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Reddit (/ ˈ r ɛ d ɪ t / ⓘ) is an American social news aggregation, content rating, and forum social network. Registered users (commonly referred to as "Redditors") submit content to the site such as links, text posts, images, and videos, which are then voted up or down ("upvoted" or "downvoted") by other members.
For example, Facebook's naming policies prohibit names that Facebook judges to have too many words, too many capital letters, or first names that consist of initials. Facebook's monitoring software detects and suspends such accounts. These policies prevent some users from having a Facebook account and profile with their real name.
Steve Huffman, Reddit's CEO. On April 18, 2023, Reddit announced it would charge for its API service amid a potential initial public offering. [6] Speaking to The New York Times ' Mike Isaac, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman said, "The Reddit corpus of data is really valuable, but we don't need to give all of that value to some of the largest companies in the world for free".
In September 2015, Facebook expanded the availability of the Mentions app to journalists and other verified pages, and also gave users of the app the ability to post exclusively to their Facebook followers rather than both followers and friends. The update also enabled the first livestreaming functionality through Facebook Live. [135]
By September 2014, Reddit raises $50 million in funding in a Series B round, and makes its first app acquisition in October 2014. 2014–2016: On July 10, 2015, Pao resigned as CEO and was replaced by Reddit cofounder Steve Huffman. 2020 On June 5, 2020, Ohanian resigned from the board and planned to be replaced "by a Black candidate".
Facebook posts can have an unlimited number of characters, with images and videos. Users can "friend" users, both sides must agree to being friends. Posts can be changed to be seen by everyone (public), friends, people in a certain group (group) or by selected friends (private). Users can join groups.
Facebook Messenger is launched for Android and IOS. October 19, 2011 update makes the app available to Blackberry OS. [348] 2011: September, then November 30: Product: Facebook increases the character limit for status update posts from 500 to 5,000 in September and to 63,206 on November 30. [346] 2011: September 14: Product