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  • Managing Misinformation On Reddit
    With 5.6 million members, Reddit's r/politics is a massive online forum. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with moderator "Qu1nlan" about managing discussions in an era of misinformation.
  • The Reddit blackout explained
    Thousands of communities on the social media site Reddit went dark in an apparent protest of new fees. The outrage focuses on new charges that Reddit levied on the developers of third-party apps.
  • What's Next For Reddit?
    Ellen Pao stepped down Friday amid criticism following the company's dismissal of a popular employee. The challenge ahead will be keeping Reddit an open and vital community — and a profitable one.
  • Reddit IPO: Why does Reddit want to become a public company?
    The popular social media site Reddit lists as a stock on the New York Stock Exchange Thursday. Its ticker symbol? RDDT. Reddit plans to reward its users by setting aside some stock for them.
  • "In my eight months as reddit's CEO, I've seen the good, the bad and the ugly on reddit," Ellen Pao says, in a statement posted to the site. "The good has been off-the-wall inspiring, and the ugly made me doubt humanity."
    Ellen Pao Out As Reddit CEO
    Pao has been at the center of a controversy following the still-unexplained dismissal of a popular figure in the site's r/IAmA section. She is being replaced by Steve Huffman, the site's original CEO.
  • A new study reports bottom dogs have higher rates of bullying, fighting and gang activity and lower rates of safety and belonging than top and middle dogs.
    6th Grade Is Tough; It Helps To Be 'Top Dog'
    A new study says sixth-graders do better when they attend K-8 schools, so they're not the youngest.
  • California's gas prices top $6 a gallon in October
    California's gas prices, well above the national average, have gone into overdrive, topping $6 a gallon in October. Why is gas so expensive in a state that's synonymous with the automobile?
  • We're still combing through all your emails about the acc.
    What You Emailed Us About Using The 'ACC'
    After we introduced a name for that annoying email practice of strategically cc-ing a manager to gain an upper hand, you responded with an avalanche of email. Here's a sample of your thoughts.
  • Reddit Dangles A Ticking Timer In An Online Experiment
    If you saw a mysterious timer ticking away on a website, would you click on it? NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with data expert Mona Chalabi of FiveThirtyEight.com about Reddit's experiment.
  • ACC Follows NCAA In Pulling Championships From North Carolina
    The Atlantic Coast Conference decided to pull many post-season tournaments out of North Carolina this season due to a controversial state law. This move follows the NCAA decision to remove college championship games out of the state.
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