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r/dataisbeautiful
Type of site
Subreddit
Available inEnglish
URLwww.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/
CommercialYes
LaunchedJanuary 25, 2008; 16 years ago (2008-01-25)[1]

AskReddit is a subreddit where users can submit open-ended questions to which other users can then reply with answers.[2] The subreddit describes its focus as "to ask and answer questions that elicit thought-provoking discussions".[3] As of July 2015, AskReddit was the most popular subreddit on all of Reddit,[4] and as of February 2020, it had 26 million members.[5] In November 2018, Kevin Wong of Complex wrote:

Reddit bills itself as the front page of the Internet. If one were to extend this metaphor, then AskReddit would be the headline splashed across the top of that front page, because there is nothing as consistently exciting, absorbing, and cringe-worthy as the posts on AskReddit.[6]

References

  1. ^ "r/AskReddit". reddit. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
  2. ^ Caplan, Mary A; Purser, Gregory (May 2019). "Qualitative inquiry using social media: A field-tested example". Qualitative Social Work. 18 (3): 417–435. doi:10.1177/1473325017725802. ISSN 1473-3250.
  3. ^ Lanius, Candice (October 2019). "Torment Porn or Feminist Witch Hunt: Apprehensions About the #MeToo Movement on /r/AskReddit". Journal of Communication Inquiry. 43 (4): 415–436. doi:10.1177/0196859919865250. ISSN 0196-8599.
  4. ^ Auerbach, David (2015-07-06). "The Reddit Blackout Isn't About One Fired Employee. It's About a Dysfunctional Relationship at Reddit's Core". Slate. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
  5. ^ Jokic, Natasha (2020-02-15). "An insider's guide to Reddit's advice communities — where strangers solicit and give tips on everything from STDs to what to have for dinner". Insider. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
  6. ^ Wong, Kevin (2018-11-21). "The Best AskReddit Threads of All Time". Complex. Retrieved 2020-07-30.