Reddit

Sources tell Semafor that Reddit wants to combat AI bots using World ID, the cryptocurrency and human identification project co-founded by Altman. It uses an iris scanner known as the Orb to assign people a World ID, which Semafor says Reddit could use to verify human users while keeping them anonymous.

CEO Steve Huffman confirmed the plan in a video AMA released as part of the company’s earnings, as spotted by Ars Technica. Huffman hinted last year that Reddit was considering paid subreddits.

The company saw Daily Active Uniques (“DAUq”) increase 39 percent year-over-year to 101.7 million, according to its Q4 2024 earnings press release.

Dozens of subreddits announced they’re banning links to posts on X, following Elon Musk’s appearance at a Donald Trump event where he made a gesture that looks a lot like a Nazi salute.

Communities including r/hockey, r/NFL, r/NBA, r/MLB, and r/MLS are discussing the possibility, as reported by Awful Announcing.

Reddit is renaming its Content Policy — it’s now called the Reddit Rules. “The name “Reddit Rules” better reflects that our policies govern both content AND behavior on Reddit,” a Reddit admin says. “This is just a name change and doesn’t affect the content of the rules themselves.”

I’ve updated my story from yesterday if you’d like to see some of it.

Publishers like Rolling Stone and The New York Times are sizing up Reddit as a potential source of significant traffic, according to Adweek.

The platform saw an average of 91.2 million “daily active uniques” in the second quarter of 2024, which it says is “an all-time high and an increase of 51% year-over-year.” Seems last year’s protests may not have done all that much to drive users away long term.