Web & Social Media Analytics Previous Year Question Paper.pdf
Reddit
1. Reddit
Social Media for Questions and Answers
Professor
Lydia Rogers
Community
College of
Rhode Island
Social Media
Communication
Comm 1400
2. What is Reddit?
A largely uncensored website with information
submitted by anonymous users
All opinions presented are
• Thoughtful and/or
• Rude
All Information presented is
• Accurate or
• Inaccurate
3. Are you a member?
• You do not need to be a member to locate
and read websites
• You need to be a member to comment or
answer questions
4. Reddit is 10 years old
• Born in 2005
stats at a glance (as of Apr 06, 2015)
• Last month, reddit had 168,519,576 unique visitors hailing from over 208
different countries viewing a total of 7,558,161,383 pages
• Yesterday, reddit powered 8,474 active communities consisting of over
3,130,650, logged in redditors casting over 24,311,704 votes
Data courtesy http://www.reddit.com/about/
21. Every post is assigned to a subreditt(s)
This post is within the science subreddit
22. Every post is assigned to a subreditt(s)
This post is within the science subreddit
23. Every post is assigned to a subreditt(s)
This post is within the science subreddit
24. Every post is assigned to a subreditt(s)
• We can see that this post was submitted 3 hours ago
• By docbrownx
• And is in reddit subreddit science (to /r/science)
This post is within the science subreddit
25. Every post is assigned to a subreditt(s)
• We can see that this post was submitted 3 hours ago
• By docbrownx
• And is in reddit subreddit science (to /r/science)
Click on /r/science to go to
related posts
This post is within the science subreddit
26. By clicking on that subreddit
You get access to the other posts in the Science subreddit
(http://www.reddit.com/r/science/)
55. Reddit acronyms
NSFW and NSFL indicates the content will possibly upset or offend
“Not Safe for Work” and “Not Safe for Life”
In other words- “Handle with Care”
56. Reddit acronyms
NSFW and NSFL indicates the content will possibly upset or offend
“Not Safe for Work” and “Not Safe for Life”
In other words- “Handle with Care”
So adding nsfw:no or nsfl:no when searching
will weed out results that you do not want children,
fellow employees, relatives, etc. viewing
57. Reddit acronyms
NSFW and NSFL indicates the content will possibly upset or offend
“Not Safe for Work” and “Not Safe for Life”
In other words- “Handle with Care”
So adding nsfw:no or nsfl:no when searching
will weed out results that you do not want children,
fellow employees, relatives, etc. viewing
59. If you create an account
At the top right you sign-in and are alerted to emails from reddit.
(I have one message waiting for me here.)
60. On the left you create/edit
your subscriptions
Default
Subscriptions
61. On the left you create/edit
your subscriptions
Default
Subscriptions
Top Left Drop Down
List to
Edit Subscriptions
62. On the left you create/edit
your subscriptions
Default
Subscriptions
Top Left Drop Down
List to
Edit Subscriptions
Go to Bottom of List
to Make Changes
63. On the left you create/edit
your subscriptions
Default
Subscriptions
Top Left Drop Down
List to
Edit Subscriptions
Go to Bottom of List
to Make Changes
89. Link vs. Text Post
• “Submit a new link” is to post a web article
from another website
– Which someone else has written
– Which you have written
• “Submit a new text post” is how you can
pose a question on reddit
P.S. Always make sure you follow the rules of etiquette or “reddiquette”
http://www.reddit.com/wiki/reddiquette
102. Ask leaders, celebrities, etc.
at IAMA
• http://www.reddit.com/r/Iama
For example, what follows is the start of a conversation with
Vincent D’Onofrio and Charlie Cox.
110. Go to right of IAMA Page for
upcoming Q&As
Some examples:
111. Go to right of IAMA Page for
upcoming Q&As
Some examples:
112. Go to right of IAMA Page for
upcoming Q&As
Some examples:
113. http://www.reddit.com/wiki/transparency
We regularly get requests from governments and law
enforcement agencies for private information about our
users or to take down content or subreddits; we occasionally
get requests from individuals. These requests are usually
legitimate, and we push back on any that we view as
overbroad or unnecessarily invasive of privacy. We want you
to see what's going on behind the scenes as much as
possible, so we're releasing annual transparency reports.
114. Rules of the Road
• Is posting personal information ok?
• NO. reddit is a pretty open and free speech place, but it is not ok to post
someone's personal information, or post links to personal information. This
includes links to public Facebook pages and screenshots of Facebook pages
with the names still legible. We all get outraged by the ignorant things people
say and do online, but witch hunts and vigilantism hurt innocent people and
certain individual information, including personal info found online is often
false. Posting personal information will get you banned. Posting professional
links to contact a congressman or the CEO of some company is probably
fine, but don't post anything inviting harassment, don't harass, and
don't cheer on or vote up obvious vigilantism.
