Social news website

Many social news websites also feature an online comment system, where users discuss the issues raised in an article.

Social news websites also "impl[y] the technical, economic, legal, and human enhancement of a universally distributed intelligence that will unleash a positive dynamic of recognition and skills mobilization".

These social news websites "include opportunities for peer-to-peer learning, a changed attitude toward intellectual property, the diversification of cultural expression, the development of skills valued in the modern workplace, and a more empowered conception of citizenship".

[6] Reddit, started in June 2005, is a social news website where users can submit articles and comments and vote on these submissions.

Free speech debates have arisen due to the shutting down of obscene or potentially illegal "subreddits" (including /r/jailbait, a collection of sexually suggestive underage pictures.

)[7] Reddit introduced a system of user-created communities called "subreddits", which are essentially categories for a specific type of news.

The company posts short (in most cases 15 seconds long) news videos and hyperpartisan content, which is primarily emotion-driven in order to generate views and shares.

Voat, launched in April 2014 and discontinued[10] in December of 2020, was also a social news website and is very similar to Reddit visually and functionally.

Prismatic software used social network aggregation and machine learning algorithms to filter the content that aligns with the interests of a specific user.

Prismatic integrated with Facebook, Twitter, and Pocket to gather information about user's interests and suggest the most relevant stories to read.

Artifact was an iOS and Android app that used machine learning to personalize news recommendations to readers, and also had social features such as liking articles, commenting, and reputation scores for users.