Facebook and Twitter each demonstrate a much-higher activity level from women for this very reason. For men, LinkedIn and Google+ appeal to their “goal-oriented” style of social networking and disdain for Twitter and Facebook. As the graphic below reveals, there are more men on LinkedIn than women on LinkedIn, Reddit, and Google+ combined. Where the numbers get truly dominating are on social news site Reddit and social scrapbooking site Pinterest. Women are more active on social media in general. It’s a fact. Click to enlarge. MORE >>

Weve always strived to be as open and transparent with our users as possible, and [open sourcing our code] is the next logical step," said Reddit in a blog post. Reddit, which was built and maintained by just 5 people, also posted a list of the more than 15 other open source projects that the site relies on. Some of Reddits code is not being made public, mostly stuff that deals with anti-spam and anti-cheating algorithms, according to Reddit. Since reddits beginning, we have stood on the shoulders of giants in the open source world. MORE >>

The rise of Reddit and the steady decline of Digg have been well documented. Just recently Reddit announced that its traffic has more than doubled in less than a year (to 2.07 Anecdotally we’ve all seen Reddit gain in prominence at a time when Digg has struggled to maintain its relevancy. Adam Singer summed up the general sentiment in recent conversation we had on Twitter: “Reddit / Stumble won.” So I pulled the 2009-2011 Reddit and Digg referral figures for selection of 12 major magazine and Web-only content sites. million visits in 2009 to 22.7 MORE >>

Facebook may have the market cornered on social networking with their Timeline, but can theirs jump ahead to the future? think not, but social news site Reddit has Facebook blown out of the water with the Reddit Timeline. Through Reddit Timeline, available April 1 only, users can see what the front page of the site will look like next year, 10 years from now, even 39,988 years from now! Accord to Reddit Timeline 2013, Ron Paul won and is (will be) doing an “Ask Me Anything” with the Reddit community. MORE >>

Today is my 2nd Reddit birthday. Social media is my life – I help businesses and organizations with strategies on Facebook and Twitter with the goal of teaching them that social media is more about listening than broadcasting. Reddit has been my daily escape for a long time. I’ve always said that if social media sites could have their average users take IQ tests, Reddit would win by double-digits. Some say Reddit’s strength is in being the underdog. Reddit is growing every day. Redditshould be happy, but I’m not. MORE >>