r/Ask Reddit

Reddit, a website founded in 2005 that permits users to aggregate internet content in a never-ending array of fiefdoms—or subreddits—ruled by the interests of its subscribers, created a subreddit in 2008 allowing anyone to pose an open-ended question for other members to answer. “The premise is simple: ask a question, any question, and the Reddit community will answer,” Kevin Wong wrote of r/Ask Reddit in 2018. “But because this is the internet we're dealing with, threads frequently devolve into a free-falling tailspin. A thread asking for advice can become a real-time live blog, with the poster following the community’s wisdom and uploading the results. A request for personal stories can become a group-therapy session for people suffering from similar traumas, or a forum to reveal painful secrets.”