Reddit

[|Reddit] is a web-site which has many uses - people can enjoy themselves by looking at rage comics, funny pictures and/or advice animals, or they can learn about an area they are interested in, such as technology or science.

It is a community with many different and interesting discussion groups called 'Sub-reddits'. These subreddits are where users can submit relevant topics and add to the discussion. Some Sub-reddits are; Funny (r/funny), Cooking (r/cooking), Science (r/science), Music (r/music) and Banana (r/banana).

These Sub-reddits contain content posted by the users. Such content is also graded by the users through a voting system; a user is allowed to give one positive or one negative vote towards a post. A positive vote pushes the post up on the list of posts while a negative vote pushes it down. A positive vote is called an upvote, while the negative vote is called a downvote.

There are two types of posts, self, and URL links. Self posts do not yield any karma obtained through the pointing system.

Karma is measured by a subtraction of the downvotes your post(s) received from the upvotes they received. This karma system creates a false sense of internet fame. Only if the original poster creates a URL link will he/she receive karma from the votes he obtains, such that if the original post receives 200 upvotes and 100 downvotes, the total karma earned will be a measure of those - 100 karma points.

Some Sub-reddits may contain content inappropriate for kids or the workplace. Some individual posts may also be 18+, these posts or Sub-reddits are considered "Not Safe For Work" (NSFW). This warning sign is clearly displayed under a marked post or Sub-reddit, this way you understand that the content is not suitable for certain environments.

Recently, Reddit was blacked out in protest to stop SOPA and PIPA through an internet protest, which consisted of users blacking out their website for 24 hours. As this was majorly successful and sparked an interest in other websites such as Google, Wikipedia, it shows how big of a community Reddit is.

School servers have blocked Reddit, however you can still access it at school by using a "mirror" - godlessnews.com. Imgur links can be accessed through the Imgur mirror by changing "imgur" in the link to "filmot" such as http://imgur.com/1234a -> http://filmot.com/1234a