Recode Decode: Reddit CEO Steve Huffman

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2019

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman talks with Recode's Kara Swisher in this live interview recorded at Manny's in San Francisco. Huffman co-founded the company in 2005, left it in 2009, and returned in 2015 after the resignation of Reddit's previous CEO, Ellen Pao. In this episode: How Huffman thinks about Reddit today; how the site almost died; how it started and its early experience with backlash; tech leaders that don’t want to make content moderation decisions; why /r/The_Donald was quarantined and how it could clean itself up; the moving line for unacceptable comments online; conservative allegations of “shadowbanning” and tech bias; the gender breakdown of Reddit users; harassment of volunteer moderators; AI that learns from Reddit; the monopolization of tech by negative forces; and the future of /r/The_Donald. Vote for us Recode Decode has been nominated for best technology podcast in this year’s People’s Choice Podcast Awards! Cast your vote for Recode Decode at https://www.podcastawards.com/app/signup before July 31st. One vote per category. Follow us Kara Swisher (@karaswisher), host Erica Anderson (@EricaAmerica), executive producer Eric Johnson (@HeyHeyESJ), producer More to explore If you haven't already, subscribe to Recode Decode Subscribe to Recode's other podcasts: Recode Media, Pivot, and Land of the Giants Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:13.0	Hi, I'm Cara Swisher, Editor-at-large of Recode.
1:16.0	You may know me as the admin and only member of the subreddit called the Cara,
1:20.0	but in my spare time, I talk tech and you're listening to Recode Decode from the Vox Media Podcast Network.
1:25.0	Today, we're going to play a live interview I just conducted with Steve Huffman, the CEO of Reddit.
1:30.0	I last interviewed Steve on this podcast back in 2017 after he came under fire for editing comments,
1:36.0	made by Donald Trump supporters on the site.
1:39.0	And more recently, Reddit has quarantined its most popular pro-Trump community,
1:43.0	called the Donald for hosting violent threats and violating other site policies.
1:47.0	This interview was recorded live at Manis, which is a bar and event space in San Francisco's Mission District.
1:54.0	So let's go there now to hear my interview with Reddit CEO Steve Huffman.
2:02.0	Steve and I have done interviews several times, and we were going to tape this in our studio at Vox Media.
2:08.0	But I thought one of the things that I like is a live audience.
2:11.0	And Steve is not everybody can do a live audience very easily or be very interesting,
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