soon.
We’re super excited about 2018. The staff and I will hang around to answer questions for a bit.
Happy New Year,
Steve and the Reddit team
update: I'm off for now. As always, thanks for the feedback and questions. | r/announcements | post | r/announcements | 2018-01-30 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXNFIwYXQ5OEtpMzdDVkR5N1FaV01QcWdFZkFtWjI3SUlQbmxNTm9LVnVMWHJPeGEzdmtablFPSnYxV0lhUXNZOWpqYWdvQWQyUGRVakpNNjFPVDJDZ3c9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2NWgzdmdvTW1RVW9EWFhpQ1RON2NvVkJIN3pQNlNEdExsR0hWbFAyZmJFUDN1TE8zNmIwRjd5MXZjbzREZ1Nfc2xVUWE1SS14b1ZrQmJrYVUyUjFXU1FxTC1zUk1rUjRYY3QtMlB2NFdpT3hVZWJ6SnVRenNrSDZQOHVFMHk1blJEekQtaEUtYVExcTdXTXVNZFhic0NFVF9lNkJmRGpncXVVYW5ISnpTS0RSc0xTZ0ZYazA4Mi0zUE94YTBJYWxqX2VYbGdpTWFjQS1hNWk5SnloVE1qdz09 |
Hi All,
As [u/spez](/user/spez) has mentioned a [few](https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/6qptzw/with_so_much_going_on_in_the_world_i_thought_id/) [times](https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/7a4bjo/time_for_my_quarterly_inquisition_reddit_ceo_here/) [now](https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/7u2zpi/not_my_first_could_be_my_last_state_of_the/), we’ve been hard at work redesigning Reddit. It’s taken over a year and, starting today, we’re launching a mini blog series on r/blog to share our process. Over the next few weeks, we’re going to cover a few different topics:
* **the thinking behind the redesign** \- our approach to creating a better desktop experience for everyone \(hey, that’s today’s blog post!\),
* **moderation in the redesign** \- new tools and features to make moderating on desktop easier,
* **Reddit's evolution** \- a look at how we've changed \(and not changed\) over the years,
* **our approach to the design** \- how we listened and responded to users, and
* **the redesign architecture** \- a more technical, “under the hood” look at how we’re giving a long overdue update to Reddit’s code stack.
But first, let’s start with the big question on many of your minds right now.
### Why are we redesigning our Web Experience?
We know, we know: you love the old look of Reddit \(which [u/spez](/user/spez) lovingly described as “dystopian Craigslist”\). To start, there are two major reasons:
#### To build features faster:
Over the years, we’ve received countless requests and ideas to develop features that would improve Reddit. However, our current code base has been largely the same since we launched...more than 12 years ago. This is problematic for our engineers as it introduces a lot of tech debt that makes it difficult to build and maintain features. Therefore, our first step in the redesign was to update our code base.
#### To make Reddit more welcoming:
What makes Reddit so special are the thousands of subreddits that give people a sense of community when they visit our site. At Reddit’s core, our mission is to help you connect with other people that share your passions. However, today it can be hard for new redditors or even longtime lurkers to find and join communities. \(If you’ve ever shown Reddit to someone for the very first time, chances are you’ve seen this confusion firsthand.\) We want to make it easier for people to enjoy communities and become a part of Reddit. We’re still in the early stages, but we’re focused on bringing communities and their personalities to Popular and Home, by exposing global navigation, community avatars to the feed, and more.
### How are we approaching the redesign?
We want everyone to feel like they have a home on Reddit, which is why we want to put communities first in the redesign. We also want communities to feel unique and have their own identity. We started by partnering with a small group of moderators as we began initial user testing early last year. Moderators are responsible for making Reddit what it is, so we wanted to make sure we heard their feedback early and often as we shaped our desktop experience. Since then, we’ve done countless testing sessions and interviews with both mods and community members. This went on for several months as we we refined our designs \(which we’ll talk about in more detail in our “Design Approach” blog post\).
As soon as we were ready to let the first group of moderators experience the redesign, we created a subreddit to have candid conversations around improving the experience as we continued to iterate. The subreddit has had over 1,000 conversations that have shaped how we prioritize and build features. We expected to make big changes based on user feedback from the beginning, and we've done exactly that throughout this process, making shifts in our product plan based on what we heard from you. At first, we added people in slowly to learn, listen to feedback, iterate, and continue to give more groups of users access to the alpha. Your feedback has been instrumental in guiding our work on the redesign. Thank you to everyone who has participated so far.
### What are some of the new features we can expect?
Part of the redesign has been about updating our code base, but we're also excited to introduce new features. Just to name a few:
**Change My View**
Now you can Reddit your way, based on your personal viewing preferences. Whether you’d prefer to browse Reddit in [Card view](https://i.redd.it/et5p9bxbhnd01.gif) \(with auto\-expanded gifs and images\), [Classic view](https://i.redd.it/q3ysf2phhnd01.gif) \(with a similar feel as the iconic Reddit look: clean and concise\) or [Compact view](https://i.redd.it/4egg3y5lhnd01.gif) \(with posts condensed to make titles and headlines most prominent\), you can choose how you browse.
**Infinite Scroll & Updated Comments Experience**
With [infinite scroll](https://i.redd.it/hituybj6hnd01.gif), the Reddit content you love will never end, as you keep scrolling... and scrolling... and scrolling... forever. We’re also introducing a lightbox that combines the content and comments so you can instantly join the conversation, then get right back to exploring more posts.
**Fancy Pants Editor**
Finally, we’ve created a new way to post that doesn't require markdown \(although **you** *can* \^still \^\^use \^\^\^it! \) and lets you post an [image and text](https://i.redd.it/vco5jc8egnd01.gif) within the same post.
### What’s next?
Right now, we’re continuing to work hard on all the remaining features while incorporating more recent user feedback so that the redesign is in good shape when we extend our testing to more redditors. In a few weeks, we’ll be giving all moderators access. We want to make sure moderators have enough time to test it out and give us their feedback before we invite others to join. After moderators, we’ll open the new site to our beta users and gather more feedback \([here’s how to join as a ](https://i.redd.it/kyhqk5c55gd01.gif)beta tester\). We expect everyone to have access in just a few months!
In two weeks, we’ll be back for our next post on moderation in the redesign. We will be sticking around for a few hours to answer questions as well. | r/blog | post | r/blog | 2018-02-01 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXVmktcFBnaXZvdmJCLWdPd0FOdC1QWENBZzd5OGtBTmx6T1cwUjNsUFB1RndwYkljY3BRcUZla0FFZkpRNkxyLUpnMzhtU0RaMW81ZjctX0g5Vldld1E9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2RjU4YnlXRHRZb2RtSmRJcWJpb1ltaG1jS3RTOWFTWDBxWW9MNkEwekhRQ0VBMzRTX3owbXUwVVVLdHNSX1pVbHlra3RXdkVjNkV0X2tSNlpnazFDM1JhcnY5eC1SMWw3ZXJmVnM3cm9Ba3BtcmRlMFNpWk41dE1lZTYtQ0M1eW1UcFRjb3BQYVd5OVZNNFdsS1U5elZiWXZGQU1Jam03VUN2QS1vajN2c0pNdHhEUjRxSENSa0ctdE5tekxwTllvZjd2V25Dd1VYTEF3dTZiSmYxakFldz09 |
Hello All--
We want to let you know that we have made some updates to our site-wide rules against [involuntary pornography](https://www.reddithelp.com/en/categories/rules-reporting/account-and-community-restrictions/do-not-post-involuntary-pornography) and [sexual or suggestive content involving minors](https://www.reddithelp.com/en/categories/rules-reporting/account-and-community-restrictions/do-not-post-sexual-or-suggestive). These policies were previously combined in a single rule; they will now be broken out into two distinct ones.
As we have said in past communications with you all, we want to make Reddit a more welcoming environment for all users. We will continue to review and update our policies as necessary.
We’ll hang around in the comments to answer any questions you might have about the updated rules.
Edit: Thanks for your questions! Signing off now. | r/announcements | post | r/announcements | 2018-02-07 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXdEQ4cXplMnFKNUpUV24xRVBvZ1JhaFp3VjF6NS14VDdxMkp4MkJrOVlodHJZaFc0UElLQ0VrbG1jSDlINWhKMGN6bnEzYy1MN3phR1hpSF9ibXNCUHc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2SWVxcTI1MTlpbVRDdnZ2RlFLRW5va2JaWHoya1ZHcDNpa25HYzZOZkJScDliejdGaTh6XzNac2pWOExDWGpaUnlReFVXQzl2NlVQUkE5SkRxcWpBaEN0VW9odmNjYndMT1l6TEVpV20tU2ZONF9GcHpLOU9kTElZYUxJYW5ncXRzUmQxSU5KYmJleUZJNmkwcG1EOHhqSUhTOW9vd0pfbnlyRTlyWm1sRWhvVkFmLTR6aU9zY3ZzenVZbmZpNmtHdWl5d2lGRWwzb3J6a3hfUGducmJaZz09 |
Hi All,
Two weeks ago, we [kicked off our blog series](https://www.reddit.com/r/blog/comments/7ul5k9/hey_were_here_to_talk_about_that_desktop_redesign/) to take you behind the scenes of the redesign. As I mentioned last week, we wanted to put communities first from the beginning of our redesign efforts, so today we're going to get into some of the specifics of what that actually looks like.
Fun fact: When Reddit first launched, user\-created subreddits weren't even an option. In the years since the very first ones were created, our communities have shown us thousands of creative ways to use Reddit. The most important things we wanted to bring to the core Reddit experience were the creative styling and moderation tricks and tools that you all have pioneered over the years.
Without further ado, here are some of the community features we've been working to support natively in the redesign.
# Features inspired by the community
[**Image Flair - Emojis**](https://i.redditmedia.com/Tk7MR1_C8WtRpgrtnQfM4qziSIsS7q5S1lirkhcMlZo.png?s=048534b6d6837c5a0d2c708b34d2fe3f)
Giving community members a sense of identity through unique flair is critical for many subreddits. Today, many subreddits use image flair to bring out this sense of community, like [r/baseball](https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball)'s team logo flair and [r/WoW](https://www.reddit.com/r/WoW)'s faction icons. To make this process simpler, we’re introducing subreddit emojis. Now, every subreddit can upload emojis in the redesign, which community members can use in their post and user flair.
[**Submit Validation**](https://i.redd.it/b6ubx3lpy6g01.gif)
Moderators work hard to maintain the quality of their community. With the new Post Requirements, moderators can specify certain guidelines that a post has to abide by, such as requiring flair or title length restrictions. Users will be notified prior to submitting their posts so they aren’t confused by the rules when posting in a new community, they have the opportunity to fix their errors, and so moderators can spend less time addressing posts that don't meet these guidelines.
[**Flair Filtering**](https://i.redditmedia.com/ERuv8BBJBhRL28_cexQVDulJ2q2djLR9tiSCoLmC7iw.png?s=22b5edba1b74e4e1ef604057907f7509)
Many subreddits use post flair to allow users to sort through different types of content in their communities. [r/personalfinance](https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance) uses flair filtering to help users search posts on specific topics like retirement and budgeting, [r/OutOfTheLoop](https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop) uses flair to filter answered and unanswered questions, and other communities have put their own unique twists on this idea. Despite the usefulness of these filters, they can be very difficult to set up through CSS. Going forward, we’ll support filtering posts by flair as a native feature in the redesign.
**Sidebar**
Many mod teams use the sidebar to share information and resources with their community members, from the network of wholesome subreddits listed in the sidebar of [r/WholesomeMemes](https://www.reddit.com/r/WholesomeMemes) to [r/IAmA](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA)'s schedule of upcoming AMAs. Unfortunately, for most redditors, maximizing this sidebar space in creative ways isn't very easy or intuitive. As we thought about how we wanted styling to work in the redesign, we looked at some of the most common sidebar hacks that communities have already been doing for years and worked to support those natively through widgets. Right now, styling in the redesign includes [text widgets](https://i.redd.it/7u6ttrufr6g01.png), [button widgets](https://i.redd.it/117hrvjx6af01.png), [image widgets](https://i.redd.it/uhg3r378s6g01.png), [a calendar widget](https://i.redd.it/t2l2jrhy6af01.png), [a related communities widget](https://i.redd.it/8kfygo3y6af01.png), and [a rules widget](https://i.redd.it/grx7kklsr6g01.png). But we’re not stopping there! We're going to continue to add more advanced options in the coming months.
# Features inspired by 3rd-party tools
Communities themselves aren’t the only ones that have inspired us; we also had the help of some great developers that build 3rd\-party tools such as Toolbox and Reddit Enhancement Suite \(RES\).
**Toolbox:** [**Bulk Mod Actions**](https://i.redd.it/6mdi08dltnwz.gif)
Moderating subreddits with a high volume of activity can be difficult, and next to impossible without the help of third\-party tools. To make things easier, we've been working to improve our native mod tools, both in our apps and in the redesign. Instead of taking one action at a time, you can now moderate multiple posts or comments at once. You’ll also be able to switch between different community mod queues with ease.
**RES:** [**Show All Images \(aka Card View\)**](https://i.redd.it/et5p9bxbhnd01.gif)
RES has enhanced Reddit’s expandos \(i.e., embedded media like images, videos, and gifs\) for years, and one of the most popular features has been “show all images” \(i.e., expand all the things!\). The redesign has embraced this feature with Card View, a browsing option that allows you to easily view each post’s images, videos, and text with no more effort than scrolling down the page.
**RES:** [**User Info Cards** **\(inline banning/muting\)**](https://i.redd.it/q070hj0yv6g01.gif)
When cruising through posts and comments, redditors are only their usernames and the content they’ve posted. RES has provided a little more context by allowing you to see that user’s stats \(like account age and karma score\) and interact with them in context. Reddit has picked up that same idea and added even more content like avatar and bio—plus actions for moderators such as banning or muting without having to visit another page.
**Toolbox:** [**Removal Reasons**](https://i.redd.it/kvl429ent6g01.gif)
Over the years, Toolbox has built some amazing features that have simplified moderation. As a Toolbox\-inspired effort to improve our own mod tools, we’re pleased to support removal reasons as a native feature in the redesign. \(Note for existing Toolbox users: Throughout our redesign process, we also worked with the toolbox team to make sure they have everything they need to make sure Toolbox features work in the redesign.\)
**Styling**
Today it can require a lot of expertise to style a community. [Custom CSS is complicated, breaks in different places, and doesn’t work on mobile.](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-41v6n3Vaf5s/UeRN_XJ0keI/AAAAAAAAN2Y/YxIHhddGiaw/s1600/css.gif) With more of our users shifting to mobile each year and many communities remaining unstyled because CSS is too complicated, we wanted to build a system that would give moderators a high level of customization without requiring CSS. \(But don't worry: As we said before, we will also give you the option to use CSS enhancements in the redesign. This is still in development.\)
With these new features, we're excited to say that [styling a community is much easier](https://www.reddit.com/r/u_Amg137/comments/7xizbv/how_to_style_a_subreddit/). Some mod teams have already shown how creative you can get with structured styles, like [r/AskReddit](https://i.redd.it/s3lr1sycy6g01.png), [r/CasualConversation](https://i.redd.it/1jpoy9nlx6g01.png), [r/Greenday](https://i.redd.it/315q8lx9x6g01.png), [r/ITookAPicture](https://i.redd.it/9pscr3i1y6g01.png), and [r/NASCAR](https://i.redd.it/81sh2ut5x6g01.png). We're looking forward to seeing more of you test out the new styling.
**Join the Redesign!**
Over the next few weeks, we’ll be rolling out invitations widely for more moderators to start exploring these tools, styling their communities, and providing feedback for us to iterate on. Moderators, we know you need some time to get your communities styled before we let more users into the redesign, so keep an eye out for more updates soon in [r/modnews](https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews). | r/announcements | post | r/announcements | 2018-02-14 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXV3JMWVN2SWxpZmpQTEtkcUw5eGxEQ3lvVG5FSzFtMVFlMU0xUjh3TEtsTHJnSnU3dmJ0Z3E2a2xiY0FYbkw5d0FmajBPT0U4elplWHhIM0p6djFTOGc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2R3M5c3EyTFlYeUdtSGlaTGtMcWdnempZVXdyM1FjV0hiQkdJOGlCSk1HQVliMDQ0NXNXQlltN09EQ0FNWm1ZLWhKXy00Njh4WmpWY2FLb2tUcV9QRmtTRDItTFRURGw0NlZPR1AySmxxSlNXT2JOZ21Nam11SF9SbTJrUV9ZUWw2MDkzWUdJZGJiZlQ2TVIyc3c4NlF6eWNLZnZWeURPWldLT1h6LXFzQXpyemUxd2MxSXNlOHYwQUtEUEdaeWdfalJJTVRQOHk0ZkEwcjZDd2RiNEhKUT09 |
Hey, Reddit!
It’s been a couple months since the FCC voted to repeal federal net neutrality regulations. We were all disappointed in the decision, but we told you we’d continue the fight, and we wanted to share an update on what you can do to help.
The debate has now moved to Congress, which is good news. Unlike the FCC, which is unelected and less immediately accountable to voters, members of Congress depend on input from their constituents to help inform their positions—especially during an election year like this one.
“But wait,” you say. “I already called my Congressperson last year, and we’re still in this mess! What’s different now?” Three words: **Congressional Review Act.**
# What is it?
The Congressional Review Act \(CRA\) is basically Congress’s downvote. It lets them undo the FCC’s order through a “resolution of disapproval.” This can be formally introduced in both the Senate and the House within 60 legislative days after the FCC’s order is officially published in the Federal Register, which happened last week. It needs a simple majority in both houses to pass. Our friends at Public Knowledge have made [a video explaining the process](https://youtu.be/VABCjxFtRnI).
# What’s happening in Congress?
Now that the FCC order has been published in the Federal Register, the clock for the CRA is ticking. Members of both the House and Senate who care about Net Neutrality have already been securing the votes they need to pass the resolution of disapproval. In fact, the Senate version is only [**#onemorevote**](https://www.battleforthenet.com/onemorevote/) away from the 51 it needs to pass!
# What should I do?
Today, we’re calling on you to phone your members of Congress and tell them what you think! You can see exactly where members stand on this issue so far on [this scoreboard](https://www.battleforthenet.com/scoreboard/). If they’re already on board with the CRA, great! Thank them for their efforts and tell them you appreciate it. Positive feedback for good work is important.
If they still need convincing, here is a script to help guide your conversation:
“My name is \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ and I live in \_\_\_\_\_\_. I’m calling today to share my support for strong net neutrality rules. I’d like to ask Senator/Representative\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ to use the CRA to pass a resolution of disapproval overturning the FCC’s repeal of net neutrality.”
# Pro tips:
\-**Be polite**. That thing your grandma said about the flies and the honey and the vinegar is right. Remember, the people who disagree with us are the ones we need to convince.
\-**Only call the Senators and Representatives who actually represent YOU**. Calls are most effective when they come from actual constituents. If you’re not sure who represents you or how to get in touch with them, you can look it up [here](https://www.publicknowledge.org/act-now/tell-congress-to-use-the-cra-to-save-net-neutrality/#anchor).
\-**If this issue affects you personally because of who you are or what you do, let them know!** Local business owner who uses the web to reach customers? Caregiver who uses telemedicine to consult patients? Parent whose child needs the internet for school assignments? Share that. The more we can put a human face on this, the better.
\-**Don’t give up.** The nature of our democratic system means that things can be roundabout, messy, and take a long time to accomplish. Perseverance is key. We’ll be with you every step of the way. | r/announcements | post | r/announcements | 2018-02-27 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXLUpBNVVETHNUWmVOQWNfcWI2SmthcWUtdnByT1JJQlo4dmNFampYam96SXlSbnNxTzRobHR0dVpNeTEwUkdlbkVVRWNOTnY1bmExUWc0enhOX2VuaVE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2NkFsYkxwRjREVm1XUTNlZ0I5X01HMVhIRFBJYk1pSnpBQ2tua2duNkt2WFRPRVQteUxMVklwYkc2cHItWGdpcVM0bWdCU3R4UTkzLVNNYUUyZTZlRDBROUQ2ZG9tWENaRUN2TkYwRm1oRGtVUmJLZGxFUkxQeGRYOEpPVVliVFFsbFRkLV82dFVyMmZTdzZ3d0tLZmdjdDFTNkVzQ2t5VWZnRzFpQUhubXVhUUVzQlZfZl9oUGtRREQySkplU2xmUEItTElDWWJHTkdyMVBldW9mQktnZz09 |
In our previous two blog posts, [u/Amg137](/user/Amg137) talked about [why we’re redesigning Reddit on desktop](https://www.reddit.com/r/blog/comments/7ul5k9/hey_were_here_to_talk_about_that_desktop_redesign/) and [how moderation and community styling will work in it](https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/7xjt6g/because_its_valentines_day_heres_a_longwinded/). Today, I’m here as a hu~~man sacrifice m~~ember of Reddit’s Design team \(surprise: designers actually work at Reddit!\) to talk about how we’ve approached the desktop redesign and what we’ve learned from your feedback along the way.
When approaching the redesign, we all learned early on that this wasn’t just about making Reddit more usable, accessible, and efficient; it was also about learning how to interact, adapt, and communicate with the world’s largest, most passionate and genuine community of users.
# Better every (feedback) loop
Every team working on this project has its share of longtime redditors—whether it's Product, Design, Engineering, or Community. To say that this has been the most challenging \(and rewarding\) project of our careers is an understatement. Over the past year we’ve been running surveys internally and externally. We’ve conducted video conferences with first\-time users, redditors on their 10th Cake Day, moderators, and lurkers. Not to mention an extremely helpful community of alpha testers. You all have shaped the way we do every part of our jobs, from brainstorming and creating designs to building features and collecting feedback.
Just when we thought we had the optimal approach to a new feature or legacy functionality, you came in and told us where we were wrong and, in most cases, explained to us with passion and clarity why a given feature was important to you—like [making Classic and Compact views fill your screen](https://media1.tenor.com/images/782ba18e2ff1bb49a36ade1ab90f2869/tenor.gif?itemid=7549364) \(coming soon\).
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# What? Reddit is evolving!
Reddit is not a one\-size\-fits\-all experience. It’s a site based on choice and evolution. There are millions of you, spread across different devices, joining Reddit at different times, using the site in widely varying ways, and we're trying to build in a way that supports all of you. So, as we figured out the best way to do that, these are the themes that guided us along the way:
* Maintain and extend what makes Reddit, Reddit
* [Give communities tools](https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/7xjt6g/because_its_valentines_day_heres_a_longwinded/) that are simple, intuitive, and flexible—for styling, moderating, communicating subreddit rules, and customizing how each community organizes its content.
* Make our desktop experience more welcoming
* Lower the barrier to entry for new redditors, while providing choice \(e.g., different viewing options: [Card](https://i.redd.it/et5p9bxbhnd01.gif) / [Classic](https://i.redd.it/q3ysf2phhnd01.gif) / [Compact](https://i.redd.it/4egg3y5lhnd01.gif)\) and familiarity to all users.
* Design a foundation for the future
* Establish a design foundation that encourages user insight and allows our team to make improvements quickly, release after release.
* Keep content at the forefront
* We want to make sure viewing, posting, and interacting with content is easy by keeping our UI and brand elements minimal.
# Asking Reddit
As we moved from setting high\-level goals to getting into the actual design work, we knew it would be a long process even with the learnings we gained from the initial look\-see. We know that our first attempt is never the best, and the only way we can improve is by talking directly with all of you. It’s hard to summarize everything we built as a result of these conversations, but here are a few examples:
* Navigation: We wanted to make Reddit simpler to navigate for everyone, so after receiving feedback from our alpha testers, we developed a “hamburger menu” on the left sidebar that made it easy to do everything users wanted it to: quickly find your favorite subreddits and subreddits you moderate, and [filter all of your subscriptions just by typing in a few letters](https://i.redd.it/1is6htgra3j01.gif).
* Posting flow: The current interface for submitting text and link posts \(aka “Create a post”\) can be confusing for new redditors, so we wanted to simplify it and make some long overdue improvements that would address a wide variety of use cases. While users liked the more intuitive look and formatting options we introduced, they gave us additional feedback that led to changes like submit validation, clearly displayed subreddit rules, and options for adding spoiler tags, NSFW tags, and post flair directly when you’re creating.
* Listings pages: We know from RES and our mobile apps that many users like an expanded Card View while many longtime users prefer our classic look, so we decided early on that the redesign should offer choice in how users view Reddit. We’ve received a lot of feedback on how each view could be improved \(e.g., reducing whitespace in Classic\), and we’re working on shipping fixes.
The list of user\-inspired changes goes on and on \(and we’re expecting a lot more *i*teration as we expand our testing pool\), but this is how we’ve worked through design challenges so far.
# It’s [never over](https://media.giphy.com/media/fQvND2Wo28q9a/giphy.gif)
The redesign isn’t finished at “GA” \(General Availability, or as I like to call it, “Time to Breathe for One Day Before We Get Back to Work”\). With this post, we wanted to share some context on our approach, thank everyone who's participated in r/redesign so far \(THANK YOU!\), and let you know we will continue to engage with you on a daily basis to understand how you’re responding to what we’re building.
Over the next several weeks, we'll be expanding the number of users who have access to the alpha \(yes, you will be able to opt out if you prefer the current desktop look\), hearing what you think, and updating all of you as we make more changes. In the meantime, I'll be sticking around in the comments for a bit to answer questions and [invite all of you to listen to Huey Lewis with me](https://youtu.be/J08ZwySCoJ8?t=84).
EDIT: Thank you for all your comments, feedback, and suggestions so far. I gotta get back to the whole working\-on\-the\-redesign thing, but I’ll be jumping back into the comments when I can over the rest of the day. | r/announcements | post | r/announcements | 2018-03-01 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXRWxqMjNaaUIxcTdDSE1sNEhyRDk1SDJObWZPVTM5MkFYaExfaUIwYmhrQjR4cTIxdmU3dktaZ0poeE9ObjN4WXUtTEJ6UDF5WXhYeGw1QVBsWkc4M2ZDemFLalNVa0pPZ0xYOFZaMFdXbk09 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2RENINWRsbV9UTmhTUU9MYVBHTjlDdlM2cDJKd29UR0ZKbVJYUkVzODE2X1YxNHZ3WW8yNXlZVXJxU3lnWTZfTUlkVkhlNkpxM29sY3NwTkpTZEdEWlg4elVjaE4wZHlHM1FNTHROaWlGMHRlSmxtMjFYOURoTUVuTzZIMjdOcTlKbmdtZzJrWFBZbEEwb1lMYmp3QTVDdlU4Wk9rQzQyUHJrYVdzbkJPcWZlVzJUa0UtQUFRLTEzRGlrNG5SYXVl |
Hello everyone. I'm your new moderator, Malcolm Rose. I [write about cryptocurrencies](https://rosecrypto.com) and have a keen interest in Bitcoin and altcoins alike.
The previous mod had been missing for over three years, and our tiny subscriber count shows it! I intend to be an active caretaker here, and I intend to remodel the place -- but I need your help to do it. This place will continue to be a "crypto market" but I want ideas on how we can promote the sub and make it more valuable to people. This thread will be stickied for the time being -- I welcome your suggestions!
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Edit: Will track some updates here.
03/04/2018: Removed custom CSS that was hiding down arrows. It's actually impossible for mods to remove the downvote feature, so it seems silly to me that it was being made invisible for non-mobile users. | r/cryptomarket | post | r/cryptomarket | 2018-03-03 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXSTdUYmZzdnU3QVd2VHVJcnBmcmVTbVBMLXhDNXJmNkdWaC1yYVppeTVTZ2hZZnZPYzNUNTB2UTNNZmRUNmhZZVA0TjVjZjlvYm0xWjZJRUdqUUFtRWNNeXJHd040ZnkwRVZEVmsxcUM1dXM9 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2cFBacTZoXzFFdmJVcS1uejdxbDVLSmRvSzdDMzJ0OGM0Qy1Od3FsMGZVM0hDU0MyeFVmQ1RfNWIyYUREQVRlamFPX2Q5M2FJU3ZHYWtsb3NIdklRb1VIOWtLZ3NfOWhEdUMyRkJETFVZUF8tS2JLdThMRzlhdkJCU211WmxBb0xCYzd6V0dPMmY2VEtpY045TlJuaDd4WkFpcU9ReUZ6cTFlTGdQVUV4eWk4PQ== |
In the past couple of weeks, Reddit has been mentioned as one of the platforms used to promote Russian propaganda. As it’s an ongoing investigation, we have been relatively quiet on the topic publicly, which I know can be frustrating. While transparency is important, we also want to be careful to not tip our hand too much while we are investigating. We take the integrity of Reddit extremely seriously, both as the stewards of the site and as Americans.
Given the recent news, we’d like to share some of what we’ve learned:
When it comes to Russian influence on Reddit, there are three broad areas to discuss: ads, direct propaganda from Russians, indirect propaganda promoted by our users.
On the first topic, ads, there is not much to share. We don’t see a lot of ads from Russia, either before or after the 2016 election, and what we do see are mostly ads promoting spam and ICOs. Presently, ads from Russia are blocked entirely, and all ads on Reddit are reviewed by humans. Moreover, our [ad policies](https://www.reddithelp.com/en/categories/advertising/policy-and-guidelines/reddit-advertising-policy) prohibit content that depicts intolerant or overly contentious political or cultural views.
As for direct propaganda, that is, content from accounts we suspect are of Russian origin or content linking directly to known propaganda domains, we are doing our best to identify and remove it. We have found and removed a few hundred accounts, and of course, every account we find expands our search a little more. The vast majority of suspicious accounts we have found in the past months were banned back in 2015–2016 through our enhanced efforts to prevent abuse of the site generally.
The final case, indirect propaganda, is the most complex. For example, the Twitter account @TEN\_GOP is now known to be a Russian agent. @TEN\_GOP’s Tweets were amplified by thousands of Reddit users, and sadly, from everything we can tell, these users are mostly American, and appear to be unwittingly promoting Russian propaganda. I believe the biggest risk we face as Americans is our own ability to discern reality from nonsense, and this is a burden we all bear.
I wish there was a solution as simple as banning all propaganda, but it’s not that easy. Between truth and fiction are a thousand shades of grey. It’s up to all of us—Redditors, citizens, journalists—to work through these issues. It’s somewhat ironic, but I actually believe what we’re going through right now will actually reinvigorate Americans to be more vigilant, hold ourselves to higher standards of discourse, and fight back against propaganda, whether foreign or not.
Thank you for reading. While I know it’s frustrating that we don’t share everything we know publicly, I want to reiterate that we take these matters very seriously, and we are cooperating with congressional inquiries. We are growing more sophisticated by the day, and we remain open to suggestions and feedback for how we can improve. | r/announcements | post | r/announcements | 2018-03-05 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXYTRqdllRbHZLbHIwcDU2UU5fRXlmSFB6Q3YtZmJfOEl1NUhUUXg1NEpZYkhLUThweWRPWlNnb2tLemlHaWVyZFJrSDhwbnBrb2tiaEp5ZDNPdFhYVkE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2R0xBaFRzUUtsTEcxTGxFLUlHU01QR05HUm1pVUg0ZWVrS0ZkSFpvQkFhRWN6UkdDdDlRRVJxazBlQXMtSmVlTTktZlcxWXlHQ3NHS3BUQUZXSHhEenFWVjNsTjhFdDJJbnczNjZqUmZ4c29HaEdJaENiQjZvR2RUTHF5SzJHRVl0ZTMyZjZxdkdodmVBU2RrcjRzcUppSXRZMlpFT0tfZ2lQaW03eHVJNHNsMnRJTzVXU0NiLVNyYkRmNXVkZ2NIa0Y2ZkpGajkxSjlzMEpTdzM0b0VLdz09 |
Hi all,
Over the past few months, we’ve talked a lot about our desktop redesign—[why we’re doing it](https://www.reddit.com/r/blog/comments/7ul5k9/hey_were_here_to_talk_about_that_desktop_redesign/), [moderation/styling tools we’re adding](https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/7xjt6g/because_its_valentines_day_heres_a_longwinded/), and, most recently, [how you all have shaped our designs](https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/817lmi/til_reddit_has_a_design_team/). Today, we’re going to try something a little different. We’d like to take all of you on a field trip, [to the Museum of Reddit](https://i.redd.it/q6mjp4v3jyl01.png)!
When we started our work on the redesign over a year ago, we looked at pretty much every launch since 2005 to see what our team could learn from studying the way new features were rolled out in the past \(on Reddit [and other sites](http://i.imgur.com/AnWAj.png)\). So, before I preview another new feature our team has been working on, I want to share some highlights from the history books, for new redditors who may not realize how much the site has changed over the years and for those of you on your 12th cake day, who have seen it all.
**Trippin’ Through Time**
When Reddit launched back in June of 2005, it was a different time. Destiny’s Child was breaking up, Pink Floyd was getting back together, and Reddit’s front page [looked like this](https://i.redditmedia.com/oJ11JvxA3BkhXO0PpFpWXmIV2uh-BYR9EPZnVDq5LnA.png?fm=jpg&s=7e4e95ba4adabf6e145915d1c733f456).
In the site’s early days, [u/spez](/user/spez) and [u/kn0thing](/user/kn0thing) played around with the design in PaintShopPro 5, did the first user tests [by putting a laptop with Reddit on it in front of strangers at Starbucks](http://reddit.blogspot.com/2006/05/usability-testing-soy-lattes.html), and introduced the foundation of our desktop design, with a cleaned\-up look for the front page, a handful of sorting options, and our beloved alien mascot [Snoo](https://redditblog.com/2013/06/05/whats-snoo/).
As Reddit grew, the admins steadily rolled out changes that brought it closer to the Reddit you recognize today. \(Spoiler: Many of these changes were not received well at the time...\)
They launched commenting. \(The first comment, fittingly, was about how [comments are going to ruin Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/17913/reddit_now_supports_comments/c51/).\) They recoded the entire site [from Lisp to Python](https://i.redditmedia.com/48017v6J81HC92oyTdMISeYBB2220RuEHLnwgKxaiTE.png?fm=jpg&s=cf036e42ab63a0d7df8b7c882a312217). They added [limits on the lengths of post titles](https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/z9yk/reddit_headlines_have_been_getting_longer_and/). And in 2008, they rolled out a beta for Reddit’s biggest change to date: [user\-created subreddits](https://redditblog.com/2008/01/22/new-features/).
It’s hard to imagine Reddit without subreddits now, but as a new feature, it [wasn’t without controversy](https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/1328g/upvote_if_you_want_to_get_rid_of_all_the/). In fact, many users felt that Reddit should be organized by tags, not communities, and [argued](http://reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/1328g/upvote_if_you_want_to_get_rid_of_all_the/) [passionately](http://reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/66kre/the_horror_of_subreddits_first_comes_applereddit/) [against](http://reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/67gqd/is_it_just_me_or_is_the_subreddit_system/) [subreddits](http://reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/68gcp/instead_of_these_subreddits_can_we_have_a_tagging/). \(Fun fact: That same year, the admins also launched [our first desktop redesign](https://redditblog.com/2008/05/26/reddit-design-changes-for-real-this-time/), which received its share of [good](https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/6kury/reddit_design_changes_for_real_this_time/c044xpr/), [bad](https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/6kury/reddit_design_changes_for_real_this_time/c044xwp/), and [constructive](https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/6kury/reddit_design_changes_for_real_this_time/c044ybr/) reviews.\)
During those early years, Reddit had an extremely small staff that spent most of their time scaling the site to keep up with our growing user base instead of launching a lot of new features. But they did start taking some of the best ideas from the community and bringing them in\-house, moving Reddit Gifts from a user\-run project to an official part of Reddit and turning a [cumbersome URL trick](https://reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/bf1lh/are_you_aware_you_can_combine_subreddits_in_the/) people used to make multireddits into [a supported feature](https://www.reddit.com/r/blog/comments/1iwd5i/new_create_and_share_your_own_collections_of/).
That approach of looking to the community first has shaped the features we’ve built in the years since then, like [image hosting](https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/4p5dm9/image_hosting_on_reddit/) \(my first project as an admin\), [video hosting](https://redditblog.com/2017/08/17/video-is-coming-to-reddit/), [mobile apps](https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/4dqxgt/reddit_mobile_apps/), [mobile mod tools](https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/7l33mt/new_mod_tools_on_native_mobile/), [flair](https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/j1piv/moderators_give_your_users_some_flair/), [live threads](https://redditblog.com/2014/07/23/announcing-reddit-live/), [spoiler tags](https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/5or86n/spoilers_tags_for_posts/), and [crossposting](https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/7a5ubn/crossposting_coming_soon_to_your_subreddit/), to name a few.
**What Did We Learn? Did We Learn Things? Let's Find Out!**
Throughout all of these launches, two themes have stood out time and time again:
* You all have shown us millions of creative ways to use Reddit, and our best features have been the ones that unlock more user creativity.
* The best way to roll out a new feature is to get user feedback, early and often.
With the desktop redesign, we built structured styles so that anyone can give their subreddit a unique look and feel without learning to code. We revamped mod tools, taking inspiration from popular third\-party tools and CSS hacks, so mods can do things like [set post requirements](https://i.redd.it/b6ubx3lpy6g01.gif) and [take bulk actions](https://i.redd.it/6mdi08dltnwz.gif) more easily. And we engineered an entirely new tech stack to allow our teams to adapt faster in response to your feedback \(more on that in our next blog post about engineering!\).
**Previewing... Inline Images in Text Posts**
One feature we recently rolled out in the redesign is our Rich Text Editor, which allows you to format your posts without markdown and, for the first time, include inline images within text posts!
Like anything we’ve built in the past, we expect our desktop redesign to evolve a lot as we bring more users in to test it, but we’re excited to see all of the creative ways you use it along the way.
In the meantime, all mods now have access to the redesign, with invites for more users coming soon. \(Thank you to everyone who’s given feedback so far!\) If you receive an invite in your inbox, please take a moment to play around with the redesign and let us know what you think. And if you’d like to be part of our next group of testers, subscribe to r/beta! | r/announcements | post | r/announcements | 2018-03-15 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXMVBOc1VYa1pCeDBOallDY21uV0tGam1vS2g0QWxfSXpVX2d6SUpoZlprMjFrRHVIZzhVYTNOVDhBdFNpQ3hPM3FhQUxJb2tzTXhERzNSR01Va1Fzcmc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2cEFCMTl4MWJEX1YtaVRlYjJBaXJzZmc0MUVUZDdDZDNnak16eERJSm1UbWpsTm5nUXdvOFFvbktCQklMcHpfdzdYV05DV1dyY3p6TmR0Z0JNeWctMVVWQzc3SmlIQmVUTGZOSUoyZWhwY0hUU2tSQV9SN1d6YmhPTnpaQWJRdzR2Znk5eFdVMnBZWGFIcFpXVWg2OFZzM2c3emJLSG9mR2ZNZGpmemdvLWtKVWtQbE51VHg5bGUtQW1uTGE2N2llLTZRdHE0WmhPOGZBb0tWRkUxMmtKUT09 |
Im trying to connect my PS4 to a university's wifi. Is there a way to bypass these or does anyone know why the PS4 wouldn't be supported? | r/ps4 | post | r/PS4 | 2018-03-17 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXNV9IX3RHeDJNejVJR0o5SjNHdjdKVUhhX2xudkFHcjdLOXhGVVVyU0xseS11Y1drWVluODRvdzFoOEplbFFCZnpXQ3E1UkhoZzlFMDN6eEoySnJrVlE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2S0lBNWNoTHB6di0yVGU3WlFiQ1NncU54VTU1aEZKWThhaTZNb2RVYjRlbE82aUNSWXdjaG9GMEI3Uk5fLVpUTjlGQi1rUHI1THVPWXk0Tk1WRy02SGFMc2NudUppS1FMLXhkVFhCZ25lcEFRN3ROVzVmVEtpVlhIclhkQW9SR2hiZTdkcUUzYThhYTl4ZTFZeWd0bi0yZURpZm9ZUlU4eWFYa2pTOEI5cWxIclhDVXBySUpZX3Y1U09wX3kwVnRz |
Hello All—
We want to let you know that we have made a new addition to our [content policy](https://www.reddit.com/help/contentpolicy) forbidding transactions for certain goods and services. As of today, users may not use Reddit to solicit or facilitate any transaction or gift involving certain goods and services, including:
* Firearms, ammunition, or explosives;
* Drugs, including alcohol and tobacco, or any controlled substances \(except advertisements placed in accordance with our advertising policy\);
* Paid services involving physical sexual contact;
* Stolen goods;
* Personal information;
* Falsified official documents or currency
When considering a gift or transaction of goods or services not prohibited by this policy, keep in mind that **Reddit is not intended to be used as a marketplace and takes no responsibility for any transactions individual users might decide to undertake in spite of this**. Always remember: you are dealing with strangers on the internet.
EDIT: Thanks for the questions everyone. We're signing off for now but may drop back in later. We know this represents a change and we're going to do our best to help folks understand what this means. You can always feel free to send any specific questions to the admins [here](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/reddit.com). | r/announcements | post | r/announcements | 2018-03-21 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXZWJicGl1c2U1RW0xd0NHTzduV0w3Z1otWkJUbGlqa2tsLWl3NjRDS1RUWmR6QTY3SC1rTndHTWgzdUxOM251bVpBc1k2c0Zyb3cwYzBqbjcyQWYtUGc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2M2JEZjlhNHlvdW5TZEYtRURtWkNJUTdCTkxHbXplSTByZndNWHFZeWZEZTJudXktRXRDeGY1aDdrOTlvaHVCZ215MVYtWUhfYVdDZi14WDJfVDdiZDdOMGdRUHRyZ2VyamNTbTJuQ0JpUlpkai1ONlp3NGhDb1NqLU9PWjgyUTU5bUR0aWV5VkVqSUgtM0l1dTZjUkVrdGpCdGtUcThFNmVYMlVDZG1QejNkV2gwSmZZbGFLMlBIemlHVlFTLUtJcHhfVjN5amNIYlQ1ZlVOVmFyRmxzdz09 |
Sometimes i want to drop a file from my Mac to my just out of reach phone, this makes it faster. | r/apple | post | r/apple | 2018-03-28 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXQW1fWkVweld0MGFwazg5UVRMd05yeEFlUllFMjZKWVQtVlRZcHdselUwdGFyVUdMejdSTzF3SU84V200bUN2YklXdlljSTJKbjRFUXpsQWZLUTBUYlE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2aW5KWHBBM2VmSWNTS0ZEWlE3WTA1eUQ5bmVQbHNWUkFETHAxRkE1RTY3em5lZWhtVE9DSTI2Um0wbUZub0J0bElLakM4R1pHNzFtTDN3bFZUZWp3SkVxQ3ZvSXQxcWhXZnl2QU1SZ1ByVXpTaUduTlJmN2N4ZnlPa2ljdlE0N1VYOUx1MzRVUVBwQ1prRmlvYW1HLTZNRUdLM1gtcDJYUUh2a2lVdllHNWZYd1RhbDlMM3AyMjhzZExIdjVsNFh3 |
Hi all,
As you may have heard, we’ve been hard at work redesigning our desktop for the past year. In our previous four redesign blog posts, [u/Amg137](https://www.reddit.com/user/Amg137) and [u/hueylewisandthesnoos](https://www.reddit.com/user/hueylewisandthesnoos) talked about[ why we're redesigning](https://www.reddit.com/r/blog/comments/7ul5k9/hey_were_here_to_talk_about_that_desktop_redesign),[ moderation in the redesign](https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/7xjt6g/because_its_valentines_day_heres_a_longwinded),[ our approach to design](https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/817lmi/til_reddit_has_a_design_team), and[ Reddit’s evolution](https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/84nyj6/a_shortish_history_of_new_features_on_reddit). Today, Reddit’s Engineering team invites you “under the hood” look at how we’re giving a long overdue update to Reddit’s core stack.
Spoiler: There’s going to be a fair bit of programming jargon in this post, but I promise we’ll get through it together.
**History and Journey**
For most of Reddit's history, the core engineering team supporting the site has been extremely small. Over its first five years, Reddit’s engineering team was comprised of just six employees. While there were some big engineering milestones in the early days—a [complete rewrite](https://redditblog.com/2005/12/05/on-lisp/) from Lisp to Python in 2006, then *another* Python rewrite \(aka “r2”\) in 2008, when we introduced jQuery. Much of the code that Reddit is running on right now is code that [u/spez](https://www.reddit.com/user/spez) wrote about ten years ago.
Given Reddit’s historically tiny eng team \(at one point it was literally just [u/spladug](/user/spladug)\), our code wasn’t always ideal... But before I get into how we've gone about fixing that, I thought it'd be fun to ask some of the engineers who have been here longest to share a few highlights:
* [u/spladug](https://www.reddit.com/user/spladug): "For a while now, ‘The controller was now a giant mass of tendrils with an exciting twist’ has been the description of the r2 repository on GitHub.”
* [u/KeyserSosa](https://www.reddit.com/user/KeyserSosa): "After being gone for 5 years and having first come back, I discovered that \(unsurprisingly\) part of the code review process is to use ‘git blame’ to figure out who last touched some code so they can be pulled into a code review. A couple of days in, I got pinged on a code review for some JS changes that were coming because I was the last one to edit the file \(one of the more core JS files we had\). Keeping in mind that during most of those intervening years I had switched from being ‘full stack’ to being pretty much focused on backend/infra/data, I was somewhat surprised \(and depressed\) to be looking at my old JS again. I let the reviewee \(a senior web dev\) know that in the future that he has carte blanche to make changes to anything in JS that has my blame on it because I know for a fact that that version of me was winging it and probably didn't know what I was doing."
* [u/ketralnis](http://reddit.com/user/ketralnis): “I worked at Reddit from 2008 to 2011, then took a break and came back in 2016. When I returned my first project was to work on some performance stuff in our query caching. One piece was clearly incorrect in a way that had me concerned that the damage had spread elsewhere. I looked up who wrote it so I could go ask them what the deal was... and it was me.”
Luckily, Reddit's engineering team has grown *a lot* since those days, with most of that growth in the past two years. At our team’s current size, we're finally able to execute on a lot of the ideas you’ve given us over the years for fixes, moderation improvements \(like mod mode, bulk mod actions and removal reasons\), and new features \(like inline images in text posts and submit validation\). But even with a larger team, our ancient code base has made it extremely difficult to do this quickly and effectively.
Enter the redesign, the latest and most challenging rewrite of Reddit’s desktop code to date.
**Designing Engineering Networks that Neutralize Inevitable Snags**
Two years ago, engineers at Reddit had to work on complicated UI templated code, which was written in two different languages \(Javascript on the client and Python on the server\). The lack of separation of the frontend and backend code made it really hard to develop new features, as it took several days to even set up a developer environment. The old code base had a lot of inheritance pattern, which meant that small changes had a large impact and we spent much more time pushing those changes than we wanted to. For example, once it took us about a month to push a simple comments flat list change due to the complexity of our code base and the fact that the changes had to work well with CSS in certain communities, which we didn’t want to outright break.
When we set out to rewrite our code to solve these problems, we wanted to make sure we weren't just fixing small, isolated issues but creating a new, more modern frontend stack that allowed our engineering team to be nimble—with a componentized architecture and the scalability necessary to handle Reddit’s 330 million monthly users.
But above all, we wanted to use the rewrite as an opportunity to increase "developer velocity," or the amount of time it takes an engineer to ship a fix or new feature. No more "git blame" for decade\-old code. Just a giant mass of tendrils, shipping faster than ever.
**The New Tech Stack**
These are the three main components we use in the redesign today:
* React is a Javascript library designed around the concept of reusable components. The components\-based approach scaled well as we were hiring and our teams grew. React also supports server side rendering, which was a key requirement for us.
* Redux is a predictable state container for JS apps. It greatly simplifies state management and has good performance.
* TypeScript is a language that functions as a superset of Javascript. It reduces type\-related bugs, has good built\-in tooling, and allows for easier onboarding of new devs. \(You can read more about why we chose TypeScript in [this post](https://redditblog.com/2017/06/30/why-we-chose-typescript/) by [u/nr4madas.\)](http://reddit.com/user/nr4madas)
**Just the Beginning**
With our new tech stack, we were able to ship a basic rewrite of our desktop site by September of last year. We’ve built a ton of features since then, addressing feedback we’ve gotten from a steadily growing number of users \(well, [a *mostly* steady number...](https://www.reddit.com/r/shittychangelog/comments/82jufo/reddit_change_loadtesting_the_redesign_by_turning/)\). So far, we’ve shipped over 150 features, we've fixed over 1,400 bugs, and we're moving forward at a rate of \~20 features and 200\+ bugs per month.
We know we still have work to do as Reddit has a very long tail of features. Fortunately, our team is already working on the majority of the most requested items \(like nightmode and keyboard shortcuts\), so you can expect a lot more updates from our team as more users begin to see the redesign—and because of our engineers’ work rewriting our stack over the past year, now we can ship these updates faster and more efficiently.
Over the past few weeks, we have given all moderators and beta users access to the redesign. Next week we plan to begin adding more users to make sure we can support a bigger user base on our new codebase. Users will have the option to keep the current design as their default if they wish—we do not want to force the redesign on anyone who doesn’t want to use it.
[Thank you](https://media3.giphy.com/media/IcGkqdUmYLFGE/giphy.gif) to everyone who’s helped test, reported bugs, and given feedback on the redesign so far; all of this helps a lot.
PS: [We’re still hiring.](https://about.reddit.com/engineering/) :\) | r/announcements | post | r/announcements | 2018-03-29 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXZEViQXF2dFZ1LUIyYnBZVkNhZnk3cktGNjM1YVZJN2Fld1prTXNOblRGR2hvblFrZW0xMS1saUVwWGd5YkhVUmhLdnVSTXN6a3diby1wZkI2dDVoREE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2Y09YWnFNbHFfM3RmbzhvTmREQ3plY2ZnNkUwQV9KRnpmUDR4V0t6WlU3WEg3QWFweThWeUtIZUFfLS1ieWVNcGhWRVprenBnVWJXc1BTZlM1SkR4YUZyVXNIcUxfT2xWUl9TRmZZQUlpTDVGSWwxM0l2a0M0M2JmNUtSNUNpXzVIMEZGd0dmV0l5TkRlTFlHOXEzVDNnenQ2dVY1dXpiTXZLZ29wbUdIQzBMdjNBQWJ3em9hR2FOS1M2UG5LY09Y |
I know, super first world anarchist.
Edit: WOW! My highest post ever! It’s great to see there are others out there like me. Also, the comments from those with expensive cars is cool to see. I don’t think all people with nice cars are douchebags. I do it for the ones that truly are! | r/confession | post | r/confession | 2018-03-30 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXRmNoQ3EzdXFCY3c4c2hUZ2duS1JiaGdtQWdUN1RJYzdOQWFQY1lmbUNERmtTRF9iUTdWeWRmaHFVWFpYazlqTjRPLVhYLTRZMDZTOU9Jcjk3T21hdmc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2N3F6YXpLRURzSXo3X2RCR0xNMGZNLW9Od3cxX0xsZDd0WUJMbW5iU0JHWlpIdHZzLXg2QV9yUGRsVS1zd1A4VXpOT2x3SDJhMEdva29NTzMtai1WNGRFU1B0ZkJzb0lhVkR1MERrZmJzQUlQck5kT0lmUnhrT09OYkNINnd4RVgxY2pOb0JsZk05VEk0V3d0dXBMS2JJX0pVQXVvUWlIU0x4UzVXcjBfMl93VElLTmM5MjJvZGZjQUl0RER5VjdydWNYcVJDZzFEMVhNaE1rVGNHUUhqdz09 |
Who can you trust?
*Visit* [*r/circleoftrust*](https://www.reddit.com/r/circleoftrust) *on desktop and the latest versions of the official Reddit app for* [*Android*](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.reddit.frontpage) *and* [*iOS*](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/reddit-the-official-app/id1064216828)*.*
Edit: We've been experiencing technical difficulties today. We are hoping to have circleoftrust back open soon.
Edit \[4/2/2018 6:45pm PDT\]: We're back! | r/blog | post | r/blog | 2018-04-02 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXODNrMkl2ZFdFSXlaZW5aa0l2azFzZE95Q291ZnlnWlFRZWdSbmROUElMU0lWb1RFa1phXzlsMk5qaV9JQjJYdWJmY3plaU1wQ2Vfbnc5QUpKNlkxTFE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2aG1fd1RtZVdZNHpKUWl6SE9lbkZIY0I3LVhWMVFUdTVoXy10MTUxNWNhNWJvcWZWc0xnM2dtYUJFSTN0X00tUmVRcldVX2xNVDh4MmpNMUNsaUN4N1pJNDBzZy1Jb1djaVA4ejZsWHNMZWRycUtZWVZPMzZUV2ppcTh0Ull2eG1DOXZlU0p4Z0ozN2FzTVhpTHA4SXVnPT0= |
**TL;DR –** *Today, we’ll begin welcoming a small percentage of users into version 1 of our redesigned desktop site. We still have many improvements & features to ship in the coming weeks, but we’re proud of what we’ve built so far and excited to get it in the hands of more people. And if you don’t like it, you can opt out.*
Our team has been hard at work redesigning our desktop site for more than a year. The main reasons [why we started this project in the first place](https://www.reddit.com/r/blog/comments/7ul5k9/hey_were_here_to_talk_about_that_desktop_redesign/) were to allow our engineers to build features faster and to make Reddit more welcoming. It has been a massive undertaking, but we started by [putting users and communities](https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/7xjt6g/because_its_valentines_day_heres_a_longwinded/) first—building our designs based on feedback from moderators, longtime users, beta testers, and other redditors every step of the way.
**What’s happening today?**
Today, we’re beginning to give a small group of users access to the desktop redesign at random. We’re starting with a small group to test the load on our servers and plan to make the opt\-in available to everyone in the coming weeks. On behalf of the team, thank you for all of your comments, posts, bug tests, conversations with our designers, creative ideas, and other feedback over the past year. We are very proud of what we have accomplished together and we are excited for you to get [your hands on it](https://i.redd.it/oki81jw2tro01.gif).
Without further ado, and for those who don’t have access yet… here’s what the redesign looks like:
* [Card](https://i.redditmedia.com/gbs_FDZ89LIg_RfJjYoIcD5c7X13DN32gy0oob-lDuM.png?s=806b9c18e3dee0383d8ab7c02fc3607a)
* [Classic](https://i.redditmedia.com/W93a53ceOYUq3f28nx0mSPdmmj3FMkshDUU8QtIrzbM.png?s=daed24d4f8952ba5f926e6f6e2474835)
* [Compact](https://i.redd.it/ej52w79m4jp01.png)
All that said, we know that many of you love Reddit [just the way it is](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJWM5FmZyqU). If you are one of the lucky few chosen to test out the redesign and prefer the existing Reddit experience, you can switch back and forth via a banner across the top or visit [old.reddit.com](http://reddit.com/). Furthermore, we do not have plans to do away with the current site. We want to give you more choices for how you view Reddit ^(we are looking at you i.reddit.com.)
**What’s next?**
As those of you who’ve given us redesign feedback already know, Reddit can be extremely complex. That said, we have not yet rebuilt all of our current features. We’re still iterating on your feedback and building more of the features you love \-\- such as native nightmode and keyboard shortcuts \-\- plus more new features, which will arrive in the next few weeks. In the meantime, please keep the feedback coming and share your ideas for new features in the comments! It has been extremely helpful in shaping our roadmap, and we will continue building new features and making existing ones compatible in the redesign for the foreseeable future. We’ve made r/redesign the community dedicated for feedback on the redesign, public to everyone and post weekly updates on our progress there.
We’ll be hanging out in the comments to answer questions.
Thanks,
The Reddit Redesign Team | r/announcements | post | r/announcements | 2018-04-02 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXZ0pVQlEtdUZQQ2JUbjJwelVHdlJqd1d1cmpLSEduR25DdGxUT1B2aWUtMjkwWjZ2ZTA5dmdjdk9sMWlWYmtNaHlxd3Q0cEFwTE8wN0pUTWl3MERCR3c9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2Wi1NOVFqT0lPcXc2SXJLSXJVbllFSHFvVGlHRUtVQmVhV0lXLUFlYUN5N240QnM2UHRlOEo4X3A3WlRwY3EtXzE4cE1NU3A4SmZIUGRVT2hXd25zZ0xtWTVVdVRDYmtmY1BjbXFQUGpwRmdzODk0ZXd2YkQwZnFkNW51ZVczOFVTcGZWODhWb2hobXQ5STBtaDZ4a3pKbkVWNXJZenNtZUdpd2RyaWlyODFTYlJwcDEtNm9ldlJjQ09fYW5XVVhWNGFTV0JCNFRnMG9UX0RVZGhGU2pBZz09 |
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Hi all,
Each year around this time, we share Reddit’s latest transparency report and a few highlights from our Legal team’s efforts to protect user privacy. This year, our annual post happens to coincide with one of the biggest national discussions of privacy online and the integrity of the platforms we use, so I wanted to share a more in\-depth update in an effort to be as transparent with you all as possible.
First, here is our [2017 Transparency Report](https://www.redditinc.com/policies/transparency-report). This details government and law\-enforcement requests for private information about our users. The types of requests we receive most often are subpoenas, court orders, search warrants, and emergency requests. We require all of these requests to be legally valid, and we push back against those we don’t consider legally justified. In 2017, we received significantly more requests to produce or preserve user account information. The percentage of requests we deemed to be legally valid, however, [decreased slightly for both types of requests](https://i.redditmedia.com/pFVOHUupWLqk_MRNKJVgGzuKhSXkN4j0xym2LCdlnrU.png?fit=crop&crop=faces%2Centropy&arh=2&w=960&s=28bc738a240d9a7b240e6c54e7955eb3). \(You’ll find a full breakdown of these stats, as well as non\-governmental requests and DMCA takedown notices, in the report. You can find our transparency reports from previous years [here](https://www.reddit.com/wiki/transparency/).\)
We also participated in a number of amicus briefs, joining other tech companies in support of issues we care about. In Hassell v. Bird and Yelp v. Superior Court \(Montagna\), we argued for the right to defend a user's speech and anonymity if the user is sued. And this year, we've advocated for upholding the net neutrality rules \(County of Santa Clara v. FCC\) and defending user anonymity against unmasking prior to a lawsuit \(Glassdoor v. Andra Group, LP\).
I’d also like to give an update to my last post about the [investigation into Russian attempts to exploit Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/827zqc/in_response_to_recent_reports_about_the_integrity/). I’ve mentioned before that we’re cooperating with Congressional inquiries. In the spirit of transparency, we’re going to share with you what we shared with them earlier today:
In my post last month, I described that we had found and removed a few hundred accounts that were of suspected Russian Internet Research Agency origin. I’d like to share with you more fully what that means. At this point in our investigation, we have found 944 suspicious accounts, few of which had a visible impact on the site:
* 70% \(662\) had zero karma
* 1% \(8\) had negative karma
* 22% \(203\) had 1\-999 karma
* 6% \(58\) had 1,000\-9,999 karma
* 1% \(13\) had a karma score of 10,000\+
Of the 282 accounts with non\-zero karma, more than half \(145\) were banned prior to the start of this investigation through our routine Trust & Safety practices. All of these bans took place before the 2016 election and in fact, all but 8 of them took place back in 2015. This general pattern also held for the accounts with significant karma: of the 13 accounts with 10,000\+ karma, 6 had already been banned prior to our investigation—all of them before the 2016 election. Ultimately, we have seven accounts with significant karma scores that made it past our defenses.
And as I mentioned last time, our investigation did not find any election\-related advertisements of the nature found on other platforms, through either our self\-serve or managed advertisements. I also want to be very clear that none of the 944 users placed any ads on Reddit. We also did not detect any effective use of these accounts to engage in vote manipulation.
To give you more insight into our findings, [here is a link to all 944 accounts](https://www.reddit.com/wiki/suspiciousaccounts). We have decided to keep them visible for now, but after a period of time the accounts and their content will be removed from Reddit. We are doing this to allow moderators, investigators, and all of you to see their account histories for yourselves.
We still have a lot of room to improve, and we intend to remain vigilant. Over the past several months, our teams have evaluated our site\-wide protections against fraud and abuse to see where we can make those improvements. But I am pleased to say that these investigations have shown that the efforts of our Trust & Safety and Anti\-Evil teams are working. It’s also a tremendous testament to the work of our moderators and the healthy skepticism of our communities, which make Reddit a difficult platform to manipulate.
We know the success of Reddit is dependent on [your trust](https://www.reddit.com/r/CircleofTrust/comments/89slln/lets_see_if_you_can_hold_off_betraying_long/). We hope continue to build on that by communicating openly with you about these subjects, now and in the future. Thanks for reading. I’ll stick around for a bit to answer questions.
—Steve \(spez\)
update: I'm off for now. Thanks for the questions! | r/announcements | post | r/announcements | 2018-04-10 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXNXE0d1VuUXJZQ0tGU2p2Ulo5SGtHZFJIY3BCSEV4YmwwLTY2eU0zNjdEa1laNDVhdG9JbHZnZkxoWWVRU1hnS3BPVjlIamxGS0xTWmxqc0dEdkoyekE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2alJfQjZyaXVFclh4YzBhU1U2dEMzaExLZUQtQzJHMWVZUmdiX3ZwVGRPVXBWQWRFaWFKbGpjQkI1QkdXeElRTnY0a3FhS0xEcUF6UzlJd1MtdUYyZmd3N0FWZUFWTDdnd3lDVEdUeEpTbXEzWFZJTUx1Ny0xZkdkMHJKN05lSkNVZS1SaEt5SHh0cVpUR3VxY2xQZURZZ2U1ZHlSbjdSQVp2dzJkOElpNGlpVnE5dHZxd0Nyd0tXREdPRjlNZENwdDBJQzJFV3V4X2RxWno0cWtMTVRtQT09 |
My son threw a snowball at me and I instinctively blocked it with my daughter. The look of betrayal on her snow covered face has haunted my dreams for years | r/confession | post | r/confession | 2018-04-12 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXd2UxTTA4QWJ2NTE0akdNdG1HWC1QbFlfWFQ2WTFxekVMM21SeThNUnNTa1RsRldXSGRfakRwLU1qOC00S1FhUEtPYnZUYkhYcnpGc2taMFdnZWQ5T3c9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2bzRkdGhGYWJjaFpRMC05cG1QbXhpVVlnc3BUZWdDSlJ6QnM3dEdmdGp5Y2xYYmhBY2NqODluT0VCeWVLS3hIQUs5Nk9sSTVPRTF0VkFPbU1kX29aaEdWTHVkTDVkOFFoa2hOSXVIb0tIUkx0WEMxX1IzZ0FrVS1pajgzTW9xQ1FKajVlUkVMMkNKSEFFeWZ3bXhKS01ReWNVZWxBa1cxTVlvNHpWOUxJbW1kWDFJa3E4WXYwNFBGa0hnWlpnZHhpWm0zWXduMXhsOV85YlVKZEVNUTRHUT09 |
r/blog | post | r/blog | 2018-04-19 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXRnJtbGpjQk1hejB3M0VRYXlzNmZJVXBpM3gzajBqMXpReVFxM3lGdGk2UlRNaFBabklKVXQ1SnRUTmd0Wmo4RlVhSnY4aExfejdJVEVRQjlZa2tTVXc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2NzNoU3E4ZzJ3TU5PWmJaMl9EdEFKVDNOLTlhZ20zZzA4Smtla0RydzdzZkJfekowR2hVWkpDaHVBOU5mWWtqUmVja1FUclVQRDFoY0VmNVd1c3Z4Q1BSVE9ndVNRRDA2ZnhfdlNlQXdjTHhWeWtwYnZsLXp3eXIycnkzdVpWZllZc3g2X1NlWWNZVkZiY1RTeHp4SC1TaXczLW5Zb2p4ZTNVQXp0NVBILUJTNlk2bm9IRXhrbDREOHM1SmNSWTlj |
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When you submit a moonshot claim, **quality** is expected. Provide any information of why you think it is a potential moonshot. What problem does it solve? Competitors? Go into both pros and cons. "Great team" does not provide any value what so ever. Again, READ THE SIDEBAR.
There are requirements to participate in this community.
* Your account needs to be at least **3 months old**.
* Your submission needs to be **1000 characters** or more in length.
* You need at least **100 karma** to submit a post ( **PARTICIPATING IN KARMA FARMING SUBREDDITS RESULT IN AN IMMEDIATE BAN UPON POSTING)** .
* You need at least **50 karma** to comment.
* Editing a post after submission is not allowed, and causes the submission to be removed.
* A user can only make a new submission **every 24 hours.** (This might increase in the future).
**Tokens/coins are to be flaired correctly, or the post is removed and the user will be PERMANENTLY banned.**
**Any updates in regards to the community can always be found on** [**CryptoMoonShots.org**](https://CryptoMoonShots.org)
**Be extra critical towards submissions with high amount of awards/upvotes! Manipulation do happen, and you are to do your own research. THIS PLACE IS NOT FOR YOU IF YOU ARE NEW TO CRYPTO, OR INCAPABLE OF DOING YOUR OWN RESEARCH.** | r/cryptomoonshots | post | r/CryptoMoonShots | 2018-04-24 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXemFBejV2aHBqSXFRbXNtOHBEN2k1NTZBeFdXZHRIVGszdWRwVk5ueUpwY204WG1kT0FQN18zZE1lVmZVYmNZRmZydm1fVVBpakt1R09aTkNSSlFiX3c9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2cWl0TV9Wd1BCNlhNN0d1aXk1UC1UVGJGMXNrdzlGVkxaX0tKTVduU1ZrUHRITU1GNXFmeUhiTXVuWWVlSDR3ZHQwX1ZlV3IyNEJVU0g4aEpRWmhTMkNxeFhhLVFXMDFWOEpKdEQ3cmY5aWNzblNveExsRFhMdkxucXpWZzBIMGxNZlhzV01ISzY4Z0hfMFNvaHJCOW16OFJmWERMSG9XemUtSHlvbjljUVZKVXVObkZkQ0lvTmh3RHlkMXRRSWxaYmRGZmlHUEVsbHRtZElDeGh0N2k5dz09 |
I started Bloodborne last night and I'm up to Father Whatshisface (the second boss). Haven't beaten him yet, but I'm close. I'm not sure what I think of the game so far. I like the atmosphere, I like the combat, and I do think the bosses are fair. However, one thing is really bugging me, and given past posts on this subreddit, it seems I'm not the only one.
The beginning of the game explains almost nothing. From looking around on this subreddit (especially when it was free on PS+ recently) people who have played the game have PSAs all over the place about stuff new players should know at the beginning. Someone posted about people needing to equip the weapon you choose at the beginning. I didn't have this problem, but I'm not surprised people did, because the menus are different than most games and they never mention that you need to equip it.
I was getting really frustrated with dying and going back to the Central Yharnam lantern, so I looked up to see if I was missing something. Turns out that there are shortcuts you can unlock that persist through death. The game never communicates that to you.
I sort of figured out on my own that sometimes your gun staggers enemies onto their feet. One time I stuck my hand in a staggered enemy's chest and dealt massive damage. What do you know, there's a whole mechanic called gun parrying that isn't communicated to you.
I was struggling with the second boss, and after enough times I just wanted to see how other people beat the beast phase. The guy I watched did a crazy charge spin attack with his axe that I didn't know I could do because the game didn't indicate it at all. Now it feels like I've been sitting here struggling with this boss over and over without knowing a mechanic that is hugely helpful as it knocks him down every time. It just makes me feel like I've wasted my time with all these attempts through no fault of my own. I hate quitting games, so I'll keep going, and I'm sure the game does get better given how much people rave about it, but the beginning has been the most turned-off I've ever felt trying to start a game for the first time. | r/ps4 | post | r/PS4 | 2018-05-01 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXY0k5NVJsVzFjNFA1NTJLbmhZTXNWb0ZYZlgyS25xU1FOaHZyaHVadHhhNGh4V3g4NzVDd1psOFptN2dORVZUUjRSOWRCVTAteUY3a1dKTFdER0pKaUE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2QUIzY0ZrSXcyZ0p4Wk1NTVkycHhSWUhFdlZCVXdhbUJ5UE5YTWVXUFowLXdsSUlZQjBRV3ZPbk5Ibmt1UFExeEczWjJFNF8tdjh0NFZvUGE5aFVoMGcwbjBrNW5YeUduay1pM2kwalpOa1lfNGdTT1BIR2JlUndCTGxraWtSRkFlNXE4UVJnajhGWTI1Rm9Xc3lhR0hpREI3dk5BT3I2VkFzMW1RdGRUOUVXR3hqc3J3eUFJY1h4WnM2dmlGa1I4 |
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***TL;DR*** *–* [*Call your Senators*](https://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm)*, then join us for an AMA with one.*
***EDIT:*** [Senator Markey's AMA is live now.](https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/8i7u5l/im_senator_ed_markey_and_im_forcing_a_vote_in_the/)
Hey Reddit, time for another update in the Net Neutrality fight!
When we [last checked in](https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/80jsi9/upvote_the_downvote_tell_congress_to_use_the_cra/) on this in February, we told you about the [Congressional Review Act](https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/3/17314404/net-neutrality-cra-congressional-review-act-markey-senate), which allows Congress to undo the FCC’s repeal of Net Neutrality. That process took a big step forward today as the CRA petition was discharged in the Senate. That means a full Senate vote is likely soon, so let’s remind them that we’re watching!
[Today, you’ll see sites across the web go on “RED ALERT”](https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/05/03/red-alert-net-neutrality-gains-steam-internet-heavyweights-back-campaign) in honor of this cause. Because this is Reddit, we thought that [Orangered](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=orangered) Alert was more fitting, but the call to action is the same. Join users across the web in [calling your Senators](https://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm) \(both of ‘em!\) to let them know that you support using the Congressional Review Act to save Net Neutrality. You can learn more about the effort [here](https://netneutrality.internetassociation.org/action/).
We’re also delighted to share that Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts, the lead sponsor of the CRA petition, will be joining us for an AMA in r/politics today at 2:30 pm ET, hot off the Senate floor, so get your questions ready!
Finally, seeing [the creative ways the Reddit community gets involved](https://redditblog.com/2017/12/11/an-analysis-of-net-neutrality-activism-on-reddit/) in this issue is always the best part of these actions. Maybe you’re the mod of a community that has organized something in honor of the day. Or you want to share something really cool that your Senator’s office told you when you called them up. Or maybe you’ve made the dankest of net neutrality\-themed memes. Let us know in the comments!
There is strength in numbers, and we’ve pulled off the impossible before through simple actions just like this. So let’s give those Senators a big, Reddit\-y hug.
https://preview.redd.it/0mi12vzs7rw01.jpg?width=299&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6e66a2a3d44936021717ff296795eef1311ab4ab | r/announcements | post | r/announcements | 2018-05-09 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXMzRyS1hJc0FESW5FNFJFaTR0b2JOY2NrVk9DN0o1ZUhuWTZZUWRSMTdUSTBtS0VjLURIX1FWV0VrY1BidU0zSkltN2hlMVpoUFF3ai0tbEwxUTF3NUE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2TTFTbWU1NjBfaVk4dmtneFVFT2VreXRORkV4cFozTGpBVW5qYmhfZUJkZGNmM1FXbk1WeEc5Vm1DemFUX2Mwd2JQUno0bDhxRXhwZUY2VWV2ZWRmMUp6M2pRc2VubUI4RmJ0dVgtQ1ZZTGxTWVpvYUpUb2ExT2ZPTHNDT0ZKQUpRS2VHYXZPX2ctMDJKUDRrQVF2LTJrUFpZbEs0YzJNTWp3ZkM2aVowMW5LX1ppY0pxa1FnaG90RE9WNnFyR20tLUtPMU92LVdkR0prS0t4b0ZFSk5RUT09 |
I’m moving from the US to Europe soon. I’ve always known I had a lot of books, but now I know I have a LOT of books (a little over 500). Some of these I inherited from my grandmother and I really don’t want to give them up, but the thought of shipping hundreds of books overseas makes me nervous. My mom agreed to house my books for however long I need, but I’d prefer not to drop a couple hundred books on her since she already has a pretty substantial library herself. Curious to hear what others in my situation have done!
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We did it, Reddit!
Today, [the US Senate voted 52\-47](https://www.wired.com/story/senate-approves-measure-to-save-net-neutrality) to restore Net Neutrality! While this measure must now go through the House of Representatives and then the White House in order for the rules to be fully restored, this is still an incredibly important step in that process—one that could not have happened without all your phone calls, emails, and [other activism](https://redditblog.com/2017/12/11/an-analysis-of-net-neutrality-activism-on-reddit/). The [evidence](http://www.publicconsultation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Net_Neutrality_II_Slides_041818.pdf) is clear that Net Neutrality is important to Americans of both parties \(or no party at all\), and today’s vote demonstrated that our Senators are hearing us.
We’ve still got a way to go, but today’s vote has provided us with some incredible momentum and energy to keep fighting.
We’re going to keep working with you all on this in the coming months, but for now, we just wanted to say thanks! | r/announcements | post | r/announcements | 2018-05-17 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXejM5SkphenZNaUtlUGhOdGVKNkQxb3lrbUtMcmFFV09XQXhycVlTLXNJampiRHFtQUZVN2t4MFp4Rm5DR0hSRE5fbi11TlQtM1lqei1oblpOaEtMWnc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2ZXdxVzdweDZkVll1TXdEZ1ZERk5YNTE3NUQyeTV6M1pLcE1qNTFkSk9icnBNZ0V5dzh5QklmbEtlUHZBQVctXzhGUmdYZlRIOEJ6S0x2WC1IUmgyLXhpTmxYMzdrYlBBZzhjOHRZc0hyZ2x1OHA1Wm1RRWVOMk4tdXBCcTNTWVhxb2ZKNXpsS2Nta3FIeXFKSi1CU2xqWWJFb1BfNmZfRG5NQlV1TlBXMW5KdkZYb3Q4YkVSV0h6ak9Jd25GczIyaWpWM2VXUktyMHlJNTBXbFpKcEN4dz09 |
Are you a [creature\-of\-the\-night](https://g.redditmedia.com/mYsQDS32Xl88TqfhUaPuxi49JBVpyh95K-vF99dzkzM.gif?fm=mp4&mp4-fragmented=false&s=7ca6eddcc86b1599bd8f17917a2dccd3) type of person? A straight\-up vampire? Or just a redditor that wants to browse in night mode? Then you’ll be happy to hear: Night Mode has \(finally\) landed so you can read Reddit without searing your retinas \(we heard it’s a thing\).
We want to give you guys more choice in how you browse new Reddit, and Night Mode has been a top feature request in the r/redesign community, so a few months ago we set out to build it.
...Annnnd now it’s been awhile since we first announced Night Mode was coming. Turns out creating and implementing a color system to incorporate a new theme is tough. But our design and engineering teams were undaunted: dive under the hood of the Design & Engineering effort to build Night Mode on the [blog](https://redditblog.com/2018/05/24/night-mode-is-finally-here/).
To start browsing Reddit in darkness, click on your username in the upper right hand corner, and then toggle it on. If you're on old Reddit, you can visit [http://new.reddit.com/](http://new.reddit.com/) to try out Night Mode. If you enjoy it, you can opt for it to be your default experience by selecting Opt In under Night Mode.
We hope you’ll enjoy this retina\-saving feature as much as we do. But seriously jokes aside, we are continuously trying to improve Reddit for y'all and we'll post more soon. Let us know your thoughts on Night Mode.
Next week we’ll be providing an update about accessibility in the Redesign. While you wait, [check out our other recent updates](https://www.reddit.com/r/redesign/search?q=flair%3Achangelog&restrict_sr=on&sort=new) | r/announcements | post | r/announcements | 2018-05-24 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXejl6ZUdnNGJoOElENlRjUmZ5cWtyT3hjZHBJQUY4MWIyQVpaWlNRekUwdDZSbEtkaW42M3ZEQzZVNnJYeF9peDFBZXNIT3FfOXRWRVN1YzVRdjZRUHc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2YU1WakpsTWo0UFhhdnR2Uk5ZS0NCd2lSV2J6eWc0dFBRWlFvM2steDZzWDJNNVUyam90R3ZGNklNa3dpYk1vMzdQMFJSalp6eXhqLVJBdjBWSENXaUJrZjIwTG5zYklUVTNYQ1dieU9tZF9OUEE1dDdZb0RhbUVjd1JrdHZUMVhkQkVuamFNdEdmR2x4RWphSGp0SHM2VHMzVkZqTWlLUDM0bTA3RFNKSVBaTnpITmpkblhTWm9iRlRvX1ZtcUMwZjJPek96TUV1WDdBSWJ5RzRMdzhSUT09 |
Hi all,
Today we’re posting updates to our [User Agreement](https://reddit.com/help/useragreement) and [Privacy Policy](https://reddit.com/help/privacypolicy) that will become effective June 8, 2018. For those of you that don’t know me, I’m one of the original engineers of Reddit, [left](https://www.reddit.com/r/blog/comments/dzl1o/and_like_that_poof_hes_gone/) and then returned in 2016 \(as was the style of the time\), and am currently CTO. As a [very, very early redditor](https://i.redditmedia.com/Dhv5G_cwJajjHR7je79YL1POdrGa9h0OBd6KDK9X0X8.png?fit=crop&crop=faces%2Centropy&arh=2&w=640&s=95a3befe0c3af1eaae3681fe39cec348), I know the importance of these issues to the community, so I’ve been working with our Legal team on ensuring that we think about privacy and security in a technical way and continue to make progress \(and are [transparent](https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/8bb85p/reddits_2017_transparency_report_and_suspect/) with all of you\) in how we think about these issues.
To summarize the changes and help explain the “why now?”:
* **Updated for changes to our services.** It’s [been a long time](https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/2sk8i9/were_updating_the_reddit_privacy_policy_and_user/) since [our last significant User Agreement update](https://www.redditstatic.com/policy-changes/useragreement-2015-01-15.html). In general, \*these\* revisions are to bring the terms up to date and to reflect changes in the services we offer. For example, some of the products mentioned in the terms we’re replacing are no longer available \(RIP redditmade and reddit.tv\), we’ve created a more [robust API process](https://github.com/reddit-archive/reddit/wiki/API), and we’ve launched [some](https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/4p5dm9/image_hosting_on_reddit/) [new](https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/891stx/starting_today_more_people_will_have_access_to/) [features](https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/7spq3s/protect_your_account_with_twofactor_authentication/)!
* **European data protection law.** Many of the changes to the Privacy Policy relate to the General Data Protection Regulation \(GDPR\). You might have heard about GDPR from such emails as “Updates to our Privacy Policy” and “Reminder: Important update to our Terms of Service & Privacy Policy.” In fact, you might have noticed that just about everything you’ve ever signed up for is sending these sorts of notices. We added information about the rights of users in the European Economic Area under the new law, the legal bases for our processing data from those users, and contact details for our legal representative in Europe.
* **Clarity.** While these docs are longer, our terms and privacy policy do not give us any new rights to use your data; we are just trying to be more clear so that you understand your rights and obligations of using our products and services. We rearranged both documents so that similar topics are in the same section or in closer proximity to each other. Some of the sections are more concise \(like the Copyright, DMCA & Takedown section in the User Agreement\), although there has been no change to the applicable laws or our takedown policies. Some of the sections are more specific. For example, the new Things You Cannot Do section has most of the same terms as before that were in various places in the previous User Agreement. Finally, we removed some repetitive items with our content policy \(e.g., “don’t mess with Reddit” in the user agreement is the same as our prohibition on “Breaking Reddit” in the content policy\).
Our work won’t stop at new terms and policies. As CTO now and an infrastructure engineer in the past, I’ve been focused on ensuring our platform can scale and we are appropriately staffed to handle these gnarly issues and in particular, privacy and security. Over the last few years, we’ve built a [dedicated anti\-evil team](https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/6qptzw/with_so_much_going_on_in_the_world_i_thought_id/) to focus on creating engineering solutions to help curb spam and abuse. This year, we’re working on building out our dedicated security team to ensure we’re equipped to handle and can assess threats in all forms. We appreciate the work you all have done to [responsibly report security vulnerabilities](https://www.reddit.com/wiki/whitehat) as you find them.
**Note**: Given that there's a lot to look over in these two updates, we've decided to push the date they take effect to June 8, 2018, so you all have two full weeks to review. And again, just to be clear, there are no actual product changes or technical changes on our end.
I know it can be [difficult to stay on top of](https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/8hm7ak/this_visualized_design_shows_you_its_impossible/) all of these Terms of Service updates [\(and what they mean for you\)](https://www.reddit.com/r/LifeProTips/comments/8euz34/lpt_with_new_privacy_regulations_coming_soon_and/), so we’ll be sticking around to answer questions in the comments. I’m not a lawyer \(though I can sense their presence for the sake of this thread...\) so just remember we can’t give legal advice or interpretations.
**Edit:** Stepping away for a bit, though I'll be checking in over the course of the day. | r/announcements | post | r/announcements | 2018-05-25 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXTldSSVRGeURpMC1uc3E1Ty1Ra0JRa0RxcEVRWUhGR1BpYlVyODBabkZxdHZUczFXRF9aZWltenM5S0dUbXhqMzM3dzZZY1pKMnFJTHNMUjhxVmFpNkE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2TlRMS1ZmVG4zRjlhcV9fMzZlZDhNR2dpTjBZMkFkd1hvMmdKNU5GUF9EYUk4Y1VCd25lcURVTFZlamhmSzJYMHVyaHpwRDU4cEFMQi01UldDcG5SdzhxQkZZQ19iaVloX0FMMmdqbE84MmluWFc4R0lXZWhEand4SXNQb1gzRElaem43QXA2a1NWSkUtZENNeUd0SHVjYThlQmQtSnhRQXJFV2l0RThmTThRU3VrQkpJbEYzdXhFSzU5b0FuVUNpZHNTaFFNeFZqYnJBSGJrTk9fVlNCUT09 |
This has been an issue for me for quite awhile now. Even though i get a good 6-8 hours of sleep everytime i play a game at night (since that is my only free time) i just doze off no matter how interesting the game. For example, God of War.. Like after an hour Kratos and Atreus' voice start to echo and my head goes almost blank and all immersion just goes off and the next thing i know it's already morning.
Do i really have to drink coffee while gaming? Aging really sucks!
Just 2 months ago i could play the witcher 3 for 9 hours straight on weekends.. now even on weekends i can't stand playing longer than 3 hours! What do i do to keep up? Energy drinks? Aren't those bad for health? | r/ps4 | post | r/PS4 | 2018-05-30 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXbzdTMkl3bUxkNWFpTU9rc1ByUmMtYnZBRzZPUDFJWVFjSF82OFZRZXZKVjZGWEE3ZkxxR2JRUHc2dUJCYmlzd0x5RDVrUHRnbnFsb2s0dmpBWkUtUG5IZy1zSjFOVVFaQW1kcm5mY1hCenM9 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2SnNoMWZPSnViOFdsdmcxMjRnOHdrU2lzRWZFTDlZU044MThWLTE2MmpaZklJZ2hoWGxFNHVzaE5DLXV1YWpNOElLb2RhRzQtdE1aUjR4akFuWTlnN0l0aHdQVHMyZFMtbF9ScHVGNklWU050SkVWeGdiWEJmMHozU2s4UEhRcS1wZTFpMlpxNm9sRkp6Y1FOWmVKakxMc1FXWkpGWWhVS2JFUmhTcWZHbWg1MEZIMXc3a2VtMHo5N3ZodXRoM2t2 |
For example:
1. No fridge, microwave only: [SEARCH RESULTS](https://www.reddit.com/r/EatCheapAndHealthy/search?q=No+fridge%2C+microwave+only&restrict_sr=on&sort=relevance&t=all)
2. Student, need help with recipes: [SEARCH RESULTS](https://www.reddit.com/r/EatCheapAndHealthy/search?q=Student%2C+need+help+with+recipes&restrict_sr=on&sort=relevance&t=all)
3. no oven, traveling : [SEARCH RESULTS](https://www.reddit.com/r/EatCheapAndHealthy/search?q=no+oven&restrict_sr=on&sort=relevance&t=all)
These are three examples. Just keep entering keywords until you get a match for what you need. Please do this so we don't have to keep removing repeat links. Our database is quite large enough as is. | r/eatcheapandhealthy | post | r/EatCheapAndHealthy | 2018-05-31 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXb21oaUlzTlJyTzNQMWVJcXg2RGFNN3dPcmRORVRWVnpScHY5TXBXWmREMHBna2tUM2NRbWxSRVU0UUVhbGpRVjJmR0syY1BLLTlxS1lQdEFQX0gtVnc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2NUpFM3MxOVNmX1ZWSlJ4bW9wS1JCbDNSMzYyQ1lWeF9oeFg2V21wdWdMaVExZEZGMTBsUFY2MWtKcWxDUFF2TjVVamRtZ1pRdnZxX1Y3d1hVVnM2UjR4YTlPRUItSkRxaWg3U2pJOTdiLXRuQTJKYnljQ0NkTEp4VXhCSVJzTTVBd29PMVotbmNlQWtSOEtuMFA0OEI4a2xSaXkxZ0hiLWZGa3Q0SFhzWDcyZmJpMzFibldDRXpmcG1wNnVGeEtpa0FYTGp2QU5VOTFoYmhHbEtaMlFTQT09 |
r/blog | post | r/blog | 2018-06-06 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXZEszcl9UdGtDQnNOVXM2R3FDdWg5UHRnUXc4VE5WNTZ0dnotQl9sWWtDUWVwa1NwazBjV2N3ZjdEZGZQMnQ3WFVxUXNuZnlpbVhDb1QzUzNmdGpmb1E9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2VHc0ZVVpZFI1NmhiUnVobXhTZ0lKR0FPUlZjTVZGYy1rRExsM19mMDdQOHVIQk1ram0zR1dUTmNpT282SWxtbXItRXpFUElMY284NHVsSl80Mi1WUWtFaHpjYW1pMjJPbjFEWnJNalBoWVhudDlYdG5wdjN2ZmQzSkZiTGZSRGJJLWJjMFAtdTZwaUNKSENlQk5PTV94QTZiTkpFdFVCdDVKLUd1cm10cXdPY0ZHSDhPSVlVQ2tiVVNtdEM4Wm9MN3JuMGFGeVRuTnpwNk1vQkhGeVJCdz09 |
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Hey Reddit,
We care deeply about protecting the free and open internet, and we know Redditors do too. Specifically, we’ve communicated a lot with you in the past year about the Net Neutrality fight in the United States, and ways you can help. One of the most frequent questions that comes up in these conversations is from our European users, asking what they can do to play their part in the fight. Well Europe, now’s your chance. Later this month, the European Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee will [vote on changes](https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44412025) to copyright law that would put untenable restrictions on how users share news and information with each other. The new Copyright Directive has two big problems:
* **Article 11** would create a "link tax:” Links that share short snippets of news articles, even just the headline, could become subject to copyright licensing fees— pretty much ending the way users share and discuss news and information in a place like Reddit.
* **Article 13** would force internet platforms to install automatic upload filters to scan (and potentially censor) every single piece of content for potential copyright\-infringing material. This law does not anticipate the difficult practical questions of how companies can know what is an infringement of copyright. As a result of this big flaw, the law’s most likely result would be the effective shutdown of user\-generated content platforms in Europe, since unless companies know what is infringing, we would need to review and remove all sorts of potentially legitimate content if we believe the company may have liability.
The unmistakable impact of both these measures would be an incredible chilling impact over free expression and the sharing of information online, particularly for users in Europe.
Luckily, there are people and organizations in the EU that are fighting against these scary efforts, and they have organized a day of action today, June 12, to raise the alarm.
Julia Reda, a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) who opposes the measure, joined us last week for [an AMA on the subject](https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/8oywxz/i_am_mep_julia_reda_fighting_to_saveyourinternet/). In it, she offers a number of practical ways that Europeans who care about this issue can get involved. Most importantly, call your MEP and let them know this is important to you!
As a part of their Save the Link campaign, our friends at Open Media have created an [easy tool](https://act.openmedia.org/savethelink-call) to help you identify and call your MEP.
Here are some things you’ll want to mention on the phone with your MEP’s office:
* Share your name, location and occupation.
* Tell them you oppose Article 11 (the proposal to charge a licensing fee for links) and Article 13 (the proposal to make websites build upload filters to censor content).
* Share why these issues impact you. Has your content ever been taken down because of erroneous copyright complaints? Have you learned something new because of a link that someone shared?
* Even if you reach an answering machine, leave a message—your concern will still be registered.
* Be polite and SAY THANKS! Remember the human.
Phone not your thing? Tweet at your MEP! Anything we can do to get the message across that internet users care about this is important. The vote is expected June 20 or 21, so there is still plenty of time to make our voices heard, but we need to raise them!
And be sure to let us know how it went! Share stories about what your MEP told you in the comments below.
*PS If you’re an American and don’t want to miss out on the fun, there is still plenty to do on our side of the pond to save the free and open internet. On June 11, the net neutrality rollback* [*officially went into effect*](https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/11/17439456/net-neutrality-dead-ajit-pai-fcc-internet)*, but the effort to reverse it in Congress is still going strong in the House of Representatives.* [*Go here*](https://www.publicknowledge.org/act-now/tell-congress-to-use-the-cra-to-save-net-neutrality/) *to learn more and contact your Representative.* | r/announcements | post | r/announcements | 2018-06-12 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXME9NUUNEOXlwbGVrbEdyUEJDUHcya0pYdjE1WmNobXJtMk5oeGFGbGVPVC12LXktR0l4Vl8tNmJTRDhBMXBEZ2xlelU3R1FtNldMQnNUX1llUEZFa3c9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2OXFuMmxTNkJpNHlTdHh1SE1qazRROGVtNkhobkZEcHAxYUxjN0hxT3ktamhRTTU3U3k3em0zeFlvMVNhckJoRHlLY2hjSGZSSHNMaTdjbTdQUFN0RVY5ZF9hRE1YSUpqd0V0QjFzMzhrd2UtSllMQWRpQW8yVWJwWkNsaG5zdXpVc0Z4UGZXX2g2SnlTUDM0X2Z2V1JpTTdRVGZGdHJnLTBBSW1ncUNOSkVrTDhuNVU5Tmo0VFBNZy0yeHZ4Q0gxa0cwWm9URUFsdE9jVDhXTTJCTnVSUT09 |
Damn that book, it has so many things wrong w.r.t the premise, the characters and the predisposition I don't know how to begin. The last chapter of the book told me exactly what is required and the rest is a depressing mish-mash of a self-centred person's mind. That fact that the protagonist is in her 30s doesn't help, and her own perfect life contradicts her imperfect situation. Failing to channelise the monotony by communicating and starting something productive, or by taking a complete break for sometime, she descends into a purely sex-driven mania. The word "manic-depressive" cropped up a few chapters before it actually was mentioned in the book. And the story about hurting the dog in order to gain attention, and the "I'm smart, I'm successful, I'm wealthy, I'm the center of attention" gamut did not help. At a point of time, I forgot she had kids. She commits a sin in a fit of drug-like mania, and somehow gets a happy ending. She has her husband, who is a perfect saint. There are too many hijinks. The phenomena is real enough, but the steps the character takes in a downward spiral, oblivious to everything she has had over the years, oblivious to the destruction of everything that was ever built, is jarring. And at a point of time a psychiatrist says something along the lines of, "You built up all this pressure over the years and you expect to clean it all overnight?" He's right. The pressure was built up over the years... It has not found a healthy outlet. Again, when the premise is so flawed its nigh impossible to search for remedies with regard to the story. Nah, left me feeling depressed until the very end, when a slight glimmer appeared in the form of the lesson and conclusion.
Is it just me who feels this way? Look some people can relate to boredom or lack of activity. Why some, perhaps many. Perhaps many have resorted to going outside bounds, only to realise their mistake and get themselves back on track before great harm was caused. OR some have gone all the way through and have ended their relationship for something new, only to find out that there was indeed something very wrong at the core. Opinions are thousands. But the way the book handles this topic is miserable.
What are your views? Let me know. :) | r/books | post | r/books | 2018-06-18 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXMjJGUkxuZXZKV3hsc0NsNG10akY4RXF1aXdLcmhhSWg2WHlENTNhNDFGYW1od1FuZUhUcWlmY0h5Z056LW1rXzF6NE5uRkRfeHpBY1BicFJOdTQxVFE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2VVJpRG9CaEZFYUV0TTB6WkdYN0llckEtYzZWS2dzRkpIeFloX3V1WU5hR0hmTk9vUDRfY3RBNlkxNWZaQjloY0VLLTV6UTJZcVJheVRuMU5uUTMwc2FqRHVPTTdHVjRxRmM3OG8ySWdKTUNyU0JrZENkNEgzbXRIaDI0UHpHVXRfZlRkQWxobUp3TTVFWlgtWW9nbDVnUFA5MHlEWlB4UFkzdEV2aVBsOUM3UTlwV1p3RnBuWW5pUnJGTWg4ekhM |
People have come to Reddit for news since the site first launched back in 2005. In the decade-plus since then, you've demonstrated the power communities can have with news — analyzing articles, providing exposure to multiple perspectives, and having millions of discussions that bring context and insight to the conversation. You've shown us that news is an important part of how you use Reddit, but it's gotten harder to only get the news and related discussion, especially if you're subscribed to lots of non-news subreddits or browse [r/popular](https://www.reddit.com/r/popular) and [r/all](https://www.reddit.com/r/all). This is why we launched an [alpha](https://www.reddit.com/r/redditmobile/comments/8i7q2q/tldr_some_ios_users_will_see_a_news_tab_were/) News tab on our iOS app a few weeks ago. After hearing feedback from mods and iOS users and making a lot of improvements to the design and function of the tab along the way, **today we’re releasing it to the majority of iOS users as a beta**.
# What’s the News tab and how does it work?
[\(GIF of the News tab in action\)](https://i.redd.it/40c0ksw4wd511.gif)
The News tab offers a home for content that the community surfaces from a group of subreddits that frequently share and engage with the news. When you open the [Reddit iOS app](https://www.reddit.com/mobile/download), you'll find it to the left of "Home" and "Popular." The News tab content is then divided into a handful of common news topics -- like politics, science, and sports -- with options to customize your News tab by selecting the topics or subtopics that interest you most.
We took care to build the News experience around communities that were already engaging with news the most. We have set guidelines for the communities that filter into the experience, as well as the post type (for example: posts titles must reflect the article title). We’ll continue to expand the communities you see in News in Q3. For more on our guidelines, how we’ve been testing and collecting feedback in the News tab alpha on iOS, see our initial [update](https://www.reddit.com/r/redditmobile/comments/8i7q2q/tldr_some_ios_users_will_see_a_news_tab_were/).
# What’s coming next?
So far, we have been testing the News experience in the iOS mobile app. Later this summer, we will be releasing it to desktop. Based on your feedback, we are also working on a few additional features. You told us you wanted more granular news topics (not just Sports but Baseball specifically), so we’ve introduced subtopics for you to personalize your News tab and notifications. You all told us you want to be able to see how different communities are talking about the same story. So, we are developing a community pivot feature that will show you multiple threads from different communities on the same article.
For those of you with the iOS app, try out News and send your feedback our way by commenting below. We’ll continue to make changes as more redditors test it out. In the meantime, we’ll stick around in the comments below to answer your questions. | r/announcements | post | r/announcements | 2018-06-21 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXXzk1MVEtME1sS2t0VE5qSkY2MU9DblRGdFI5aVowcEN6eFVKejhwS0dJeWtNX2VxQ2dOUl9veXR3TmljVFAxYVZlR0JEcy13TmlucTUyUUNXTzdOVmc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2bjQydjZ0VXhsSU94RjcxQU9HZHYyLThRbl9wVDB2d1E4bWRxdk4yQkhxdkdFNmNsUmtVTGtXbjdVWXFFbnNDYnhONWNKTU9oQU91RWdmZlBvM1BkVVBUalVEWVFSbklRZU1xWlRBdEFkcURlNjFITzlOZjI3MlZKNTdkYXg1VVpKQmhOZGFOZ3lBR3d6Q2llc2pnRVdlR3Y0ZktFZU1PUFlseWJDWjZCTXl5ckg4RVF0aWVDcjl2c2hBTGdmR2JhT1lDUEZic3FNZVMwQmxxUzRFLUl3dz09 |
[THE MEMES ARE SAFE \(for now\)](https://preview.redd.it/poqp2c0w07811.jpg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=77e4fb321aef9d4c0ba648b1e1b4c3bf13f2f7e4)
We’re constantly in awe of what redditors can accomplish when they join forces, from raising money [for children’s hospitals](https://redditblog.com/2017/10/04/extra-life-kicks-off-november-4th/) to shutting down the “inevitable” SOPA/PIPA. Today, European redditors, along with other concerned EU netizens, helped do the impossible once more. Thanks to the ruckus they raised with their Members of the European Parliament, [the flawed EU Copyright Directive has been sent back to the drawing board](https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/5/17535874/eu-copyright-law-article-11-13-rejected-first-vote), ending (for now) the threats to subject all user uploads to automated content filtering, and require licensing fees for all links.
There is no mistake that it was people power that made this happen. Before the vote, MEP Catherine Stihler of Scotland [noted](http://www.businessinsider.com/eu-parliament-rejects-sweeping-internet-copyright-reforms-2018-7) that she had received a petition signed by a million people against the changes. Other MEPs noted the deluge of calls and letters that they had received leading up to the vote.
This outpouring of activism about what most people would have considered a dull procedural vote would not have been possible without the awareness and urgency (and, yes, [super-dank memes](https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qvny8v/some-genius-memers-are-creatively-fighting-the-eus-possible-meme-ban)) that members of the Reddit community raised, and we’d like to particularly congratulate r/Europe for leading the way. They hosted informative AMAs with [MEP Julia Reda](https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/8oywxz/i_am_mep_julia_reda_fighting_to_saveyourinternet/) and Europe’s leading [independent experts on copyright reform](https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/8ugrow/eu_copyright_ama_we_are_professors_lionel_bently/), they kept everyone up to date on vote progress and outcomes (check out [their tally of the July 5th vote](https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/8wblrj/mep_votes_on_the_eu_copyright_directive_by_name/) to see how your MEP voted), and they [used megathreads](https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/8q1mfc/on_the_eu_copyright_reform/) to keep us all in the loop about what was happening and how to help.
# What’s Next?
This isn’t over yet. The really important thing about this vote is that it takes what would have been pushed through into law behind closed doors and opens it up to a more public debate process, where citizens have the ability to weigh in, share their views, and build a compromise that protects rightsholders without imperiling free expression.
The next vote will likely be on 10 September, and the coming weeks are critical to ensuring that the MEPs charged with hammering out amendments and drafting that compromise hear from their constituents. To keep informed about the process and learn what you can personally do during this time, be sure to check out the [Save Your Internet Campaign](https://saveyourinternet.eu/). | r/announcements | post | r/announcements | 2018-07-05 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXYUdGajFEXzBITVdVRXNTQlYwS19jZFZrTERYa2hPanZsU3dUQjctankyMEJySkVJZ1ZyV2RwdU81alJvZ0pOYm8yRU0tbk5LYUktYkJxUHA1VGRiREE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2MHFQMU51Qi15WldwOXVJZ3BKSnN4ZVlJLWFZckhfRUtVdHVUYWVhcklmblB4dHZfMF9ZTXFGTjBPTkktQUZkOFZPRk9YZmdaMU5FNGw4TmRYbWF3WTdGUFhqa3FPczBiVGdDTXV4UVM1czkySzZxX3Y0STBDeFNmbjZUX3hWbk5oaEdXOVJzcXNrbUU0NEhoNU1QTlgwRjZxRWJXM0JGYVRqSlU0a0QxS29MeTN1Q240OEk2WnI5ajRLYkhRU0laM0c3VTZaUmpWZDJ2cExaLUdYbHdNQT09 |
Since I have to add mandatory "optional" text....
1984 is great at illustrating the warning behind government totalitarianism. The characters live in a world where the government monitors everything you do.
Brave New World is a similar warning from the stand point of a Technocratic Utopian control
F451 is explores a world about how ignorance is rampant and causes the decline of education to the point where the government begins to regulate reading.
What would be the 4th book to add to these other 3?
Edit: Top 5 list (subject to change)
1) "Animal Farm" by George Orwell
2) "We" by Yevgeny Zamyatin
3) "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
4) "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" by Phillip K Dick
5) "The Dispossessed" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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**TL;DR:** ***Your feedback helped us reshape the direction of chat on Reddit from one-to-one chat to private group chats and eventually to community-based chat rooms (and your jokes helped me get through many a long day). Chat rooms are now in beta and being released to more subreddits daily. Check out*** [***r/subchats***](https://www.reddit.com/r/SubChats/) ***or*** [***this post***](https://www.reddit.com/r/community_chat/comments/8465bl/welcome_to_rcommunity_chat/) ***if you’d like to see how it works!***
Guess what? Chicken butt! (More on that later.) For now, hi! I’m [u/ityoclys](https://www.reddit.com/user/ityoclys), but if you're one of the 7,000 or so people who messaged the admins with your feedback on Chat, you may remember me better as u/reddit_chat_feedback.
Most people still don’t know about Reddit Chat, so, for context, over the past year we’ve been [beta testing](https://www.reddit.com/r/beta/comments/8g22ow/subreddit_chat_rooms_beta_has_been_released_to/) a few new chat features with a small number of you. When we started, we knew that most people didn’t personally know other redditors, since the core of the Reddit experience is pseudonymous sharing and discussion, so we wanted to make sure there was a place for people in the betas to test chat, give feedback, and have a bit of fun. Perhaps most importantly, we wanted to get to know people using chat in order to learn from them.
To do this, we made a new user, [u/reddit\_chat\_feedback](https://www.reddit.com/user/reddit_chat_feedback), and added it to the top of everyone’s chat contacts list. Kind of like Tom from Myspace. For some reason, I volunteered to respond to as many people who chatted to that account as I could keep up with. So far I’ve talked to just over 7,000 people one on one. It’s been fun, and now we’d like to share some of the things we learned.
[This is my life now.](https://preview.redd.it/yqisevud8qa11.png?width=1248&format=png&auto=webp&s=384e0887837a2ebda773adbc14ddd6056d78bca0)
# TIL: Chatting with strangers on the internet isn’t so scary
If you haven’t used AOL in a while, the idea of chatting with uninhibited strangers disguised behind bizarre usernames might give you pause - especially if you're, say, an admin openly asking for feedback from literally anyone on, say, a platform like Reddit, which is widely known for its passionate and vocal communities. Initially, I was afraid that most people would bring out the pitchforks and… unkind words. But after my first few days chatting with Redditors, I was pleasantly surprised to find that most people are super nice.
The nature of real-time direct chat seems to be especially disarming. Even when people initially lash out in frustration (or just to troll us), I found that if you talk to them and show them you’re a regular human like them, they almost always chill out. Beyond just chilling out, people who are initially harsh or skeptical of new things will often change their minds. Sometimes they get so excited that they start to show up in unexpected places defending the thing they once strongly opposed in a way that feels more authentic than anything I could say.
TL;DR: Don’t be afraid. Listen to people and talk to them, and everything will (usually) be fine.
[People are good.](https://preview.redd.it/zwcr1mxg8qa11.png?width=1498&format=png&auto=webp&s=600eef61f0e310b67692e4c29552bd1778593be3)
# TIL: People will give you excellent and actionable feedback, if you’re willing to listen
I'm a product designer. I take pride in bringing clarity to our product and engineering ideas, but I also recognize that one person (or even an entire team) working on something new will never match the insights that a community of passionate people can find. Being the voice of u/reddit_chat_feedback has dramatically reinforced that framework in my mind. It's helped me gauge the general sentiment of the people using all the new things we're building, and it's given me a constant stream of users to poke holes in our ideas, all of which directly impacted the direction we took with our roadmaps.
Listing everything we learned via chat would result in a novella, but here are a few common themes that surfaced through chat feedback, and how we adapted to them:
* **Chat on Reddit makes more sense in a group setting focused around a topic than it does in a one-on-one environment.** This makes a lot of sense, but might not be initially obvious as so many chat platforms focus on connecting people who already know each other IRL. People on Reddit [don’t usually know each other IRL](https://www.reddit.com/r/HaveWeMet/), and aren’t sure who to chat with without a common focal point. This may have been the most impactful common feedback, and we actually changed our roadmap significantly based on it, shifting our focus to subreddit-based chat rooms before giving access to direct chat to all redditors.
* **No one wants Reddit to become \[insert generic social media platform here\].** This is good. Neither do we! Personally, I like a lot of social sites on the internet, but one of the things I enjoy most about Reddit is the freedom that it gives people to express themselves without worrying that their grandparents will judge them.
* **Redditors like cats.** I do too. In fact I have two, and they’re very cute.
* **Large group chat rooms need powerful and easy-to-use moderation features.** We were pretty sure this was true, but the validation we received via chat was strong, and has led us to focus on core moderation features for chat rooms early.
* **People want to discover and share awesome subreddits.** When you get to know someone in a real time context, sometimes it becomes easier for you to understand their tastes, and share stuff you think they’d like. For instance, I learned about [r/pigifs](https://www.reddit.com/r/Pigifs/), [r/fairiesridingcorgis](https://www.reddit.com/r/fairiesridingcorgis/), and [r/specializedtools](https://www.reddit.com/r/specializedtools/).
[Yes, cat in French is chat.](https://preview.redd.it/40dzc5vj8qa11.png?width=1560&format=png&auto=webp&s=1404ef79e9d7d4ddfa5235d7b544dda5af6b2660)
# TIL: The internet is full of funny, witty, and weird people (jk, I already knew that)
Okay, so I didn’t exactly *learn* about this via chat feedback, but I thought you might like to experience some of the funnier things I’ve experienced so far in chat. Like the first time u/reddit_chat_feedback reached the front page. And the second time (one day later). Thanks, [r/madlads](https://www.reddit.com/r/madlads/)! Or the time I recited the alphabet with someone from A to AZ (yes, we cycled through the alphabet at least twice over a few days). Or the time someone sent me the entire script to Star Wars Episode 3 (we added a max message length after that one…). Or the time I learned about snails. Anyway, here you go.
[T2P: 1 Month](https://preview.redd.it/wqsuf5p6iqa11.png?width=1999&format=png&auto=webp&s=751e608b8536935578fe216b60b5f348064d06d3)
[(Thanks, Urban Dictionary!)](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=time%20to%20penis)
[Snails: the more you know.](https://preview.redd.it/zj07yjyysra11.png?width=1514&format=png&auto=webp&s=61bd6b7f2cb8050c2ba4df42c995c4113b5754b2)
# TIL: how to make it to the front page
At one point during my adventures as u/reddit_chat_feedback, some very [mad lads tricked me](https://www.reddit.com/r/madlads/comments/8bp26k/reddit_didnt_see_it_coming/) and then [tricked me again](https://www.reddit.com/r/madlads/comments/8bvqab/another_one_bites_the_dust/). My chat inbox was absolute madness for at least a week. But it was fun to be referenced on the front page.
[Chicken butt.](https://preview.redd.it/a6asllez8qa11.png?width=1358&format=png&auto=webp&s=3fc8d5eb5cc2127906698a074628db10f8ed0a98)
[Got ‘em!](https://preview.redd.it/pqheavh19qa11.png?width=1272&format=png&auto=webp&s=1d3cbf55bab152190d843d40f4ba60895a1a5318)
# We want to keep learning
Using [u/reddit\_chat\_feedback](https://www.reddit.com/user/reddit_chat_feedback) as a way to get to know and learn from redditors has been fun and incredibly insightful. We can’t thank everyone who has talked with us and given feedback enough. But we’d like to hear more. If you want to talk about chat on Reddit, please get in touch!
Before I go, I’ll end with a cat fact: Did you know that a group of cats is called a clowder? It’s true. I learned it on Reddit.
*By the way, you should also check out the new* [*community-based chat rooms in beta*](https://www.reddit.com/r/community_chat/comments/8465bl/welcome_to_rcommunity_chat/)*, if you haven’t already. It’s a great way to discuss topics you’re interested in with people you don’t know in real life. I’m in a bunch of them, and I’d love to chat with you.* | r/blog | post | r/blog | 2018-07-18 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXSGJ6NmJvOVY5WHIwYTFaSGdILTJhNmFhQ3JXNVE5YVZGd2tmTE9HTzJHVmRwVEI2QmlKR2FvcW5KdVk3NmRidlNveDByTEh1QjN4UUJOeWRDVFNTeFE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2NGs1UnN1Ym8xOTVGb3FDajBqX0NWeGFDOTN2cUJVVkQtVXF0T0VxTl9LZy1RdzV5VlRVcUU2dmZTTi10N0N3M2ZoVW1wdUNKT1BEX2ZoTUhNVlJzeEdscUdva2F0bkVHRjlnQU14VUlFZkVidjhrYjBjTnA0OVVGV0pLVkJpMEkzUW5LZzRBSVB2X0ZoeG1OUlljUkprcm1VQXZQWVhFWnJTN3JkUWo1LVJKNFlQQUxQeFBmVHA4MFNTR0JYNmlt |
**TL;DR**: A hacker broke into a few of Reddit’s systems and managed to access some user data, including some current email addresses and a 2007 database backup containing old salted and hashed passwords. Since then we’ve been conducting a painstaking investigation to figure out just what was accessed, and to improve our systems and processes to prevent this from happening again.
**What happened?**
On June 19, we learned that between June 14 and June 18, an attacker compromised a few of our employees’ accounts with our cloud and source code hosting providers. Already having our primary access points for code and infrastructure behind strong authentication requiring two factor authentication (2FA), we learned that SMS-based authentication is not nearly as secure as we would hope, and the main attack was via SMS intercept. We point this out to encourage everyone here to move to token-based 2FA.
Although this was a serious attack, the attacker did not gain write access to Reddit systems; they gained read-only access to some systems that contained backup data, source code and other logs. They were not able to alter Reddit information, and we have taken steps since the event to further lock down and rotate all production secrets and API keys, and to enhance our logging and monitoring systems.
Now that we've concluded our investigation sufficiently to understand the impact, we want to share what we know, how it may impact you, and what we've done to protect us and you from this kind of attack in the future.
**What information was involved?**
Since June 19, we’ve been working with cloud and source code hosting providers to get the best possible understanding of what data the attacker accessed. We want you to know about two key areas of user data that was accessed:
* **All Reddit data from 2007 and before including account credentials and email addresses**
* *What was accessed:* A complete copy of an old database backup containing very early Reddit user data -- from the site’s launch in 2005 through May 2007. In Reddit’s first years it had many fewer features, so the most significant data contained in this backup are account credentials (username + salted *hashed* passwords), email addresses, and all content (mostly public, but also private messages) from way back then.
* *How to tell if your information was included:* We are sending a message to affected users and resetting passwords on accounts where the credentials might still be valid. If you signed up for Reddit after 2007, you’re clear here. Check your PMs and/or email inbox: we will be notifying you soon if you’ve been affected.
* **Email digests sent by Reddit in June 2018**
* *What was accessed:* Logs containing the email digests we sent between June 3 and June 17, 2018. The logs contain the digest emails themselves -- they [look like this](https://i.redd.it/dtdpfncm6dd11.png). The digests connect a username to the associated email address and contain suggested posts from select popular and safe-for-work subreddits you subscribe to.
* *How to tell if your information was included:* If you don’t have an email address associated with your account or your “email digests” user preference was unchecked during that period, you’re not affected. Otherwise, search your email inbox for emails from [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) between June 3-17, 2018.
As the attacker had read access to our storage systems, other data was accessed such as Reddit source code, internal logs, configuration files and other employee workspace files, but these two areas are the most significant categories of user data.
**What is Reddit doing about it?**
Some highlights. We:
* Reported the issue to law enforcement and are cooperating with their investigation.
* Are messaging user accounts if there’s a chance the credentials taken reflect the account’s current password.
* Took measures to guarantee that additional points of privileged access to Reddit’s systems are more secure (e.g., enhanced logging, more encryption and requiring token-based 2FA to gain entry since we suspect weaknesses inherent to SMS-based 2FA to be the root cause of this incident.)
**What can you do?**
First, check whether your data was included in either of the categories called out above by following the instructions there.
If your account credentials were affected and there’s a chance the credentials relate to the password you’re currently using on Reddit, we’ll make you reset your Reddit account password. Whether or not Reddit prompts you to change your password, think about whether you still use the password you used on Reddit 11 years ago on any other sites today.
If your email address was affected, think about whether there’s anything on your Reddit account that you wouldn’t want associated back to that address. You can find instructions on how to remove information from your account on this [help page](https://www.reddithelp.com/en/categories/using-reddit/your-reddit-account/removing-your-reddit-data).
And, as in all things, a strong unique password and [enabling 2FA](https://www.reddithelp.com/en/categories/using-reddit/your-reddit-account/how-set-two-factor-authentication) (which we only provide via an authenticator app, not SMS) is recommended for all users, and be alert for potential phishing or scams. | r/announcements | post | r/announcements | 2018-08-01 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXc2YybEZJYzdTVFF2ekNMTlVqMTBLeFJUWi1ldXVUbWFWbGtqbTExS25mSGMxMFlITC1zdE1DT2lVa0RWREc4UDF0UElBdi15RGRoSlRVS29xaHdodUE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2RFoxOVBOOEhOTWphaWswRHJKMktFWnllV3hENFlXODM3eVVMWk1aU1JkV0NoT0l4YmZiYTg4Q0lWYllwR1YyMTlfNE10VW5ibEZjZVlVai1ZbjVDVjhya2Y1UElURGNCSlpvVVhQSmZ5ODVJcG5leVZWWXptYWtmTkYtSFdIa1V4UFltVzNrTi16SmwyNkZQUU9qZ2UySDdzQURDQjNmX0VCQVk2SXpZZlM2aGpQNFVaQkNIVmJ2em83UnN6NG1uelpZYkFPc0N2Y0pxLW85V2xCdXdGZz09 |
On ps4, AFTER STARTING THE GAME.
I already changed the system language, already reinstalled the game afterwards, don't know how to get to the main menu, I've searched google and most of the results are either of Gta V, or of other platforms (like pc).
Thank you in advance. | r/ps4 | post | r/PS4 | 2018-08-24 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXeVJNQ0g1UU11RG02dTU3UVpKOEx2c3dsQmI3QW9oNHF5TW1HY19xUVFVN3NOQXhiOFpfMTVZXzA1c0RKMEdvTTd0MVJ4bzFHT0pWWGR0a3NyWkVuX2c9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2QjZGWWxSMm1lVE5EbWZHOXBXTWdoMGxwellUcjFtQV90ODl3dGExNkRxcHMtcE51ZjhTSDdoNzNFeV9wM1dDNDk4VkdUXzJqUVhpaTN6bUVwTTZ6OGZmb1MwX084aWVpSXNZejlEZTVob3FHc2lRMGFqeTF2ZkpVeWVxaEFaWllQQUJaMVRSNmV3ZjFfc1Mwb3c1ajhiWC1SVFRJRzd0cFRBd2NuTWZ3YnpHMmx3M0dtMGF5bjJ1ZUFNNDFpZlFS |
Last week, FireEye [made an announcement](https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2018/08/suspected-iranian-influence-operation.html) regarding the discovery of a suspected influence operation originating in Iran and linked to a number of suspicious domains. When we learned about this, we began investigating instances of these suspicious domains on Reddit. We also conferred with third parties to learn more about the operation, potential technical markers, and other relevant information. While this investigation is still ongoing, we would like to share our current findings.
* To date, we have uncovered 143 accounts we believe to be connected to this influence group. The vast majority (126) were created between 2015 and 2018. A handful (17) dated back to 2011.
* This group focused on steering the narrative around subjects important to Iran, including criticism of US policies in the Middle East and negative sentiment toward Saudi Arabia and Israel. They were also involved in discussions regarding Syria and ISIS.
* None of these accounts placed any ads on Reddit.
* More than a third (51 accounts) were banned prior to the start of this investigation as a result of our routine trust and safety practices, supplemented by user reports (thank you for your help!).
Most (around 60%) of the accounts had karma below 1,000, with 36% having zero or negative karma. However, a minority did garner some traction, with 40% having more than 1,000 karma. Specific karma breakdowns of the accounts are as follows:
* 3% (4) had negative karma
* 33% (47) had 0 karma
* 24% (35) had 1-999 karma
* 15% (21) had 1,000-9,999 karma
* 25% (36) had 10,000+ karma
To give you more insight into our findings, we have preserved a sampling of accounts from a range of karma levels that demonstrated behavior typical of the others in this group of 143. We have decided to keep them visible for now, but after a period of time the accounts and their content will be removed from Reddit. We are doing this to allow moderators, investigators, and all of you to see their account histories for yourselves, and to educate the public about tactics that foreign influence attempts may use. The example accounts include:
* [u/emilyward2017](https://www.reddit.com/user/emilyward2017)
* [u/Homaeefar](https://www.reddit.com/user/Homaeefar)
* [u/alessia\_80s](https://www.reddit.com/user/alessia_80s)
* [u/Anzfp](https://www.reddit.com/user/Anzfp)
* [u/jeremybernard](https://www.reddit.com/user/jeremybernard)
* [u/suarezanton](https://www.reddit.com/user/suarezanton)
Unlike our [last post on foreign interference](https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/8bb85p/reddits_2017_transparency_report_and_suspect/), the behaviors of this group were different. While the overall influence of these accounts was still low, some of them were able to gain more traction. They typically did this by posting real, reputable news articles that happened to align with Iran’s preferred political narrative -- for example, reports publicizing civilian deaths in Yemen. These articles would often be posted to far-left or far-right political communities whose critical views of US involvement in the Middle East formed an environment that was receptive to the articles.
Through this investigation, the incredible vigilance of the Reddit community has been brought to light, helping us pinpoint some of the suspicious account behavior. However, the volume of user reports we’ve received has highlighted the opportunity to enhance our defenses by developing a trusted reporter system to better separate useful information from the noise, which is something we are working on.
We believe this type of interference will increase in frequency, scope, and complexity. We're investing in more advanced detection and mitigation capabilities, and have recently formed a threat detection team that has a very particular set of skills. Skills they have acquired...you know the drill. Our actions against these threats may not always be immediately visible to you, but this is a battle we have been fighting, and will continue to fight for the foreseeable future. And of course, we’ll continue to communicate openly with you about these subjects. | r/announcements | post | r/announcements | 2018-08-31 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXcmJxWEJhN2ZpVEU1UmpSa3p6ZGI1ZmRfd2szS0RfaXhWTzBCdXlsaUN3OGJCQURDLUZ1ZVdKQV80d3ZEejRuTjVNaF93azRSaFBqUnpEdldVR1R3Ymc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2ZmlqdXFKZExXeXZ1WHhYaHo3VEdFYWNZUVM0MThaLWlRTGRJX2FHRURpYTl6RFNreldZWUdlNkRYUEEzN1l2bm9sODQ4YzZrZzQzZTlhM3R6bkxLVmdfNHZ6T0tpMV95dGtSYld1c2dfQ3hWX3dXMW9ubjNyU3F6WWNac18tODVWTWRqcTBLQmFkVE1NWVA4RTFkYV9nUTR3UmE3VjZMVmt0anJvWGxJM1VtdU1Tc1R4Q0pVWjF1dnpRd1FnanNKV2lBYWU4aWdiQlRoRVk0WEZkM0M4dz09 |
I need to get this off my chest somehow so here we go.
I (M, 24) live together with my dad & my step mom (F, 50). About 6 months ago my dad passed away and it was just me & my mom left in the house. It's really hard for me being the only one to bring food to the table and it made me in some kind of mood swings. Sometimes I'm fine and nice to everybody but there are times I was depressed and angry about our living condition (we were left with a hefty amount of debts). Lately I was frequenting the braincels sub and although I'm not an incel they succeed in blackpilling me so it makes me angry about women. This anger sometimes I directed at my poor mom by ignoring her, sometimes I lashed out at her, and one time she can't take it and locked me out of our house. So fast forward, that day I was angry at her again and I just went to my room slam the door and lay in bed. She knocked my door and went inside. She asked me why I'm like this around the house and I just goes silent. She starts lying beside me and hugged me tight, I was like wtf. She's asking me did I like being hugged like this but I keep silent. She whispered in my ear that me being so aggressive and the silent tough guy treatment makes her really horny. Hearing that gave me goosebumps and she just kiss my forehead and said good night and leave my bedroom. So for several days ahead I just went complete silent because it's really awkward in the house between us.
Fast forward the situation between us getting better and we start bonding again. That night she asked me to stay in her room until she's asleep (she's afraid being alone in her bedroom) so yeah I lay there beside her playing with my phone. She's browsing instagram looking at several place for vacation and she's asking me about going on a vacation I was like sure whatever. Then she starts rubbing her feet against mine. I didn't really mind. Then she said that sometimes she really wants to hug me but she's afraid of me so I just laugh and said go ahead hug me then. She hugged me and whispered to me she's really horny right now. She keep rubbing and feeling all over my body. Then she grab my hair and kissed me on the lips. And it goes downhill from there. We fucked twice. Once in her bed and after that we went to my bedroom and have sex again in my bed. She asked me did I ever had sex before I said yeah. She's really happy that she came twice and she really need to get off. I feel so embarassed and guilty I don't want to go home yet I can't leave her alone. I love her she's the only mom for me in my whole life. | r/confession | post | r/confession | 2018-09-01 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXYTUzYkJFYklkcXV5Z2NvZW9oX0pva19KcUZIVzBJbUYtUFhTYzYtNk1leEdaU2loRU1nWUVXV2o1MGNMa3VTYnRwU2c4b2pFcVRCbFh6TUoweUFCQUE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2Vm5NRnRXcG53N2N4VVlBVVZGLW5YRWRUT25PLWV6MzBoWS02Q3Bqc0xKcmp4MlljT3NrZ1gzbUxlOHFSN1NfZWRfWjcwWFdMVGRLM21lYUNibVJybmpEVnd4dUVFakQxUnZWVmZZd2hOM043RW1OU0syWFZpRGRLdF9jdklrbjV1ZVpMV0xQUm5OdEZ6Nmt6YnZ6ZEcxWmZvNDRnMF85Z2V6QXc3cFBDQ2RWQXZLUC1obXQwOEhpQVRrSFk3WEMw |
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[The filter bots...they're back](https://preview.redd.it/ebqyxfgjbgl11.jpg?width=674&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fbf8ab41eb3efe63918a7b15c87f4c9680efb148)
**UPDATE 9/12/18:** Unfortunately [the vote didn't go our way](https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/12/eu-lawmakers-pass-controversial-digital-copyright-law.html), with both Articles 11 and 13 passing. We're going to have to assess what this means for Reddit, and determine what next steps might be. While this isn't the result that we hoped for, I'd still like to thank all the redditors who contacted their MEPs about this. We'll keep you updated about what comes next. For those interested in the details of how individual party blocks and MEPs voted, Julia Reda has [more details here](https://juliareda.eu/2018/09/ep-endorses-upload-filters/).
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Hey Everyone!
(And a very special *bonjour, hola, hallo, ciao, hej, sveiki, ahoj, buna,* and the rest to our European redditors in particular.)
It’s September, which means Europe’s back from vacation and we have an update for you on the EU copyright saga and its implications for the open Internet.
[When we last left you](https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/8we31l/the_memes_are_safe_repeat_the_memes_are_safe_for/) on July 5 (aka [Meme Day](https://www.reddit.com/r/MemeDay/)), a truly disastrous version of the EU Copyright Directive was defeated, thanks primarily to the outpouring of concern from netizens rightfully worried about its implications for free expression. You’ll remember that because of the way the draft eliminated copyright liability protections for platforms, the proposed law would have radically changed how sites like Reddit work. It would have forced us to either cut off usage in Europe or install [error-prone copyright filters](https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/xwkbad/this-music-theory-professor-just-showed-how-stupid-and-broken-copyright-filters-are) on your posts, resulting in a machine-censored user experience and striking a huge blow to the concept of the open Internet.
The July 5th “no” vote kicked the draft Directive back to the drawing board, and now a flurry of amendments have surfaced. Some are good, but some are just as bad as the original. For anyone who is interested in the nitty-gritty of the amendments, [MEP Julia Reda](https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/8oywxz/i_am_mep_julia_reda_fighting_to_saveyourinternet/) has a [pretty good rundown of them here](https://juliareda.eu/2018/09/copyright-showdown/) (note, this issue is fast-moving and amendments are changing daily).
The bottom line is most of the amendments, short of the proposal to delete Article 13 all together, don’t make an appreciable difference from the last draft in terms of how they would force us to filter your posts (our friends at EDRi [break down why that is here](https://edri.org/copyright-compulsory-filtering-instead-of-obligatory-filtering-a-compromise/)).
The good news is, this measure—including whatever amendments are adopted—will go to a vote of the FULL European Parliament on September 12. This means that Every. Single. MEP. will have to vote on the record on this issue, and be accountable for that vote come election time. That’s why we’re participating in [A©tion Week](https://saveyourinternet.eu/) to spread the work and help people contact their MEPs. If you live in Europe, you can let your MEP know that this is an issue that you care about, and urge them to reject Article 13. The good folks at [SaveYourInternet.eu](https://saveyourinternet.eu/) have put together a wealth of resources for you to see how your country voted on July 5, look up your MEP, and share your views with them.
Check it out, and after you’ve called, let us know in the comments what your MEP office said!
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EDIT: r/Europe has an awesome [megathread](https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/9el2ub/on_the_eu_copyright_reform_iv_second/) going on the vote, with lots of background information on the process itself. They have been THE place on Reddit to go for information on this whole process. | r/announcements | post | r/announcements | 2018-09-10 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXUGQxanhNWUY2dDA4VURHMEV2SlhUN2RxVGNGQXJmMWgwdjRKREFHcVY3cWZ6WWo1ZXljUnoxdG5CYktwckpfTU5DRExRa00ycnBUd08wNWFZVzk5TVE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2dDV4d1FpZ3Q3SWc5VU52WUg3RXdTR0ZTQ1VPMF9tX2FiNVkwc1A0MTVISjZ0MG9MUndDbTlNSGFhY05HMVhYLVRRcUNuakhjdC1rR1hxcWxKS0EtMXQyRldQVDEzQ2hCR2ZCLW1obkx2c0REb2ZndFpiOEVUUGNITHM3TmZuS3VRaDE0S3NaWVZRS0lQQ1dxSmpVMmpmWGtqdEpKeEZfT0VVaVJPLUo0TjAyN0x6SnMtcng3Zmh2alNYZ0RpcWxhQnp5VXFvWnhRUzhNbzJxbHVpdm5XZz09 |
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Voting is embedded in the Reddit experience. Yet offline, 1 in 4 eligible US voters isn’t registered. Even the most civically-conscious among us can unexpectedly find our registration lapsed, especially due to the wide variation in voter registration laws across the US. For example, did you know that you have to update your voter registration if you move, even if it’s just across town? Or that you also need to update it if you’ve changed your name (say, due to a change in marital status)? Depending on your state, you may even need to re-register if you simply haven’t voted in a while, even if you’ve stayed at the same address.
Taken together, these and other factors add up to tens of millions of Americans every election cycle who need to update their registration and might not know it. This is why we are again teaming up with [Nonprofit VOTE](https://www.nonprofitvote.org/) to celebrate [National Voter Registration Day](https://nationalvoterregistrationday.org/) and help spread the word before the midterms this November.
You’ll notice a lot of activity around the site today in honor of the holiday, including amongst various communities that have decided to participate. If you see a particularly cool community effort, let us know in the comments.
We’d also love to hear your personal stories about voting. Why is it important to you? What was your experience like the first time you voted? Are you registering to vote for the first time for this election? Join the conversation in the comments.
Also check out the AMAs we have planned for today as well, including:
* [A bipartisan tag-team AMA with the Secretaries of State of Washington and Minnesota](https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/9is2zm/we_are_secretaries_of_state_steve_simon_mn_and/) in r/politics from 10am-12pm ET
* [An AMA about the weird quirks and history of American voting laws](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/9iso2g/today_is_national_voter_registration_day_i_am_an/) with DoSomething.org’s Head of Campaigns in r/IAmA at 11am ET.
* You can also see the [AMA that National Voter Registration Day’s Executive Director](https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/9ii6uf/im_brian_miller_executive_director_of_national/) did yesterday.
Finally, be sure to take this occasion to [make sure that you are registered to vote](https://www.nonprofitvote.org/voting-in-your-state/) where you live, or update your registration as necessary. Don’t be left out on Election Day!
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Years ago I made a new email address and got two potential buyers for a playstation that I was pretending to sell. I confirmed a date and time with both of them. Decided on the mall near a certain store. I asked what they'd be wearing so I could find them. I gave them each other's description for myself, and then went and hung out.
One walked up to the other. You could tell there was an immediate confusion. They started arguing over who had what. You could see them get pissed once they realized what happened and wasted their time. They both stormed off on their phones. Sure enough, I got angry emails from both of them lol
I feel kind of bad about it, but it was a funny interaction to witness. | r/confession | post | r/confession | 2018-09-25 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXdzF0b29IRUhYTFFTNldTc0w0RmpXbW40bmNUMmRZS1NjUEFnWnc3cXVpZkw5aWV5dHRNYmYtTXo5dTgyNHBQdV9XTW5Hc0ZCcWxkaVJ6bzY5VWxKZ3c9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2ajAwaHQzWC1RRjd0WDVpVGVOaGpBWEdESnplNW1BX2UteWRjZGY5bExOZGZVcEYwTjRvSjNuRE9kbTRlT0JobWRnQmxtWWR5bXB1NVY5OUpPZExlSTBCUVk0RU1IM0dlYmpIYk1fWVpDNzhoQWJHY3p4bmU0d19JZUZxYkt4TjFheXBwVVlzRzAzZzNZOGZpWTNkSUJ6TjhJSzBITVFaWVRLemVQblBvMWJMYUVrcHl3WF9udlV3UktubnZjWldSLXF4enJHTmswUjhmeDZRNDMtZlVRQT09 |
While Reddit has had a [quarantine](https://www.reddithelp.com/en/categories/rules-reporting/account-and-community-restrictions/quarantined-subreddits) function for almost three years now, we have learned in the process. Today, we are updating our quarantining policy to reflect those learnings, including adding an appeals process where none existed before.
On a platform as open and diverse as Reddit, there will sometimes be communities that, while not prohibited by the [Content Policy](https://www.redditinc.com/policies/content-policy), average redditors may nevertheless find highly offensive or upsetting. In other cases, communities may be dedicated to promoting hoaxes (yes we used that word) that warrant additional scrutiny, as there are some things that are either verifiable or falsifiable and not seriously up for debate (eg, the Holocaust did happen and the number of people who died is well documented). In these circumstances, Reddit administrators may apply a quarantine.
The purpose of quarantining a community is to prevent its content from being accidentally viewed by those who do not knowingly wish to do so, or viewed without appropriate context. We’ve also learned that quarantining a community may have a positive effect on the behavior of its subscribers by publicly signaling that there is a problem. This both forces subscribers to reconsider their behavior and incentivizes moderators to make changes.
Quarantined communities display a warning that requires users to explicitly opt-in to viewing the content (similar to how the NSFW community warning works). Quarantined communities generate no revenue, do not appear in non-subscription-based feeds (eg Popular), and are not included in search or recommendations. Other restrictions, such as limits on community styling, crossposting, the share function, etc. may also be applied. Quarantined subreddits and their subscribers are still fully obliged to abide by Reddit’s [Content Policy](https://www.redditinc.com/policies/content-policy) and remain subject to enforcement measures in cases of violation.
Moderators will be notified via modmail if their community has been placed in quarantine. To be removed from quarantine, subreddit moderators may present an appeal [here](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=%2Fr%2Freddit.com). The appeal should include a detailed accounting of changes to community moderation practices. (Appropriate changes may vary from community to community and could include techniques such as adding more moderators, creating new rules, employing more aggressive auto-moderation tools, adjusting community styling, etc.) The appeal should also offer evidence of sustained, consistent enforcement of these changes over a period of at least one month, demonstrating meaningful reform of the community.
You can find more detailed information on the quarantine appeal and review process [here](https://www.reddithelp.com/en/categories/rules-reporting/account-and-community-restrictions/quarantined-subreddits).
This is another step in how we’re thinking about enforcement on Reddit and how we can best incentivize positive behavior. We’ll continue to review the impact of these techniques and what’s working (or not working), so that we can assess how to continue to evolve our policies. If you have any communities you’d like to report, tell us about it [here](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/reddit.com) and we’ll review. Please note that because of the high volume of reports received we can’t individually reply to every message, but a human will review each one.
Edit: Signing off now, thanks for all your questions!
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Update: I've got to take off for now. I hear the anger today, and I get it. I hope you take that anger straight to the polls next month. You may not be able to vote me out, but you can vote everyone else out.
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Hello again!
It’s been a minute since [my last post here](https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/8bb85p/reddits_2017_transparency_report_and_suspect/), so I wanted to take some time out from our usual product and policy updates, [meme safety reports](https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/8we31l/the_memes_are_safe_repeat_the_memes_are_safe_for/), and waiting for r/livecounting [to reach 10,000,000](https://www.reddit.com/live/ta535s1hq2je/) to share some highlights from the past few months and talk about our plans for the months ahead.
We started off the quarter with a [win for net neutrality](https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/8jzyb6/update_we_won_the_net_neutrality_vote_in_the/), but as always, the fight against the Dark Side continues, with [Europe passing a new copyright directive](https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/12/17851962/eu-copyright-directive-wikimedia-google-twitter-europe) that may strike a real blow to the open internet. Nevertheless, we will continue to fight for the open internet (and occasionally pester you with posts encouraging you to fight for it, too).
We also had a lot of fun fighting for the *not-so-free* but perfectly balanced world of r/thanosdidnothingwrong. I’m always amazed to see redditors so engaged with their communities that they get [Snoo tattoos](https://www.reddit.com/r/thanosdidnothingwrong/comments/8zcga8/perfectly_balanced_as_all_things_should_be/).
Speaking of bans, you’ve probably noticed that over the past few months we’ve banned a few subreddits and [quarantined](https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/9jf8nh/revamping_the_quarantine_function/) several more. We don't take the banning of subreddits lightly, but we will continue to enforce our policies (and be transparent with all of you when we make changes to them) and use other tools to encourage a healthy ecosystem for communities. We’ve been investing heavily in our Anti-Evil and Trust & Safety teams, as well as a new team devoted solely to investigating and preventing efforts to interfere with our site, state-sponsored and otherwise. We also recognize the ways that redditors themselves actively help flag potential suspicious actors, and we’re working on a system to allow you all to [report directly to this team](https://www.reddit.com/r/ModSupport/comments/9hjkv5/so_about_those_suspicious_activity_reports/).
On the product side, our teams have been hard at work shipping countless updates to our [iOS](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/reddit-the-official-app/id1064216828?mt=8) and [Android](https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=reddit+Inc.&hl=en) apps, like universal search and News. We’ve also expanded Chat on mobile and desktop and launched an opt-in subreddit chat, which we’ve already seen communities using for game-day discussions and chats about TV shows. We started testing out a new hub for [OC (Original Content)](https://www.reddit.com/original) and a [Save Drafts feature](https://www.reddit.com/r/redesign/comments/8k8d1x/beta_new_save_draft_feature_for_text_and_link/) (with shared drafts as well) for text and link posts in the redesign.
Speaking of which, we’ve made a ton of improvements to the redesign since we last talked about it in April.
Including but not limited to… night mode, user & post flair improvements, [better traffic pages for ](https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/954a8p/traffic_page_update_see_your_subreddits_traffic/)
[mods](https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/954a8p/traffic_page_update_see_your_subreddits_traffic/), accessibility improvements, keyboard shortcuts, a bunch of new community widgets, fixing key AutoMod integrations, and the ability to [have community styling show up on mobile as well](https://i.redd.it/l12cv7lqmwf11.png), which was one of the main reasons why we took on the redesign in the first place. I know you all have had a lot of feedback since we first launched it ([I have too](https://www.reddit.com/r/redesign/comments/8d8qws/despite_everyone_saying_the_redesign_is_perfect/)). Our teams have poured a tremendous amount of work into shipping improvements, and their #1 focus now is on improving performance. If you haven’t checked it out in a while, I encourage you to [give it a spin](http://new.reddit.com/).
Last but not least, on the community front, we just wrapped our second annual Moderator Thank You Roadshow, where the rest of the admins and I got the chance to meet mods in different cities, have [a bit of fun](https://www.reddit.com/r/boston/comments/8u5cca/quick_while_we_are_all_at_the_game/), and chat about Reddit. We also launched a new [Mod Help Center](https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/9bnj3a/we_launched_a_new_knowledge_base_for_mods_and_we/) and new mod tools for Chat and the redesign, with more fun stuff (like Modmail Search) on the way.
Other than that, I can’t imagine we have much to talk about, but I’ll hang to around some questions anyway.
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Over the past several weeks, we’ve been [talking *a lot* about community styling](https://www.reddit.com/r/redesign/comments/9dx376/introducing_friday_fun_threads_todays_topic/) with redditors in r/redesign, covering every topic under the sun—from the custom images mods use to replace upvotes and downvotes to all the delightfully strange takes on [our alien mascot Snoo](https://www.reddit.com/r/redesign/comments/9j4r5v/friday_fun_thread_wednesday_edition_what_are_your/).
We kicked off these discussions (dubbed the “Friday Fun” series, despite the fact that it has occasionally come out on Wednesday and we’re currently celebrating it on—what else?—[a Monday](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsmVgoXDq2w)) as a way to celebrate all the cool things mods have done with our new styling tools.
We know we still have work to do. But since we [first opened new Reddit for business](https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/891stx/starting_today_more_people_will_have_access_to/) back in April, we’ve been shipping updates [every single week](https://www.reddit.com/r/redesign/search?q=flair_name%3A%22Changelog%20%3Asnoo_hearteyes%3A%22&restrict_sr=1&sort=new)—improving accessibility, expanding flair, making desktop styles [visible on mobile](https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/970xqe/community_styling_in_reddit_apps/), and most recently launching [ModMail Search](https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/9qr6et/search_on_new_modmail_is_here/).
So, with the spirit of Halloween upon us, we wanted to take a brief break from our work to show off some of the brightest, raddest, identical-iest communities we’ve seen so far.
There weren’t really any “winners,” per se, since that implies someone lost, so this roundup really is a spotlight on the spectrum of awesome communities on Reddit. Because the best part of our job building styling tools is seeing how redditors use them.
We curated this showcase of communities from comments and conversations with redditors on our r/redesign Fun Friday styling posts. Each community has done something to make their identity stand out using our new styling tools, from their Snoovatar to their banner to widgets. Some communities made us giggle like awkward teenagers, some made us drop our jaws in awe, and others we couldn’t stop reloading to see their image widget.
And now onto the showcase!
# “Twinners”
Creepy twins are a classic trope of Halloween costumes, so we thought it would be fitting to begin with the community stylings that look almost the exact same as in old Reddit (with the added benefit of being visible on mobile, too). Here are a few user-nominated subbies that look scary-similar to their classic counterparts.
[r\/fakealbumcovers](https://preview.redd.it/8taicfnpg6v11.png?width=1696&format=png&auto=webp&s=693b62b81bd3ad71183d45805392998d2a4507f3)
[r\/malefashionadvice](https://preview.redd.it/6uuho05ug6v11.png?width=1696&format=png&auto=webp&s=736f1250d15232e65a01622f78f17a29b155cbb7)
[r\/Science](https://preview.redd.it/j5nn0zhwg6v11.png?width=1696&format=png&auto=webp&s=6d21b2d0e4d0cb9af72d5554b2a7e92c41e876cb)
# Stand-out Styling Elements
Over the course of our “Friday Fun” discussions about specific parts of community styling (like upvotes, sidebars, banners, icons, Snoos, etc.), we went in every time thinking we’d seen it all, only to be happily proven wrong by redditors who pointed out details we had never noticed in communities across the site. Here are a few user-nominated styles that showed off just how much creativity, thoughtfulness, and welding ability can go into one mod team’s styling.
**Vote Icons**
[r\/thinking](https://preview.redd.it/y7572awzg6v11.png?width=1696&format=png&auto=webp&s=f6f5a5f05e632d3d7cf52f6bcc36893ef1e276b1)
Simple, elegant, and very, very thoughtful. 🤔
**Banner**
[r\/Superman](https://preview.redd.it/lx9lbdn3h6v11.png?width=1696&format=png&auto=webp&s=cf380522174a1b3e8f8f4fc5ca97b740b02da1cd)
Look carefully at the background for some super-ior attention to detail (then check out the Snoo-perman icon flexing on the left).
**Flair**
[r\/NASCAR](https://preview.redd.it/37raea87h6v11.png?width=1696&format=png&auto=webp&s=2f3f3eb2b3e7ddef5adb277351b49b3277073816)
We’ve focused [a lot](https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/92e3v6/an_update_on_flairs/) on [improving](https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/95dgnx/an_update_on_automod_for_flair_on_the_redesign/) our [flair tools](https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/9d89bh/another_update_on_user_flairs/) over the past few months, and we’re thrilled to see communities like r/NASCAR doing laps around the rest of us with how they’ve applied it.
**Sidebar Extraordinaire**
[r\/CFB](https://preview.redd.it/n0yw7pzbh6v11.png?width=1696&format=png&auto=webp&s=1b4d7a50448b94f56c32a9d03a9f4f13e638dae1)
If you haven’t checked out the r/CFB sidebar, get ready to have your socks, shoes, and knee-pads knocked off! This community has used just about every sidebar option available, from CSS widgets to the Related Subreddits listing, calendar, and more. A true styling championship contender, indeed.
[r\/welding](https://preview.redd.it/1nqc074gh6v11.png?width=1696&format=png&auto=webp&s=61e6417ccc5cdc5b40a3f016628ca76945ad83c1)
Last but certainly not least, we probably had the most fun digging through all the fascinating artistic interpretations communities have made of [Snoo](https://redditblog.com/2013/06/05/whats-snoo/). While there were many inventive picks for this, one of our all-time favorite nominations was this charming entry from r/welding.
# Overall Style
And now, for the moment you’ve all been waiting for, here are a few of the best overall stylings. Most of these are communities that distinguished themselves by having a combination of styling elements, from custom Snoos and stellar headers to carefully crafted vote icons, sidebars, and a general, shall we say, Snoo ne sais quoi.
If you haven’t checked them out, just click the links below each one to explore how they styled.
[r\/Naruto](https://preview.redd.it/s4ofkmk0i6v11.png?width=1696&format=png&auto=webp&s=1a9afe28596dd497e7be1714273edf0e20d0b5b5)
[r\/ooer](https://preview.redd.it/69g190y5i6v11.png?width=1696&format=png&auto=webp&s=3035c7811e47f0118d43bc1c1c681a412a139a30)
(And yes, you really should click it to see those terrifying post backgrounds in action...)
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[r\/pigifs](https://preview.redd.it/7806omqai6v11.png?width=1696&format=png&auto=webp&s=cf822d22b7eb467aa1dd8185678b95cc43e823da)
(Please [upsnoot and downsnoot](https://www.reddit.com/r/redesign/comments/9dx376/introducing_friday_fun_threads_todays_topic/e5kq657/) responsibly.)
**Do you have a favorite community styling that we missed? Let us know in the comments!** (And, as always, if you want to see what we’ve shipped most recently and what we’re working on next, stay tuned to r/redesign for our weekly release notes!)
P.S. If you'd like to test out the new tools yourself, check out our handy-dandy guide [here](https://mods.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/360008722771-Customize-Appearance-overview). | r/blog | post | r/blog | 2018-10-29 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXUEJfbkpEQXF1Z2swVEFySGxOaDcwZ0ZPQ05Xc3Y1VnlqRUMtamlaMWtPUmdQX21rMW1oRzlfaDJJa0hMSVFOVllRTDBtMGluU3hWX0tIRDB6LTV0c3c9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2dVppZWx4QkI2dDVMWUZOblJUcHV0cW5xV0NOaDhYWTlfSnAtSS1IUlNiUkhMOVd3V1F2bW9pMUMzWlhGbVJYaFRTSlp2RVQzam9OclY5TU1OU0J6ZGp6MGk5RXgyTVpydkF6NUp6M3Z6V3JfUTVQaHFDVFYxN1B5eFZBTXozZU9JM2U0TmFDQXVUSkVLZ1o3U2VOY1ZxV1dicVZxWm9ILVFOLVBNSGtTX18zdEZWdHV4ZDNLLXVCNGxLWTRYM0pa |
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Redditors of all stripes spend a lot of time talking about politics, and today is the day to take those views straight to the ballot box. It’s Election Day here in the US, and we want to help make sure that all registered voters get to the polls and make their voices heard. We’ve compiled some resources here to help you cast your ballot.
**Where do I vote?**
Your polling place is based on the address at which you registered. Polling places can be looked up through your state’s elections office ([find yours here](https://www.usa.gov/election-office)). These state websites are the most complete resources for all your voting needs.
There are also numerous quick lookup tools to find your polling place, voting hours, and even information about what’s on the ballot in your area. [The Voting Information Tool](https://gttp.votinginfoproject.org/) is one of the easiest to use.
**Do I need to already be registered to vote? And how can I see if I’m registered?**
It depends on your state. Some states allow for same-day registration, so **you may still be able to vote even if you haven’t registered**. You can [check your state’s registration requirements here](https://www.nass.org/can-i-vote/voter-registration). In most cases you’ll also be able to check your registration status on the same page.
**What do I need to bring with me?**
Some states require you to bring identification with you to the polls and some states don’t. You can see what your state’s requirements are [here](http://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/voter-id.aspx#Laws%20in%20Effect). **If your state requires identification and you don’t have it, you may still be able to vote, so still go to the polls.** Depending on your local laws, you may be able to cast a provisional ballot, show ID later, sign a form attesting your identity, or another method. Don’t assume that you can’t vote!
**What am I going to be voting on?**
Some people are surprised to find out when they get to the polls the sheer number of offices and issues they may be voting on. Don’t be caught unprepared! You can [look up a sample ballot for your area](https://www.ballotready.org/) to find out what you’ll be voting on, so that you’re informed when you head into the voting booth. You can even print out your sample ballot and take it to the poll with you so you can keep track of how you want to vote.
**I have a disability or language barrier. Can I still vote?**
Yes! There are federal laws in place to ensure that all eligible Americans can vote. You can [learn more about your rights and the accommodations you are entitled to here.](https://www.usa.gov/election-day#item-212487)
**Someone is trying to prevent me from voting or is deliberately spreading disinformation about voting. What should I do?**
Intimidating voters, trying to influence votes through threats or coercion, or attempting to suppress voters, including through misinformation campaigns, is against the law. If you witness such behavior, report it to your local election officials ([look up their contact info here](https://www.usvotefoundation.org/vote/eoddomestic.htm)). **If you see suspected voter suppression attempts on Reddit (eg efforts to deliberately misinform people about voting so that they won’t vote, or so that their vote might not count),** [**report it to the admins here**](https://www.reddithelp.com/en/submit-request/investigations)**.**
**I have more questions about voting!**
DoSomething.org is back doing a [marathon AMA today](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/9up8z2/we_are_experts_on_youth_voter_turnout_and_how/) with their experts in [r/IAmA](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA) starting at 11am ET to answer all your additional voting questions. Head on over and check it out.
Happy voting, Reddit!
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Edit: added link for the DoSomething.org AMA, which is now live.
[Happy Election Day 2018!](https://preview.redd.it/1bu83cpgqpw11.png?width=637&format=png&auto=webp&s=6201bfb5810bbf4073e0a8cfb61ca9a92750fc04) | r/announcements | post | r/announcements | 2018-11-06 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXbmxyeHNURkt4M2xNSlRRWkFSUExDMFUyZHpxOURySENUT3J2Z1FEemtEMXhhTktOTFctZ0Y1ZVd6RjBoS0dIdWxlcGR5Uk45SFpkOHpUaVAyYldWaFE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2NFpzSW12SlQtVW1ySW5GMVlfd0hVSVMyTlNzN1VXanhUbDRvS2huM1FBeWtHOFNPa0hNUHhaNjlXbkRjYUwwcUxpbjJYYXlmazVIWXM3ZERnT1JLR2RQYU44amZyV2Q2Tm8xNnlTaVMzbjNIN1l2dDlZTnljMmEzeTZPUlJDanJqY2V2VmE4RVBVTGhqOXh4Zzc1LUdFU3NiRFdIRV9VQjJibDdlNUxvWmxXak1kdGNrcTRIT1dWaEtRVjA3WVFUSnBRQUlkN0xhNy1obzB6ZjJXQ2NVdz09 |
I feel weird about it, but I’ve had a crush on her since we were teenagers. We did everything together. Movies, video games, etc. We would watch a bad horror movie and make fun of it, laughing the whole time, then go upstairs and make food together.
Before I left the state at 14 to live with my dad, I admitted I liked her. She didn’t feel the same and I was devastated. But understood and I left.
I’m 24 now, but I looked at her picture on Facebook of us at a family reunion and I felt all the feelings come back. I’m still extremely sexually attracted to her. She was my first crush, my best crush, that I had the most in common with, and I can’t help it. I think I’ll try with her someday. But I can’t help but feel creepy really. Every time I see her now, it’s super awkward. We can’t go back to being best friends again. But I get really horny when seeing her. It’s awful. | r/confession | post | r/confession | 2018-11-06 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXNDA5RHJXaThyMkt2T0pPX0NXd2JoZnYyMG5GcU95aGhVeG9Ea25QOVdIbzMwWGxfbmQtWVdCYVlPVWI2UWo2eDljcWp1TzN5VEtwbDVYMWJCQzV4a2c9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2aHdsNEtfUjFVYWpiaVFYWGFhVVgwQmxKZnZoalR6ZWk3SFYzS3dheXdTZHdCUFNDZ2JoeU9aeDJSb1QyNW5ZVV9TZnVsZEplZHpVQjlMbTJOZDdHMHIwckVMVE5uQzViR2FWai1qXzZZVVB4UlFpa1NTQUZxclhyaDZVTkVtVWdSUzZQSTNtamNKQmxFQnFVaGtfaEVuVVdnZzFBVXd3MENpa1dic1lTbnRlMndIamFCczF4SkFIZlBpNU1ocWM1VUVnN0x6UXkwbUMyd0wzbTMyM2x3Zz09 |
I've been hearing about how amazing this game is, and ive been avoiding any spoilers or literally anything about it since i like to experience games naturally. All i know it's about zombies. So just wondering, how scary is this game? Would it be considered horror?
edit: thanks everyone. ended up buying it during the $6 sale | r/ps4 | post | r/PS4 | 2018-11-20 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXS3JBQ0RKMi1VVmlCbFNmZE93eEVCMVM1cDlFT1o4cWJQcjRmSnF1anUwbFNlNHhxdlpJc1Z5NEY2UGJlcmlxUHdxN0VaWjBJX0NjRE5JRUdHbEMzWlE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2a2kyZHlXQURjZHdkUzdiUktpZnplNlBZX0U0ODA2ZTlZR3htUUR3MjlOUEZqVjlsVWI3emNSY0V6Y0NDTWlVZHYwRnY2eFAzN1hQVmNKbVpjTVNVSVZ2VjJZVHRtTlFIeXEyVmdNbnItMW03OWlKUU9MNjB6TXZQUFZCSXoyU01JQktVZ0RLSWlzMEw0ZGNKYzFBOGllVmpEN0pRRllMYjdNX1BWcjJWM1ZVPQ== |
Okay guys I need some help. I switched to PS4 a little over a year ago. I created my online ID, added one of my credit cards and debit card. Fast forward to today, I’ve spent a couple hundred if not a thousand or more in games, content, etc. I randomly got an email today that I was permanently banned. At first I thought it was one of those fake emails people do to steal accounts. But I looked at the sender and it was official Sony email. I chat with support and they said it was because my Online ID was offensive.
My online ID is/was: Kike_0615. Kike is short for my real name, Enrique, and in Mexico a lot of people call guys with that name “Kike”. It is also pronounced “KEE-KAY”. After I did some research it’s apparently used as an offensive way of calling Jewish people. Sort of like the N word for my African Americans. Btw I’m really sorry if I offend anyone by posting my nickname, I swear to god that’s my nickname since I was little, I even have soccer and high school track/XC shirts/sweaters with my nickname.
I’m not sure who else to contact, the support lady I contacted said she recommends to just make a new one. And then what? Spend another couple hundred dollars on buying all my hames again? That seems like a really bad move from Sony, especially since online ID changing is in beta. I’m not sure if they can do that to my account, since I’ve been participating in beta programs since the 5.0 and for some reason they didn’t let me update to 6.10 to test it.
If anyone has been through this and it was fixed please help a fellow PS4 user out. I’d really appreciate it and I’d be more than willing to compensate. Thank you.
EDIT 1: After 45 min on the phone a supervisor basically said they can’t do anything about it and won’t do anything about it. To try in a FEW MONTHS” when and if PSN name change is public to see if they can do something there. Guess I’m out of the cash and no games until and if Sony ever releases name change.
EDIT 2: 4th supervisor, they all say they won’t and can’t do anything at the moment
EDIT 3: been on the phone with few reps and superiors. None want to help me. I was going to try my luck with chat, they won’t even let me request a chat, all it says is:
“Back again so soon? Unfortunately, our Chat support has not been effective for you. If you would like to try our phone support, please call (800) 345-7669. Monday through Friday, 6AM - 6PM PST”
EDIT 4: for those of you confused
No I am absolutely NOT asking Sony to keep my current online ID name. I understood it’s offensive and just like I don’t like it when someone calls me an offensive name, I wouldn’t want to offend anyone I play with. All I asked from Sony was to let me change my name since it’s in beta, or transfer my purchases to a new account without that name.
EDIT 5: thank you all for your support, I have sent emails and @ several people on twitter, but so far no luck and no response from even Sony twitter support. And yes I have made a twitter post but due to rules I can’t post links. I have also seen several people not believe that’s the reason I was banned and say I was probably being toxic. I assure you I wasn’t. [Here’s ](http://imgur.com/5T4qD1R) a screenshot of them email clearly stating it was because of my name. Have a good day everyone!
EDIT 6: sorry for all the edits, I got off the phone with a supervisor I talked to who speaks Spanish and he said he’s going to escalate the issue and gave me number. That they would call me back. I was also told that the incident was covered in[this](https://www.altchar.com/games-news/582270/sony-issues-a-controversial-ban-for-offensive-psn-id) article!
Articles I’ve been told that covered my issue:
http://www.pushsquare.com/news/2018/11/sony_reportedly_bans_psn_account_over_cultural_misunderstanding
https://www.altchar.com/games-news/582270/sony-issues-a-controversial-ban-for-offensive-psn-id
(These are in Spanish)
https://areajugones.sport.es/2018/11/22/banean-a-un-usuario-de-psn-que-usaba-un-diminutivo-de-su-nombre/
https://www.3djuegos.com/noticias-ver/187779/un-jugador-ha-sido-baneado-de-ps-network-por-llamarse-kike/
https://amp.rpp.pe/tecnologia/videojuegos/expulsan-a-usuario-de-playstation-network-por-apodarse-kike-noticia-1164950
These are from Europe:
https://www.eurogamer.it/amp/2018-11-22-news-videogiochi-giocatore-bannato-psn-nickname-offensivo-diminutivo-del-suo-nome
Italian post:
https://www.everyeye.it/amp/notizie/bannato-dal-psn-per-nickname-scomodo-solo-diminutivo-del-suo-nome-352672.html?__twitter_impression=true
Ps: I’m trying to keep up with all the replies, thank you for understanding and support!
IF ANY SONY REP IS READING THIS PLEASE HELP ME OUT. | r/ps4 | post | r/PS4 | 2018-11-22 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXNWdGczctbXdLbkVXUGxidm5PMlRWWVFUZk52d3dMV1JKMjY2WHBoWWNjTWF1eXI4UlZadTdXT0ZZM0NYXzQtOTdsTWw5dGM0UnpVMXlCMWx1cThKNFE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2c2dpV3FGMVBadWlheG9oaHNMZmFWZnNHUEZ5SUlheTRaYVB5SWVvYTZlNURWRUZGMHdrM2x6bWhoUTQxZkYzYzFEc3ZnNnYxeEFkWVhseDllc2QydC1WVmduZ2pGTk94MnBiZE1mR3FMSGpTUlo4VWp3TkNsN1JFd1M0RTZpU1RFRmd3RXMzV3gwVGdFdmJ6QjRTWUdQMlVSX1poazdFeFBIZUd2VGw5NWV0NDEwT3czVmo5R1gxZ3FVelVOSFNwVDR3UVdMOEtDRllvZk1jUmFwQ2doQT09 |
r/blog | post | r/blog | 2018-11-29 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXRk52eERCOE1oRk5SSlRaN1lYczBqaWppSHE3QVVnM2N0TGlBTDFtM2tRNGt6TjZGeDlfNFpFME9uRmUzVmxFSnNzTjRvZmdHa0dmcHRqb0hnRVI4S1E9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2ZlVuMmxMS3BYd0FYRW1adXh1aDFUdV9DeVlfMThQSW40VWtyRjJma3ZEbHp1UGxsY1daQXZ6bW8tT1V2MTltVUFuNVh1bk5SeWVZRHlLY2s0QW1wRFN3WWdVMkNsZ0UtQUFlVmdzNmJ6RTV6bTh2dmRhbzFmWEhsUlduZUhQMi1tWi1remlJS1JoUGhoMUQ1WG1QTG5ubVZRd3ZUS2ttZ2xhOUVmV3VMcURfYk1QT2t4VmdRMC1qR0xmT2JzZjh5 |
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UPDATE:
A lot of people were asking for an update so here it is.
I wrote up a long ass apology letter that I wanted to read to my brother. I waited until he got home and got into bed for the night.
I knocked on his door and he was so fucking excited that it was me. I couldn't even get through the first few words. I started crying after saying "I wanted to say I'm really sorry" and just couldn't get through it.
I just got into bed with him and laid down next to him. He hugged me really tight and said "I missed you buddy".
I fucking lost it. I never cried that bad before. He just hugged me for a long time until I calmed down. We didn't talk much. He started crying for a bit too. It was the first time in a long time we just hugged. After half an hour I got up and gave him a kiss and he told me he was so happy. Why didn't I do this earlier, fuck.
I thought I could I try apologizing properly again tomorrow. I left him the note to read anyway.
I am feeling very hopeful right now and a lot of pressure in my heart is gone. I swear to God and on my own life I will never treat my brother so badly again.
I have been working part-time for the past year and I was saving some money so my brother and my mom could go on a trip to a place he really wanted to go to. But I think I will take my brother myself instead (when I turn 18).
I also realized that I need to have a relationship with my brother where I am not just taking care of him. It needs to be like a normal brother relationship. Like going for movies and stuff. It's going to take some time for me to fix the mess I created though. I'm just lucky my brother is amazing.
I received a lot of messages. I appreciate everyone for their input and I did read them all even if I didn't reply. Thanks everyone.
My actual post:
[Remorse]
I know this will get a lot of hate and yes I deserve it. I am not looking for any validation or forgiveness. I know I am a piece of human trash.
I just need to get this out.
I have a brother who is two years older then me. He has suffered from a condition since birth that forces him to be in a wheelchair anytime he is out of bed. He cannot use his arms that well either.
We used to have a great relationship until I turned 11 and I really started resenting the amount of attention he took from my parents. And how much stress he put them under.
I had to constantly help him, change him, feed him. I hated it.
There was a few years in his life when he so mean to my parents and it really made me resent him more.
I realize now that I had no right to judge him and I will never know how difficult life is for him.
I stopped hanging out with him and made more friends at school. I would tell my family all the fun I was having at school during dinner to make him feel bad.
I started barely talking to him or acknowledge his presence. He would get frustrated to the point of tears to get my attention.
It started escalating two years ago when I would purposely turn off the wifi and unplug the tv every time we had to leave the house so my brother could do nothing but sit in his wheelchair.
I would purposely delete his favorite saved shows on the DVR. I would make fun of his speech. Push things just out of his reach.
I would act disgusted when I had to change or bathe him. It always made him feel bad and he would apologize. I made my own brother apologize for taking a dump. What the fuck is wrong with me?
But my fucking saint of a brother never told my parents. And he never let me have it.
Three weeks ago, he was trying to talk to me non-stop and I was just ignoring him. I got annoyed and wheeled him against his wishes to the backyard and placed him under an umbrella and went back inside. I fell asleep and realized I left him out there for three hours.
When I went to bring him back inside he was in tears and wouldn't look at me. He was humiliated.
I have always felt guilty about how I treated my brother all these years but my anger towards him overpowered it. But seeing that look on his face affected me in a way that was different from before.
I stopped all the bullying after that day. I couldn't even look him in the face I was so ashamed.
Last Sunday my brother told me he was glad I was his brother and friend. I couldn't even respond. I went to my room and cried.
I'm fucking crying again typing this all out. When did I become an evil trash human being? Fuck.
I'm 17 and he's 19 now. I know there is nothing I can do to make up for the past 6 years.
My brother will be returning with my mom from a specialist appointment tonight. I'm going to apologize to him and beg for his forgiveness tonight. I want to start being being a fucking decent brother to him again.
I am a healthy guy with no issues who chose to bully his only brother for something that wasn't even his fault. I am so ashamed of myself. | r/confession | post | r/confession | 2018-11-29 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXM1UwWU1MMERUVjBmekVjbERzV0F6NzhVeXFnLWxsVnBYcWliVGUxN3l3b2VYaHEtVFpQUnJCazVGLWJ4NWlxYWdTXzdHa2hqeUREbVJRQzlOVXA2a3c9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2NkFsT3lQWUJPOXdHWVZKLVlick5sckg5cTF1a1ZiRU9YaVlVbmwyQW5HcF9JSUhZS3pSRHJRcGU4ZFZuV2ZQa3otSlBqSE1BbkQtZWlid2hfd3VJX2kxVFdpTFVMVDZXRXJzRVBLdFJFOTZCczFMMWZleTBaWk5MXzlHeDg2SFNtNGpDZGI0SU8yR1QwTWZzYURBRkRnUnNaWHQ1WnF1cjVwTkpLbVoyN3RqeHB3WUNDbEV1ZTVYNy1TUWMyUkpGTHdlcmROWElCNGNDY1gxYnA1cjRRQT09 |
Which games are the best ones to fight your friends while chilling out with a couple of beers? What are your favourites? And maybe also why?
Towerfall and Micro Machines looks fun! Any comments on these? | r/ps4 | post | r/PS4 | 2018-12-01 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXZ3h5ZjI4XzdyYll2WXFqQ2M5S3d1R1VIMUZKV1lSYmlDUkROQUJ6eUFyczMzek5Jc2xHdGRCMGN6Uk53X09PMTVvVzNaWHB0eDB2Wm5BYTA3el9Dcnc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2QTItM01MS2Z0ckE3ZFBSVkNVWVE1MTM0UEMyS280bF9ieUZIeFkwX1RmLVcxM0ZTaTFhOVJNS3ZYYU5tMUVmdWZJVHdZTFQxV1ZoMlNjR1R4SmtwLUpObTJ5ZnE2b3dOcTgtUUcwVUdlUzMzU2RMcWZvSERJc2xXcUNGNUhmb2NoMnJxVHJaQkRVR0JoanVRdUx0ZW9jQ2JiV05XSXltU3pKTG1CUXc5cTlVPQ== |
r/blog | post | r/blog | 2018-12-04 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXcEYzRGJIZVg3bXQ0UmlSWGdFdDZybUlfMU1oMnpxWmN2NnRhZmpHNXNKYzJCVFJ5cGx3M1lCTkQwRFpzQVRRdFUyeGJfSXY5bWVaN2tLbVc5QVdwblE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2dUFUZTE4enh6bnlwMzY2V0k4YmZQNXhYeWdMOE5vY0o0Z3JnQjR1Y3ZuT01CVUlsalJWY2d4dmxzakZxXzVfcldZbWtYSGNzT0ozQmdWZnktdlhlaWFleEVTQmN5Yi1pYU1SS2pZdjFrUl9PZDg1ZFRMeFVHYml5T1N5ellEOGNuRXBFejlCdTQ0SEozVW5SU3ZZVmVGVmZOTk9MdW00eU8xQ1ppOHlfTHhjPQ== |
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I'm trying to grab **Agents of Mayhem - Total Mayhem Bundle** in the store for $5.99.
My first attempt got me to the very end (after re-entering my email/pw) and clicked "Confirm" -- hit with the *We've encountered an error while processing your order. Please try again later.*
Tried closing the app and repurchasing. Now as soon as I hit *Confirm Purchase*, I get the same error.
Anyone have a solution to this issue, or is having the same problem? Thanks.
**EDIT: Why is my post downvoted? I just asked a question about why purchasing would not be completed.** | r/ps4 | post | r/PS4 | 2018-12-05 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXTG96d2lpd2lPTTFjblZZdWpGYkZDMmp5WDdLSk1hYUIzRVRrWVYybEdoLUNIZkRubnRkS3F4R1NxcTVHODZjQWRvN0xuTkxPSmxwa04zNW55aHBtNnc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2Tjl0T3h0cUdvOVk5MGJEQ0dQR2xjYk9hU2lQQmprbDVvZWp3V0dhcXVlV0JObkJiSm1NS0JLZjB5TVJkU3dUWGxZc2dKcGdlN1VMeWp5a1Z1dGZwblRMZmRIcmNBMkMtZzlXeXhRQ1NId3lQS3RhbWlWeFozMGhDZWF0ajZkMDVsYU1Vd0tmR19SRzI3cDFXZ1JLOUl1NkJ0NXFTM2dabGQ4OXNHNzczWVVzVkxUdWZaMnhqWXFIaGpYWXpIVk9h |
The animation, graphics, and combat in Bethesda games have been horribly outdated and quite frankly embarrassing for AAA-games since Morrowind. Everyone moves like a robot, the facial animations are terrible, every character looks wooden. The combat has no impact or satisfaction, melee combat feels like shit, everyone is a bullet sponge, gunplay is garbage.
Everyone I saw talk about FO4 said it was a huge leap in gameplay and they were right, they finally jumped from PS2-era to PS3. You may call that hyperbole but if anything it's generous. These games have some great writing and worlds but they are held back by utter incompetence in producing action-based games. Imagine if Skyrim had the combat of a game like God of War. Imagine in FO4 had the gunplay of a COD or Doom.
There is no excuse for this shitty engine surviving this long, and don't use the level of detail and world size as an excuse. RDR2 is one of the most detailed games with one of the biggest, most alive worlds I can remember, yet they still managed to squeeze in satisfying gunplay and impactful melee combat.
Bethesda is stuck in the past and while everyone has their pitchforks out for FO76 they need to keep them out to kill this shitty engine and bring some competent gameplay and graphics to help realize these amazing worlds and stories. | r/ps4 | post | r/PS4 | 2018-12-12 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXdHlVNFEzd3hMZkpNTzJBTEtuM3JjZmJGd0FSOHVmMXBITE9rSG9WWWpHd3lLUzhMM2NNT0ZoOG1ZekhLY3pSQ2UtZHd6VC1EbENlV3ZjRWI1VV9JdVE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2VGlSeHA0VDBXNm1IRm5RVVBhaHZxcE9IdjlBX1Z2NmFvczl5MzVrMFRDSnZqZmhXcEJ3NjBuc2ZJVVg4eVZzUHBVMF9KdVVOQ2NRd0pQLWo0MUNxclJsYkZ6LV8xVExNa2hJNmdrRXJCQUNfa0hSODZBSXBfUWJGZDhtdjFUZWhIZnlUSWllYlJ3NEN3Q081YVFfUzhXbC1xZlBpQi12MUNXSmx2cklvb045QzJhT2I2ZGZ0bTlCcWtLOGRzTlh5 |
My sons sub account is completely unrestricted. There is no filtering of content or any blocks of any sort. Yet when he visits the PS Store there are several games that are not showing up when searched for. He was looking to take advantage of the Titanfall 2 holiday sale happening now and the game won’t even show up as existing on his store. Is this a common problem? Is there any real solution? | r/ps4 | post | r/PS4 | 2018-12-15 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXZHNIRXUwMmF0LW9YTE80c25fQW9helJLbDVCclBYNFRid3NmdEZVWDRheExuSEZVdDVPUUVZQThUc1FMcUxNSEJoZzE1eDBFS0daQUVnX3hDYnozQXc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2bHFydTI2dU9XMXFmQTlCVUQ0blJyT2VMdjlDYnlZc3B0MGRwcldHWm10emhuT0NMNWxCdVFyQWpXRmhHVkd3UlZPVVJDTWRjQUt2Q3JpWGJ0M0N4eEtMcjdpaFpHb0Rfbmhpd3dDTmhsTDMzUmdNOEgzYzJMLUx2dFhXR1ZuVFRXSjI2WWJ4UW1GMUNlSldGaE5zWTJXa0FsUFRqd3BSZ2s2Wm1pSFA5S3FIaEtMZ0stTV9ocXpWM0Z5T1NSYzFj |
i connect my phone to the same wifi my ps4 is connected to and standing next to my ps4 my internet speed download/upload is 296/38 Mbps to my phone (i turned off mobile data to be 100% sure its my wifi speed) yet when i test my internet on my ps4 the download/upload is 19/5 Mbps.
Is there something wrong with my ps4? My ps4 is the original ps4 that i got on the day after the launch day. If its not my ps4, can anyone explain why the download is less than 1/15th of my actual internet connection? | r/ps4 | post | r/PS4 | 2018-12-22 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXMEREd2htdG9Hc2hfcmlmV2JtU01RU0plOEZpNUZUY3pWSGRVT3loaGR1ZlN5bEc5S0stQU1IZ3YyLW9mX3pUX0dkbm4xYTg1Q3BpR2tpaHA3dVpxZVE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2eWh0Rmd2Z2NYWjBZNTI4OE9yVXU4eHQ4ZEh6VnhLNlBoa0g1Z1VQTzM2YmQtakViWXJ3cmk3WGtLSXo1X0dRN0UxTFNWcTFDM2RFN0RtVVFPdVlqVzM0TEljdWF6Y1dXanljZ2VsSTRZSmRzR1FQMlEzaEtFbDJqd0NLcDlwU05wVXhnU0QzQmpKMWgweDBnSjJSc1JnS1BDMTB5WHVONTZzWTRoT2pUR1JvTHJLV3kwdTN5Rnc2YV9xMGF1eXYz |
r/ps4 | post | r/PS4 | 2019-01-14 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXWnhjak9iQVhtdUw1R2NjZXZfSEZHak5iZVllVVJuUjd4VS1HWWtJUExnV0dSRUd1S29la0RPbWtQeVh4YVNUcTU2cWZWZHl5M1NaQlpNRXVHclVSc2c9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2Z0ZENmJZNzV5SXE5a2I1NmE1ejUzdGFSYk5Vc1VMTjh1MjV2ZThPVlRSZkJlOXE5NUlDdHYzZjQ1RVJBTjFjT3RMclNqMmFJRy1kT0VfZkx2XzVzQkg3VmQ0QVNibW1oQkhuT2xCVFlMbUM1V20zaHczYUFfMm50cXhnYm85U3lneVZ3OXRTMWZmWmZqYTMtdHE5Yjh0TDlJd0FUcVFzY1pwT1VlRFp2QjNmZDVYRi1nbVJCR1VRR040Zk5hU2kt |
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r/ps4 | post | r/PS4 | 2019-01-28 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXZ2w3UmwxNm5ZRXo3cWhzRjVtUmNUYUxOMzZybDc0MG5TLUNxNmU1VjlwYXM3cFJnZ2JqRmh1eDc3THhlVUZGRmJhY1AzS0FHTjctazJidHlPZVNyT1A0bkRZcC1lNmtrRm9Iek5pRXA0TEk9 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2TVBPSXdBbnRNbTgzdlE5bk1jdkJMVDVkeGFSbkxycHpFUVF4WlNrZEpVclplTnFKWVZvWVNHSXNKX0htNTNOcHRQczRDNUJIeFpha2h1UGJiT0NPcXBnblRWUGJXVC1kbG1UYnJsSDYtdEtfLVVjVVFmUlpoeGNKX1ZKVlc4Ym5UTEpGWmM3Yi02Rkt5ei1GaHlVSmdZc29OaTVyLWQ2UUN6UGFSbGNPSURZVzZseFU4MzhqOFdiUVpTWE03MTNU |
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r/blog | post | r/blog | 2019-01-29 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXdzBRUThWMFQtMHpSVnRyQTBtLW5BVzJMNnNoYmpSMzVLSkJOelRuYU9US0VnUmg3YlRUOWhOaGFacnAzQWZwRFpwaURpMWJFWGU1SjRuU0dYc1RwdEE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2NlFZRlJHNjE5Z2JvendJYWpWZWV2RVhhRE9iamZQWDNudHVRMTh4cVA0bWk0SjRXQml4YUl5LXFjVTdjazYzZWZ0NDBsZm9QaFkxU3FVNlllOXVYOURmOVJveWVWajQzLWRXNGV5STR3VmZWM210QnFsUHdDZ2FRMHg4dlotYU45RXoyOFVvVkRvZFlSRFZvYzd2Wld4TW1ZTXhES3d0SUE3aDFpczUwb1hkbEx1elNlcFVZX21TSzBPUGhod2lK |
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Hi all,
Today we’ve posted our latest [Transparency Report](https://www.redditinc.com/policies/transparency-report-2018).
The purpose of the report is to share information about the requests Reddit receives to disclose user data or remove content from the site. We value your privacy and believe you have a right to know how data is being managed by Reddit and how it is shared (and not shared) with governmental and non-governmental parties.
We’ve included a breakdown of requests from governmental entities worldwide and from private parties from within the United States. The most common types of requests are subpoenas, court orders, search warrants, and emergency requests. In 2018, Reddit received a total of 581 requests to produce user account information from both United States and foreign governmental entities, which represents a 151% increase from the year before. We scrutinize all requests and object when appropriate, and we didn’t disclose any information for 23% of the requests. We received 28 requests from foreign government authorities for the production of user account information and did not comply with any of those requests.
This year, we expanded the report to included details on two additional types of content removals: those taken by us at Reddit, Inc., and those taken by subreddit moderators (including Automod actions). We remove content that is in violation of our site-wide policies, but subreddits often have additional rules specific to the [purpose, tone, and norms of their community](https://www.cc.gatech.edu/~sjhaver3/The-internets-hidden-rules-cscw2018.pdf). You can now see the breakdown of these two types of takedowns for a more holistic view of company and community actions.
In other news, you may have heard that we closed an additional round of funding this week, which gives us more runway and will help us continue to improve our platform. What else does this mean for you? Not much. Our strategy and governance model remain the same. And—of course—we do not share specific user data with any investor, new or old.
I’ll hang around for a while to answer your questions.
–Steve
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edit: Thanks for the silver you cheap bastards.
update: I'm out for now. Will check back later. | r/announcements | post | r/announcements | 2019-02-13 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXZENtX1kyYnFUa1o4VFZZRTl4UHF1b2l3R3pXY2M3TmVwV1JveFU1TmdFVk9xMHJzbVRFRFR0a1RxV2RTeDAyQXlOdXJhUTA1ZktUY0FiQklUcFlNUmc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2SldiMlpudm5KUldCMzJKTXozbDlTUE9nYXY1ZXkwdEtoWV9RSGJxTU5IVWVVUWZMVWxlN2hvVFd6QjhHV2FxRi1pTTVrZ3RoNFp1RzNZdVk2NlM4bW1SOHhNRDRlWkZqc05TR2Y4MmlrNm9kMWQwTFM1LS1iNXJXdXJVM0cxUXNTa3ZxYTBZYW9uRjNUSW5CUGdaOE5KS3hTYXJ0cTRPVkJEWXY1UkNodXFPclVzZFBiblVGUE9rYjdxN3ktbW9xckkzZkhwYW9DRkdsV04yQjJWNUdIZz09 |
r/announcements | post | r/announcements | 2019-02-15 | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGZXb1NvNXVhQ0pQdDI1UVpQUTl4amllZXM0aFRsQkpKNHBSUDNVOVNHbE1PcjQ5M0JxbmtUeEQyeEgxZ1pHdW1teFN6ZUZsR0htV2kzRm9GcDVwa0E1dEE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5SUGU2OWo5cUJlMF83OUFjNG14ZlpmWWNXeE1Jdk9NVE03ZzJBWjdLQ0FpQUI2eTBtUThwbWtTMFBYVDh0MlQ2ZGRLWjBMbXJTSEZFZURyNkRWMElnM01YZExDd0dwOXNFdGNqaGFpTUJ3dVNmV0l0STUyZ3lORllCZWpmU2lnRXZWcmxhRDNMYUp4SUU1eklzYUVpZ2w3eDdSaE90YXk4SjZuRE5pWDF3aUNhUnZfUnlDOU1maHdQN3haaEd2QVJKUjNP |
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