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The Dogecoin community's Reddit-driven charity drives (2014)

In 2014 Reddit's Dogecoin community channeled a joke cryptocurrency into real-world goodwill — funding the Jamaican Olympic bobsled team, sponsoring a NASCAR driver, and backing water and service-dog charities — in a celebrated display of crowd philanthropy.

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Yishan Wong and the Codification of Reddit's 'Free Speech' Doctrine

CEO Yishan Wong formalized a sweeping 'we stand for free speech' policy in the wake of the Gawker outing of moderator 'Violentacrez,' setting a content-permissiveness stance that defined and dogged Reddit for years.

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