Reddit, Craigslist and 30,000 Other Websites Oppose CISPA

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Reddit, Craigslist and more than 30,000 other websites are flying the flag of opposition to the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, or CISPA, a controversial cybersecurity bill that was recently reintroduced in Congress.

The thousands of websites which oppose CISPA will, starting Tuesday, be displaying an interactive banner ad (seen below) from the Internet Defense League that allows voters to send the following message to their members of Congress: "CISPA is back. This bill sacrifices privacy without improving security. We deserve both."

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Bill Gates Does An AMA On Reddit - Promotes Robots, Speech & More

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Bill Gates, Microsoft's onetime supreme lord and the current chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation took to Reddit Monday morning to allow users to ask him anything.

The tech pioneer was asked about everything from tech skeletons to personal finance - and even if he still jumps over chairs. "Less than I used to," Gates replied, and lamented that he's no longer as hard core as he once was. But from the tone of this back and forth, and the velocity of his answers, Gates proved he is still very core.

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Watch Reddit's Founders Describe How the Site Was Born

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These days Reddit is an internet behemoth that shapes opinion and rapidly spreads news, but sometimes it's easy to forget that it only started up in 2005. In this video, founders Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian explain how the site was born.

You might have heard snippets of the story before—like that fact that it was born out of a failed start-up idea, or that Huffman and Ohanian used fake accounts to fuel the site in the early days—but it's fascinating to listen to the pair talk about the history of the site. The story stretches from their first meeting at college right the way up to present day, and it's well worth ten minutes of your time.

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New Digg Vs. Reddit Vs. BuzzFeed: Your Mind On Viral Content

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For three straight days in early August, unintentional gay porn innuendos of Olympic men’s swimming reigned supreme in traffic on Buzzfeed, the breakout curated newsite of viral content.

Buzzfeed’s closest competitors, Reddit and the newly relaunched Digg, each featured dramatically different stories, from the Syrian rebellion to video game history (and, of course, plenty of cats).

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The Emotional Story of Reddit's Start & Sale

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Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian set out to revolutionize the Internet. Then came an even bigger challenge.

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