The survey also found that a whopping 85 per cent of redditors are aged between 18 and 30, with the average age 24.7. Users, called "redditors", are overwhelmingly male (87 per cent) according to a demographic survey conducted on the site about its user-base last year. The posts, which live on pages called "subreddits" according to their subject, are voted for or against by users, the most popular of which appear on the home page, thus garnering more attention. Users not only post innocuously addictive photos of cats, but also help each other out with anything from learning a new language to helping raise money for charities, including more than $200,000 for Doctors Without Borders.
The website has burgeoned into a hub for well-wishers and do-gooders to lend a helping hand. After answering questions on subjects as diverse as money, politics and beer, Obama commented that Reddit was "an example of how technology and the internet can empower the sorts of conversations that strengthen our democracy over the long run". If these figures didn't speak for themselves, Reddit's status was cemented last month when US President Barack Obama did an "AMA" ("Ask Me Anything") on the site. In spite of the website's simple, text-heavy layout that is somewhat reminiscent of Craigslist, it has grown steadily from having a small cult following to more than 4 million unique monthly visitors viewing approximately 3.5 billion pages. Steezy-wunda-bred's photo of his biological parents.
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