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January 2025 Over 100 Reddit communities banned users from posting links from X social media site in response to Elon Musk's controversial arm gesture, which critics claimed resembled a Nazi salute.
2024 Jacob Stern from The Atlantic published a critical review of Quora, highlighting issues with content quality, advertising, and platform engagement.
December 2024 Reddit announces Reddit Answers, an AI search tool that summarizes conversations in response to user questions.
October 2024 Quora discontinues Space Subscriptions and Ads Revenue Sharing Programs
September 2024 The Federal Trade Commission released a comprehensive report examining data collection practices of 9 companies, including Reddit, highlighting potential risks to user privacy and personal safety through data collection methods affecting individuals' vulnerability to identity theft, stalking, discrimination, and potential emotional and mental health impacts.
May 24 2024 Reddit introduced dedicated platform features for hosting AMAs, enabling hosts to schedule and promote events, and allowing participants to RSVP.
May 16 2024 Reddit reaches a deal with OpenAI to provide API access for AI model training, while receiving AI tools for moderators and users.
May 15 2024 Reddit removed the dedicated login flow from the old.reddit.com domain, though site admins stated they have no plans to remove the old domain entirely.
April 2024 Quora introduces creator monetization via price per message on Poe
April 2024 Quora enables multi-bot chat functionality on Poe
March 21 2024 Reddit debuted on the stock market with the ticker symbol RDDT, with a market cap of $10 billion.
March 20 2024 Reddit goes public on the New York Stock Exchange, opening at $34 per share with a $6.4 billion valuation and closing at $50.44, reaching a market cap of $9.5 billion.
2023 Meta Platforms revealed that China's Ministry of Public Security's Spamouflage influence operation had targeted Quora.
2023 The Chinese Communist Party's Publicity Department recommended expanding the party's use of Quora.
2023 Reddit downsized from an office in the Mid-Market neighborhood to an office in the South of Market neighborhood in San Francisco.
November 2023 Reddit began a comprehensive rebrand, including a new logo, typeface, brand colors, and an updated mascot Snoo, in preparation for a potential 2024 IPO.
October 17 2023 Reddit announced the winding down of Moons cryptocurrency by November 8, causing a significant crash in its value of over 90%.
July 20 2023 Reddit launched the third iteration of r/place, which was heavily protested by users and developers due to the ongoing API controversy and CEO Steve Huffman's decision to make third-party app development prohibitively expensive.
June 12 2023 Reddit moderators initiated a protest by making their communities private or restricting posting, in response to the API pricing changes. The protest was initially planned to last until June 14.
May 2023 Reddit launched Moons, a site-specific cryptocurrency for the platform.
May 31 2023 Apollo developer Christian Selig announced that Reddit's new API pricing would force him to cease development of the Apollo app, sparking community outcry.
April 2023 Reddit announced plans to charge large fees for its API, which had been free since 2008, forcing multiple third-party applications to shut down and threatening accessibility applications and moderation tools.
April 1 2023 Reddit conducted another iteration of the r/place collaborative pixel art experiment, continuing their annual tradition of interactive April Fools' Day events.
March 4 2023 Poe became available on desktop browsers, expanding its accessibility to users.
February 3 2023 Poe was officially launched to the public, allowing users to interact with multiple AI chatbots from different developers.
December 2022 Quora announced the development of Poe, a chatbot feature that serves as a web front end for various large language models (LLMs).
November 15 2022 RPAN was officially discontinued.
July 7 2022 Announced blockchain-backed Collectible Avatars, customizable NFT-like avatars created by independent artists.
April 1 2022 Reddit repeated the r/place collaborative pixel art experiment, revisiting the successful 2017 April Fools' Day event.
December 2021 Launched Reddit Recap, a feature providing users with annual platform engagement statistics.
December 2021 Reddit reportedly filed for an IPO with a valuation of $15 billion.
November 22 2021 Quora removed the ability to answer questions anonymously, encouraging users who need anonymity to create alternative accounts with pseudonyms, aiming to reduce policy-violating anonymous answers.
August 2021 A $700 million funding round led by Fidelity Investments raised Reddit's valuation to over $10 billion.
August 2021 Introduced a TikTok-like short-form video feature for iOS users.
August 5 2021 Quora launched a monetization feature for content creators and introduced Quora+, a subscription service charging $5 monthly or $50 annually for access to paywalled content.
June 9 2021 Reddit announced the shutdown of RedditGifts, with new account registrations disabled and the platform set to conclude after the 2021 Secret Santa exchange.
April 2021 The Top Writers Program was officially retired for English-language users, though it would continue in other languages.
April 2021 Reddit Talk was announced as a Clubhouse-like audio meeting room feature for subreddit moderators.
April 19 2021 Quora eliminated the requirement for users to use their real names, allowing users to create accounts with pseudonyms instead.
March 24 2021 Reddit CEO Steve Huffman publicly addressed the Aimee Challenor controversy, admitting inadequate vetting and promising to review internal hiring processes.
March 5 2021 Reddit appoints Drew Vollero as its first Chief Financial Officer, sparking speculation about a potential initial public offering.
January 2021 The GameStop short squeeze was primarily organized on the subreddit r/wallstreetbets, demonstrating Reddit's potential for coordinated financial activism.
January 28 2021 Reddit permanently increased RPAN streaming times to three hours.
January 6 2021 Following the storming of the United States Capitol, Reddit banned the subreddit r/DonaldTrump for repeated policy violations, with the ban sparking debates about censorship and conservative ideologies.
2020 Ben Nimmo of the Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab noted Quora's vulnerability to fake accounts and disinformation.
2020 Quora did not select any English-language Top Writers for this year.
2020 Reddit removed approximately 233 million posts, with over 99% marked as spam and the remainder being offensive content. Approximately 131 million posts were removed by automated moderation.
July 1 2020 RPAN Studio was released, an application built on OBS that allows users to broadcast live from desktop computers.
June 2020 During the COVID-19 pandemic, Quora CEO Adam D'Angelo announced that the company would permanently allow remote working for its employees.
June 2020 Over 800 Reddit moderators signed an open letter demanding policy changes to address hate speech, calling for shutdown of racist and sexist subreddits and increased employee support for moderation during the George Floyd protests.

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