What is Reddit?
Reddit is a social news and discussion website where users submit content and engage in topic-specific communities. The material tracks Reddit’s role in content licensing, security discussions, community growth, and AI-related discourse.
How it developed
- Apr 2026 - Jack Rhysider noted that users on Reddit reported attempted bank account hacks and advised putting devices on a guest network rather than discontinuing use.
- Apr 2026 - Jack Rhysider observed that Reddit posts questioning the SuperBox were difficult to find.
- May 2026 - Matthew Prince said Reddit received substantially more for its content than the New York Times for the same number of tokens.
- Jun 2026 - Sam Parr mentioned a subreddit called Dumbones with 200,000 subscribers that had been growing.
- Jul 2026 - Nathan Lambert said that interesting models are found on Reddit one or two months before download numbers typically take off.
In the evidence
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Reddit received substantially more AI licensing revenue per token than the New York Times, despite both corpora having roughly the same token count, suggesting recency and engagement matter more than editorial prestige in AI data deals.
“New York Times has been publishing a lot longer, Reddit's higher But Reddit got substantially more for the same number of tokens for the content than the New York Times.”Matthew Prince · 25 May 2026
Jack Rhysider on a SuperBox victim's response to a compromised bank account.
“Somebody reported on Reddit. They're like, oh, they tried to hack our bank account, so put it on a guest network. Not stop using it. Just put it on a separate network.”Jack Rhysider · 7 Apr 2026
A SuperBox customer whose bank account was attacked responded by moving the device to a guest network rather than discontinuing use, illustrating how low consumer threat perception enables continued botnet spread.
“Somebody reported on Reddit. They're like, oh, they tried to hack our bank account, so put it on a guest network. Not stop using it. Just put it on a separate network.”Jack Rhysider · 7 Apr 2026
Jack Rhysider on SuperBox's SEO-poisoned search results hiding all negative content.
“There's no negative, like, you can't even find Reddit posts even questioning anything about the SuperBox.”Jack Rhysider · 7 Apr 2026
The subreddit Dumbones has approximately 200,000 subscribers and has been noticeably growing, signaling rising mainstream interest in dumbphones.
“There's a subreddit called Dumbones that I've been a subscriber to for a while now and it's been taking off. I think it has 200,000 subscribers on it and I've been noticing that it's definitely been growing.”Sam Parr · 2 Jun 2026
Reddit AI communities surface interesting open models 1 to 2 months before Hugging Face download numbers reflect broader adoption, making them a leading indicator of model traction.
“They found they find the interesting models one or two months before the download numbers usually take off.”Nathan Lambert · 22 Jul 2026
Teens are evading age verification systems by submitting black-and-white photos of Thomas Edison, exposing the weakness of AI-based age checks.
“People on Reddit are talking about submitting black and white photos of Thomas Edison to these age verification systems to fool them.”Kevin Roose · 10 Jul 2026