This summer I'm doing a series on What Parent's Need to Know about *insert some type of online thing here*... because it's not just parents that need to know these things but teachers too AND if there is one thing we all know it's that online stuff changes so often it's hard to keep up (especially when you aren't even using that app/program)!
Today I'm talking about Reddit!
I haven't scrolled through Reddit much but I have a little and from what I've seen it appears to be a site where people post topics and others comment on them or add to the story. I'm assuming there are millions of topics and that once you are logged in on the site anyone can see and comment on anything. I can't see the site being super popular amongst younger kids or teenagers though. Of course because anyone can post there could be inappropriate topics for young readers (much like the rest of the world wide web).
Sorry, I know this one is blurry, you can find the actual PDF version of this on National Online Safety
What I didn't know about Reddit
You can pay for a membership. I guess some people are just really bothered by all the ads and likely use the site frequently that they can justify paying for the membership.
You can also give gifts. I guess if it's you are really enjoying a topic? The poster didn't say if the person being gifted the money (which is recommended to start at $20 actually gets the money... but I'm assuming they do).
You can turn off adult content which will hopefully hide a lot of the more inappropriate topics for young viewers.
Be careful what you believe. Since anyone can post it is largely everyone's own opinions and bias'. Not only this but fake news could easily be spread (and believed). It's like the new Wikipedia (or was I the only one ever told not to believe everything you read on there?). Regardless, it's always good to form your own opinions on things and double check things before you go around making claims.
Last week I talked about what we all need to know about Live Streaming
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