The Copenhagen Project

by Jeppe Kabell, Dec 13, 2007

Analysis: Reddit

Reddit is a link media where users submit links and vote on submissions. An algorithm determines how far up on the front page an item should be placed based on both the number of votes the item has received and on how long time the item has been on the site.

Reddit
Organization
 		For-profit
Object
 		Link
Presentation
 		Prioritized
Conversation
 		Conversation
Editing
 		Voting (Decentralized)
Editor type
 		Human / Algorithm
Frequency
 		Continuously
Object provider
 		User

An item with a lot of votes that has been online for a short period of time is prioritized very high. As the ratio between votes and time changes, the item is moved down in prioritization until it has completely left the front page. Links can therefore move up and down during the day, and the front page is ever changing. While some links may stay on the front page for only a few hours, other links may stay for days.

These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • Digg
  • del.icio.us
  • Reddit
  • StumbleUpon
  • Furl
  • Ma.gnolia
  • Netscape
  • NewsVine

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  1. Lynn Mooney

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    Nov 12th, 2008

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