The Verge

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

9 aspect ratio, and a 90Hz refresh rate, the last of which could make your phone feel smoother in day-to-day use. Reddit user u/fuzztub07 , who was lucky enough to buy the device from Walmart, has posted a video of the operating system in action. The Pixel 5 may also have a 6.0-inch inch 2340 x 1080 OLED screen, a 19.5:9

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The Verge

MAY 28, 2021

The Ratio is a dunk tank where you get dropped into water for your bad takes. Reddit Faire. Here are our suggestions for the parks including some ideas for appropriately themed rides that the venues might offer: Twitterland. Has a secret nightclub called Slides. Sells drinks called Canoes. Whac-A-Mole is instead Block-A-Troll.

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The Verge

JULY 2, 2020

Should Reddit pay its volunteer moderators? Reddit’s content moderation scheme differs sharply from the Facebook News Feed or the Twitter timeline. But the moderators themselves often become collateral damage, Reddit executives said. “To If that’s the case, isn’t the least Reddit could do to pay these moderators?

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Not only that, it seems to have been essentially conjured up out of nowhere, before being picked up by a stream of headlines on Google News, viral Reddit threads , and would-be LinkedIn influencers dissecting it as if it were fact. But that figure is untrue. There are a number of ways to achieve that increase without eliminating roles.

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The Verge

JUNE 17, 2020

Researchers discovered a Russian misinformation campaign that used forged documents and a network of burner accounts to spread rumors across Facebook and Reddit. In the years that followed, the campaign shifted to Reddit, Medium, and even the user-generated portion of BuzzFeed. Cat Zakrzewski / The Washington Post ). Governing. ?

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The Verge

JULY 7, 2020

Reddit communities that were recently banned in an effort to curb hate speech on the platform had already been relocating to other websites for months. Coming Tuesday : The Verge brings you further inside Clubhouse. And in this column: what does the CEO’s past at Pinterest and Highlight tell us about his approach to moderation and privacy?

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The Verge

JULY 10, 2020

Reddit moderators say the company finally appears to be listening to their calls for help fighting hate and harassment on the platform. Mark Zuckerberg is scheduled to appear before it, along with his peers at Amazon, Google, and Apple, on July 27th. It will be in Congress. Annie Gilbertson / The Markup ).

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The Verge

JUNE 9, 2020

A company that has done this with some success is Reddit, which sets a “floor” of speech rules (no spam!) Six years ago, for example, Reddit’s laissez-faire attitude toward moderation led a lot of people to post stolen nude photos on the site without the subjects’ consent. Reddit issued such a statement last week.

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The Verge

JULY 1, 2020

Reddit bans The_Donald. The practical effect of Reddit removing what was perhaps its most notorious forum is likely to be limited. Its membership, which once numbered more than 800,000, had largely decamped to another website after Reddit placed The_Donald behind a warning screen last year.

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The Verge

JUNE 25, 2020

The movement has also found to be active on Twitter, Discord, and Reddit, among other social sites.) The question is what steps those networks are prepared to take to stop that from happening. Why are there so many Boogaloo groups on Facebook and elsewhere? One reason is that what qualifies as Boogaloo is unusually ambiguous.

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The Verge

MAY 14, 2020

People who’ve lost family members to the QAnon conspiracy theory are turning to Reddit to commiserate with other survivors. And if it succeeds, the new normal will look a lot like the old one. Today in news that could affect public perception of the big tech platforms. Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch ). Mike Rothschild / Daily Dot ).

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The Verge

JUNE 10, 2020

Also: more than 650 subreddits have now signed on to this open letter to Reddit calling for the company to, among other things, enact a site-wide policy against racism and hate speech. Tough questions, but ones platforms can play a role in answering. Today in news that could affect public perception of the big tech platforms.

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The Verge

JULY 15, 2020

Reddit added a new feature called Image Gallery that lets people combine multiples images or GIFs in a single post. But it is vital that as soon as possible, Twitter share as much about what happened today as it can — and, just as importantly, what it will do to ensure that it never happens again. Palmer Haasch / Business Insider ).

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The Verge

AUGUST 20, 2020

We have seen Reddit ignore its most racist forums until they spun out into thriving standalone communities. Notably, Reddit banned QAnon forums starting in 2018 — long before it even banned hate speech — after the forums were found to be inciting violence. But in 2020 we know what happens when you let a movement fester.

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The Verge

JUNE 11, 2020

Reddit named Y Combinator CEO Michael Seibel to its board of directors. But at a time when conspiracy theories are dominating the news, it feels worthwhile to point out a conspiracy that’s actually real: a group of giant corporations working in the shadows to manipulate public opinion without always disclosing their involvement.

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The Verge

JULY 14, 2020

I think Reddit is the strongest argument against decentralization solving it all. And we worry about where the extremists go when we knock them off Facebook. Again, maybe we’re not as concerned, but I think the fundamental problem of how and who decides what content can be online remains, regardless of size.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Between March 1 and Aug. 1, Twitter practiced its response to scenarios including foreign interference, leaks of hacked materials and uncertainty following Election Day. I have no doubt it will make Facebook a better place to work. And I wonder whether the version of Facebook the rest of us would not benefit from similarly decisive intervention.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

The app, which like Clubhouse is available only in private beta and requires an invitation to use, resembles a hybrid of Twitter and Reddit. And as on Reddit, every post must be created within a group, which Telepath calls a “network.”. But Reddit can’t explain why. Thanks again for the readers who made this story possible.

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The Verge

JUNE 30, 2020

It was a big news day for bans: Twitch temporarily banned Donald Trump , Reddit banned The_Donald , YouTube banned a group of far-right creators , and India banned TikTok. Reddit banned more than 2,000 subreddits, including r/The_Donald and r/ChapoTrapHouse, as part of a major expansion of its content policy targeting hate speech.

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The Verge

JULY 31, 2020

Black Reddit moderators say hate speech and abuse are the norm. Some describe hearing “radio silence” from Reddit administrators in response to their concerns, though they’re cautiously optimistic that could change with the platform’s new content policies. Today in news that could affect public perception of the big tech platforms.

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The Verge

AUGUST 28, 2020

Multiple threads on Facebook and Reddit encouraged militiamen to head to Kenosha, Washington, ostensibly to protect local businesses from protesters. Perhaps one of the companies now circling it can replicate them eventually. But it seems just as likely to me that they will fail to grasp what made TikTok tick in the first place. Governing. ?

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The Verge

MAY 28, 2020

A war has broken out on Reddit regarding how content is moderated. Facts and logic aside, get ready: you’re about to hear a lot more cries from people complaining that they have been censored by Twitter. And it will be all over Twitter. Today in news that could affect public perception of the big tech platforms.

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