{"@attributes":{"version":"2.0"},"channel":{"title":"Phys.org news tagged with:reddit","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/","language":"en-us","description":"Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine.","item":[{"title":"Study explores how Reddit is used to work through pre-wedding doubts","description":"Got cold feet before making wedding vows? You're not alone\u2014and a lot of people are turning to Reddit to share their premarital doubts and feelings with complete strangers.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2025-05-explores-reddit-pre.html","category":"Social Sciences","pubDate":"Tue, 06 May 2025 11:19:04 EDT","guid":"news665749142"},{"title":"Researchers show Reddit users caused the famous GameStop 'short squeeze'","description":"Three years ago, the stock price of the company GameStop soared over 1,625% in just a week. While it's been speculated the primary cause was unprecedented, organized action among Reddit users using a trading strategy known as a \"short squeeze,\" researchers have now definitively shown a causal relationship between activity on Reddit and the wild market phenomenon. They have published their findings on the pre-print server arXiv.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2024-02-reddit-users-famous-gamestop-short.html","category":"Economics & Business","pubDate":"Tue, 27 Feb 2024 10:00:01 EST","guid":"news628247506"},{"title":"Study finds 'cruel well-being' approach adds to teachers' stress","description":"New Curtin research has found the challenges and problems faced by overworked teachers are being compounded by expectations placed on them to manage their own well-being, while the impact of working conditions and broader policies on teacher welfare are often ignored.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2024-02-cruel-approach-teachers-stress.html","category":"Social Sciences","pubDate":"Fri, 23 Feb 2024 11:56:03 EST","guid":"news627911761"},{"title":"Study: Online conspiracy communities are more resilient to deplatforming","description":"Social media can incubate communities that are so resilient that even banning them from the platform cannot destroy them. Michele Starnini and colleagues studied two online communities on the social media site Reddit: the far-right conspiracy theory subreddit \"GreatAwakening,\" which was banned in 2018, and the hate-speech subreddit \"FatPeopleHate,\" banned in 2015. Both communities decided among themselves to move to Voat, an unmoderated Reddit clone designed to serve those banned by Reddit.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2023-11-online-conspiracy-communities-resilient-deplatforming.html","category":"Social Sciences","pubDate":"Wed, 01 Nov 2023 13:20:53 EDT","guid":"news618063651"},{"title":"Incel activity online is evolving to become more extreme, study shows","description":"Incel activity online is evolving to become more extreme as some of the online spaces hosting its violent and misogynistic content are shut down and new ones emerge, a new study shows.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2023-02-incel-online-evolving-extreme.html","category":"Social Sciences","pubDate":"Thu, 09 Feb 2023 17:03:03 EST","guid":"news595184581"},{"title":"True stories can win out on social media, study finds","description":"Some past research has suggested that falsehoods travel more quickly online than the truth and are more popular with the public, but a new study gives a more hopeful view.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2023-02-true-stories-social-media.html","category":"Social Sciences","pubDate":"Thu, 02 Feb 2023 15:53:03 EST","guid":"news594575581"},{"title":"Study shows there's nothing wacky about conspiracy theorists","description":"Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) have delved into the world of online conspiracy theories, showing most of the people behind them are actually pretty ordinary.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2019-11-wacky-conspiracy-theorists.html","category":"Social Sciences","pubDate":"Fri, 29 Nov 2019 09:11:54 EST","guid":"news494241102"},{"title":"Reddit to open Dublin office this year","description":"Social media firm Reddit said on Monday it will open an office in Dublin later this year, part of international expansion plans after raising $300 million in new funding.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2019-02-reddit-dublin-office-year.html","category":"Business","pubDate":"Mon, 25 Feb 2019 14:43:03 EST","guid":"news470328174"},{"title":"Reddit co-founder pushes hard for paternity leave","description":"Alexis Ohanian wants other guys to be jealous of him. Not because he's a multimillionaire venture capitalist. Or because he's married to tennis pro Serena Williams.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2019-02-reddit-co-founder-hard-paternity.html","category":"Business","pubDate":"Thu, 21 Feb 2019 01:41:57 EST","guid":"news469935693"},{"title":"Tencent investment in Reddit sparks censorship worry","description":"Reddit confirmed Monday a new funding round that included a $150 million investment by Chinese technology behemoth Tencent, prompting concerns that \"the front page of the internet\" might wind up censored.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2019-02-tencent-investment-reddit-censorship.html","category":"Business","pubDate":"Tue, 12 Feb 2019 03:43:34 EST","guid":"news469165385"},{"title":"One million artists can't be wrong about cultural evolution","description":"Scientists researching the origins and evolution of graphic codes have turned to the popular web platform Reddit to explore how culture evolves. When a Reddit art initiative attracted over 1 million online participants, Thomas M\u00fcller and James Winters of the Minds and Traditions (Mint) group at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History saw an opportunity to test the dynamics of cultural change.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2018-09-million-artists-wrong-cultural-evolution.html","category":"Social Sciences","pubDate":"Wed, 05 Sep 2018 14:00:01 EDT","guid":"news455363829"},{"title":"Hacker breaches defenses at social news star Reddit","description":"Popular social news website Reddit on Thursday was warning users that a hacker broke into its systems, intercepting some employee text messages to get past defenses.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2018-08-hacker-breaches-defenses-social-news.html","category":"Security","pubDate":"Fri, 03 Aug 2018 09:20:02 EDT","guid":"news452505777"},{"title":"Reddit to open Chicago office as part of advertising push","description":"Reddit is opening an office in Chicago, the tech company's first outside the coasts.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2018-04-reddit-chicago-office-advertising.html","category":"Internet","pubDate":"Fri, 27 Apr 2018 16:10:01 EDT","guid":"news444063938"},{"title":"Reddit CEO says racism allowed, but not 'welcome,' on the site","description":"Reddit has a history of allowing its users to say just about anything. On Wednesday, its CEO said racist language is just fine\u2014officially giving license to the hatred that already lives on the site, which bills itself as the front page of the internet.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2018-04-reddit-ceo-racism-site.html","category":"Internet","pubDate":"Mon, 16 Apr 2018 17:19:30 EDT","guid":"news443117963"},{"title":"Study finds fringe communities on Reddit and 4chan have high influence on flow of alternative news to Twitter","description":"Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Cyprus University of Technology, University College London and Telefonica Research have conducted the first large-scale measurement of how mainstream and alternative news flows through multiple social media platforms.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2017-11-fringe-reddit-4chan-high-alternative.html","category":"Computer Sciences","pubDate":"Thu, 02 Nov 2017 10:09:26 EDT","guid":"news428836156"},{"title":"The 'ideal' teacher? It's all in your mind","description":"Two Concordia researchers are turning to Reddit for a more accurate picture of public perceptions of teachers and teaching.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2017-05-ideal-teacher-mind.html","category":"Social Sciences","pubDate":"Thu, 25 May 2017 16:06:00 EDT","guid":"news414947148"},{"title":"Your (social media) votes matter","description":"When Tim Weninger conducted two large-scale experiments on Reddit - otherwise known as \"the front page of the internet\" - back in 2014, the goal was to better understand the ripple effects of malicious voting behavior and the impact on what users see and share online.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2017-01-social-media-votes.html","category":"Computer Sciences","pubDate":"Tue, 24 Jan 2017 10:06:36 EST","guid":"news404474788"},{"title":"Reddit updates content policy, banning a 'handful' of groups","description":"Reddit, the online discussion site known for free-wheeling discussions, is updating its content policy as it tries to be a more welcoming place for everyone.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2015-08-reddit-content-policy-groups.html","category":"Internet","pubDate":"Wed, 05 Aug 2015 17:34:37 EDT","guid":"news358014870"},{"title":"Stephen Hawking fields questions on artificial intelligence","description":"Have a question about artificial intelligence and think theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking is the man to ask?","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2015-07-stephen-hawking-fields-artificial-intelligence.html","category":"Other","pubDate":"Mon, 27 Jul 2015 15:52:04 EDT","guid":"news357231118"},{"title":"Reddit takes back reins from users at a risk","description":"Reddit became one of the most visited websites in the world on the backs of users devoted to the online bulletin board where people could post just about anything.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2015-07-reddit-reins-users.html","category":"Internet","pubDate":"Sun, 19 Jul 2015 05:20:02 EDT","guid":"news356501165"},{"title":"Reddit out to tame its wild side","description":"Popular online bulletin board Reddit is mulling ways to make its free-for-all discussions more civil by restraining what people can post, a move that could anger some of the site's most passionate members.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2015-07-reddit-wild-side.html","category":"Internet","pubDate":"Fri, 17 Jul 2015 02:31:18 EDT","guid":"news356319067"},{"title":"Reddit interim CEO Pao resigns; Huffman regains CEO title","description":"Reddit said Friday that interim CEO Ellen Pao resigned from the company, and co-founder Steve Huffman is back as its CEO.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2015-07-reddit-interim-ceo-pao-resigns.html","category":"Business","pubDate":"Fri, 10 Jul 2015 19:39:02 EDT","guid":"news355775932"},{"title":"Reddit removes five groups after creating harassment policy","description":"A month after announcing new guidelines, Reddit removed five groups that it said harassed people.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2015-06-reddit-groups-policy.html","category":"Internet","pubDate":"Wed, 10 Jun 2015 17:31:23 EDT","guid":"news353176275"},{"title":"Reddit cracks down on harassment","description":"Reddit on Thursday said it is cracking down on abusive behavior that is keeping people from expressing opinions at the news-focused social network.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2015-05-reddit.html","category":"Internet","pubDate":"Thu, 14 May 2015 20:50:11 EDT","guid":"news350855400"},{"title":"Re-inventing the mailing list is one way to reduce email stress","description":"We all feel it\u2014that panicked sensation when we check our inbox and see the deluge of emails awaiting our attention. The average person receives upwards of 150 emails a day, and it often seems like no amount of tagging or filtering can close the floodgates.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2015-04-re-inventing-mailing-email-stress.html","category":"Internet","pubDate":"Tue, 28 Apr 2015 08:20:01 EDT","guid":"news349427103"},{"title":"Reddit cracks down on posting nude pics","description":"(AP)\u2014Social-networking and news site Reddit says it will remove photos, videos and links with explicit content if the person in the image hasn't given permission for it to be posted.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2015-02-reddit-nude-pics.html","category":"Internet","pubDate":"Tue, 24 Feb 2015 15:50:02 EST","guid":"news344014794"},{"title":"Reddit reveals bids for user data by outside agencies","description":"Reddit on Thursday issued its first transparency report, revealing numbers of requests for user data and bids to have content removed from the online messaging board.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2015-01-reddit-reveals-user-agencies.html","category":"Internet","pubDate":"Thu, 29 Jan 2015 16:06:07 EST","guid":"news341769961"},{"title":"How huge numbers of people can organise online for data analysis","description":"Some achieve celebrity, and some have celebrity thrust upon them, to paraphrase Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. This may be how Alex Geutsitskiy and Katie Verkovod feel, a couple from Oregon who were captured on camera by photographer Paul Wolfe at exactly the moment Geutsitskiy proposed on a peak in the Columbia River Gorge.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2014-12-huge-people-organise-online-analysis.html","category":"Internet","pubDate":"Mon, 15 Dec 2014 07:10:14 EST","guid":"news337849806"},{"title":"Reddit launches crowdfunding platform Redditmade","description":"Reddit launched a crowdfunding tool Wednesday that gives users of the popular online forum a tailor-made alternative to Kickstarter and Indiegogo.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2014-10-reddit-crowdfunding-platform-redditmade.html","category":"Internet","pubDate":"Thu, 30 Oct 2014 18:50:01 EDT","guid":"news333909109"},{"title":"iWorm hack shows Macs are vulnerable too","description":"The computer operating systems and applications we use today have often evolved over many years, decades even, and contain tens or hundreds of millions of lines of code. Flaws in that code \u2013 and there will always be some \u2013 give rise to security problems that, in an internet-connected world, are an increasing problem.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2014-10-iworm-hack-macs-vulnerable.html","category":"Security","pubDate":"Wed, 08 Oct 2014 07:05:31 EDT","guid":"news331970722"}]}}