Reddit Kills Karma in ‘Self’ Submissions
I have been a pretty solid Reddit user for a while now and one thing I have noticed is that they always seem to release new features without officially announcing them. In most cases the new features are opt in for a testing period to make sure they work out all the bugs before showing it to everyone.
For this reason I often find myself clicking around the site and looking for new additions or changes that might not have been there before.
One link I always seem to click on, and normally find blank, is the “Stats” link. Today I was pleasantly surprised to find the page was actually displaying the biggest “karma” gainers of the week.
Is Reddit Sending More Traffic than Digg?
Over the last few months we have seen a lot of change in social media. Especially amongst the two social powerhouses Reddit and Digg. (I’m not even going to mention Propeller because it’s recent redesign was an utter failure. Oops!)
Throughout the changes, we have seen a large number of top Digg users moving over to Reddit. Where you still have an avid userbase on Reddit who will kill the every mention of Digg, you can actually get Reddit stories to the front page of Digg now with the majority of the comments pro Reddit and anti Digg.
This might be the cause for one of the biggest changes I have noticed over the last month or so… Traffic.
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Share Your Reddit Favorites… Again
If you have been on Reddit much over the last few days, you might have noticed the share feature has returned. Click on the “share” button under any submission and fill in the blanks to send your favorite stories to anyone through email.
The Ever Changing World of Social Media
It can be hard to keep up with all the changes and trends in social media. It takes a huge time commitment and dedication to experiment with each new social community or tool.
I took a few hours and put together a list of articles and changes that have taken place across the social media space over the last few months.
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About Brent Csutoras
Brent Csutoras is an Internet Marketing Consultant who specializes in Social Media, Viral and Search Engine Marketing.
Brent is a regular speaker at top search marketing conferences such as SMX and Pubcon. He has also made numerous guest appearances discussing the arts of Social Media and Search Engine Marking on highly popular internet marketing radio shows such as Good Karma, Rush Hour, and Webmaster on the Roof.
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