Blog #3

Nick McKinney          

Blog 3

          Every new type of social media starts out small to being with.  Not every new media site grows into a successful useful site.  However one that has grown over its time on the web that has gotten larger is Reddit. 

          Reddit is essentially a hub for the sharing of information. Users can post images, links, or text.  Up voting moves it up the list of content displayed.  Down voting, meanwhile, makes the content less likely to appear without a thorough search, and removes ‘karma’ from the user.  Basically, up voting is a way of saying “I like this” and down-voting says “your post is bad.  It’s simple to use, easy to navigate, and contain enough content that it’d likely take years to view it all.  What makes Reddit so good is how up to date all the information is, and also how you can personally control what type of information you see.  For example, there are sub reddits, these are used for categorizing information , essentially giving the consumer the choice of what information they see every time they sign on to the site. (Greene)  This makes it easy for people to stay away from news and items about topics that they couldn't care less about.  This is one thing that people who use Reddit, like about the site.  There is also the fact that, once something makes it to the front-page of Reddit through up votes alone, chances are fairly high that it’s already made its way across virtually every social networking site on the Internet. It’s gone viral. People know about it, people like it, and, as a result, people share it wherever they can. Once again, you can see why Reddit is a powerful tool in the hands of the right marketer. (Greene)  This aspect is also beneficial because, when you read it on Reddit you’ll probably hear about somewhere else but latter than you saw it on Reddit, so the information is usually up voted there before it goes viral.  Another thing that makes Reddit interesting and useful is the advantage of being able to post you’re own things and see if it gets up voted.  You could put something up every day if you cared to. (Weisbrod) 

          Reddit is very easy to use, full of information, and extremely easy to personalize.  All information you see is only the stuff you want to see, none of the crap you don’t.  Reddit should be used more often than it is due to the simplicity and content. 

Works Cited

Greene, Nicholas. WHY YOU SHOULD BE ON REDDIT. 29 October 2012. 8 April 2014 <http://socialmediastrategiessummit.com/blog/why-you-should-be-on-reddit/>.

Weisbrod, Kyle. WHY YOU SHOULD BE ON REDDIT’S R/ULTIMATE. 2013. 8 April 2014 <http://skydmagazine.com/2014/03/why-you-should-be-on-reddits-rultimate/>.