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2021 will be the last year of Reddit Gifts. This is approximately 2.5% of all COVID related content. Since August, we see approximately 2.5k reports/day vs an average of around 500 reports/day a year ago. The trend is even more notable when we look at COVID-related content reported to us by users. The volume has been relatively flat since mid last year, but since July (coinciding with the increased prevalence of the Delta variant), we have seen a sizable increase. We are using common keywords and known COVID focused communities to measure this. Where are the concentration centers for this content?īelow is a chart of all of the COVID-related content that has been posted on the platform since January 1, 2020. We sought to answer the following questions:
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Today, many of our users are telling us that they are confused and even frustrated with our handling of COVID denial content on the platform, so it seemed like the right time for us to share some data around the topic. Last year, after we rolled out the largest policy change in Reddit’s history, I shared a post on the prevalence of hateful content on the platform. We base these evolutions on two things: user trends and data. Our policies, and how we enforce them, evolve with time. I’ve never professed to be perfect at this. It is my job to oversee the enforcement of our policies on the platform. It has caused confusion, fear, frustration, and served to further divide us.
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Many of us have lost loved ones to the virus. It will likely go down as one of the most defining periods of our generation. As u/spez mentioned in his announcement post last week, COVID has been hard on all of us.