As brand safety becomes more important for advertisers online, the CEO understandably stressed the site’s friendlier corners. Judging whos a Good Muslim, Good Catholic etc. Reddit has sometimes struggled to maintain its open ethos when it comes to edgier groups dedicated to things like digital piracy or alt-right ideologies. Im not religious, but to me it doesnt really match the values that most major religions claim to have.

In his pitch to advertisers at Cannes last month, Huffman highlighted the enthusiasm of Reddit’s many self-governing communities, known as subreddits. (Sample question from Spiegel: “Tell us why everyone here should be buying your ads.”)Īlthough Huffman noted that he considered ads “icky” during the earliest days of Reddit, a recent redesign has made it easier for the site to make money from sponsors.

2017.Īt this year’s Cannes Lions advertising conference, the CEO presented a buttoned-up face to the anarchic, freewheeling site in an interview with Snap CEO Evan Spiegel. Regardless, earlier this year, Reddit raised funds at a $3 billion valuation, up from $1.8 billion in Aug. It hasn’t been smooth sailing since most notably, there have been hacks and an awkward, shifting approach to policing hate speech on the platform.

I hate religion reddit