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The internet was created to connect us, yet many people feel more alone than ever. Reddit cofounder and CEO Steve Huffman explores how social media rewards performance over participation — and offers a timely case for an internet built like a city, with thriving online “neighborhoods” that make space for real human connection. Ready to…
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@NoOneSpecial247
June 22, 2026 at 11:49 am
12:10 why is there commentary at the end? That’s not how @TED works… get up on the stage with the speaker, or make a separate video. Mixing it into someone else’s talk is wrong!
@kinsmed
June 22, 2026 at 11:54 am
I gave up on reddit during ‘The Donald’ and r/news being moderated by cranky conservative children.
To me, reddit is the website “By Kids For Kids!”.
@chocomalk
June 22, 2026 at 11:59 am
Reddit builds community by banning until social cohesion.
No thanks.
@bunabear
June 22, 2026 at 12:03 pm
This is exactly why I love Reddit!
@Dullydude
June 22, 2026 at 12:07 pm
Yeah, I would love for reddit to be a place for humans, but unfortunately it has become increasingly filled with AI bots trying to steer public opinion on every topic under the sun. This is some real whitewashing from the CEO to try and steer the conversation into treating reddit as a space for humans rather than the reality that nearly every conversation on there is heavily manipulated by anonymous automated actors. Once you realize how cheap and easy it is to run these bots, you’ll see that there is a huge incentive for those with the knowhow to influence public opinion in their favor.
@wi2rd
June 22, 2026 at 12:13 pm
you mean the same reddit who permabans people for no good reason? no thanks.
@jorgeeporgee
June 22, 2026 at 12:16 pm
Reddit’s Failed Model for a Better Internet, fixed the title
@novapatricia666
June 22, 2026 at 12:25 pm
TED turned so cringe, sad
@claireconover
June 22, 2026 at 12:37 pm
ted’s always been a bit cringe…
it’s just old cringe now.
@Sadiquecat
June 22, 2026 at 12:35 pm
The 2023 Reddit API controversy was quickly forgotten
@FranticAlligator
June 22, 2026 at 12:39 pm
There’s so many reasons why reddits model for a “better internet” is flawed but alright.
@t8rn8r
June 22, 2026 at 12:45 pm
How much did Reddit pay for this?
@ShubhamSingh-cz9nt
June 22, 2026 at 1:29 pm
Better Internet? Reddit? The same place where nudity is thrown at kids with just an innocent search keyword? Sure, why not.
I used to love reddit years ago…I hate it now
@oldretireddude
June 22, 2026 at 2:39 pm
But Reddit is such a cesspool.
@AdityaMehendale
June 22, 2026 at 2:52 pm
Not holding my breath for YT to re-enable the “Dislikes” counter for all.
@chrissilman8495
June 23, 2026 at 12:40 pm
You can add a Chrome extension to see them if you want to.
@AdityaMehendale
June 23, 2026 at 3:32 pm
@chrissilman8495 “for all” – i.e. not “disabled by default, and jump through hoops on a one-by-one basis to re-enable”
@JackJohnson-o4t
June 22, 2026 at 2:53 pm
Reddit is total GARBAGE
@AdamKrzysztofPawlowski
June 22, 2026 at 3:30 pm
Is that a joke? Reddit of all things? So better model for internet is to … censor 1/3rd of users in multiple forums because one-sided leftist reddit gods (mods)?
@morallygray
June 22, 2026 at 3:34 pm
Reddit allows the most vile content onto their site. The amount of subreddits that are just people getting off to abuse and violence.
@Aeonhem
June 22, 2026 at 8:21 pm
Agreed
@smartphysicalfitness
June 22, 2026 at 3:42 pm
Reddit used to be good. Like everything.
@nonnayerbusiness7704
June 22, 2026 at 4:10 pm
Get rid of the social media giants like reddit, bring back IRC and message boards.
@TheTuubster
June 22, 2026 at 5:45 pm
You mean the Usenet (IRC and Usenet actually still exist).
@nonnayerbusiness7704
June 22, 2026 at 8:40 pm
@TheTuubster Usenet was a spam filled cesspit last time I checked, though, so presumably also filled with bots. An active, well moderated message board around a niche subject is the way to go. Unlike reddit, you have to have the interest before you find the message board, which tends to filter out the bots and extremist ideology pushing sock puppet accounts.
@GrieverXVII
June 22, 2026 at 4:40 pm
reddit is a borderline leftist extremist group at this point. people on there literally advocating for violence and death.. been on reddit over 13 years now and its nothing like it used to be. nothing.
the worat part is the upvote/downvote system, all it does is supress real discussion and create echo chambers. reddit is the worst.
@AlexanderWahl-c2j
June 22, 2026 at 4:52 pm
The internet was 100% people before corporations and political parties moved in. And it was way more fun without them.
@Aeonhem
June 22, 2026 at 8:23 pm
I miss the wild west of 2004 😢
@SFB1985
June 22, 2026 at 7:44 pm
The last thing I want is for anything in the world to be like reddit.
@Aeonhem
June 22, 2026 at 8:20 pm
Reddit used to be the front page of the internet. Now it’s a Mossad driven HEAVILY moderated hard left political black hole
@Aeonhem
June 22, 2026 at 8:22 pm
To be clear, my 8yr old account has been site wide banned for the comment “Isreal”. With the context being not negative. So… Everything this man has said is categorically incorrect.
@gammaray428
June 23, 2026 at 1:48 pm
Lmao i got banned for saying “so tired of juice”
@SPCEMN3
June 22, 2026 at 10:33 pm
I love how the comment section here on YouTube is full of Redditors being snarky about how snarky Reddit is. Face meet mirror.
@tonixtonix
June 22, 2026 at 10:34 pm
Billionaire CEO reaping the financial rewards of using uncompensated content curators and moderators to effectively run his entire platform. What a farce this “talk” was.
@amblinalong
June 22, 2026 at 10:36 pm
The internet will never look Human. People who continue to withdraw from real life and real people and real events to meet up only those faceless ones on the internet.. will never look human. Just sayin’
@user-hj9zf4qq1c
June 22, 2026 at 10:40 pm
Reddit is 90% AI slop these days…
@Terrranfear
June 23, 2026 at 12:29 am
All my social media feed on reddit is about israel palestine and the fall of the west. When are you going to stop every country on the planet using your network as a foreign subversion tool?
@CenturyWisdom-q5w
June 23, 2026 at 12:44 am
Huffman’s vision of the internet as a city rather than a stage resonates deeply, reminding us that authentic connection thrives when we move past performing for algorithms. It is truly refreshing to see a focus on human-centered communities that value real empathy over empty, automated engagement.
@gammaray428
June 23, 2026 at 1:46 pm
are you high on drugs?
@TheNinjadelivery
June 23, 2026 at 2:58 am
You mean reddit where every single major sub is controlled by the same 15 people?
@coinden3089
June 23, 2026 at 6:21 am
Reddit is the equivalent of a construction company that splits its workers up into groups with no qualifications other than ideological alignment, and expects them to build a skyscraper within a year.
@coinden3089
June 23, 2026 at 6:24 am
Nothing more than a couple of bricks get laid, the workers just stand there arguing over the way it’s supposed to look while ignoring the needs of thousands of new residents who genuinely need the place. It’s a cesspool of echo chambers, hiveminds, over-recycled jokes, and downvotes that kill any kind of meaningful, productive discourse for the sake of “haha I’m smarter than you!!!!”.
@coinden3089
June 23, 2026 at 6:24 am
Finding pockets of civil discourse on Reddit is the same as finding snow in Death Valley.
@coinden3089
June 23, 2026 at 6:29 am
the words “Reddit” and “Better Internet” wouldn’t be separated enough if they were 100 billion light years away.
@markmuller7962
June 23, 2026 at 11:16 am
Reddit has potentials but it mostly builds autoritarian violent woke communities right now.
(And that’s coming from a progressive person)
@trixie-m5n
June 23, 2026 at 12:08 pm
Is this a joke lol? Reddit is trash.
@atakorkut5110
June 23, 2026 at 5:11 pm
The amount of false crap that he spewed is mind-boggling if Reddit is not a stage then how come the up how come the rewards and awards? It is just a different type of stage. It is not a city for the last time I checked I can’t ban people from my neighborhood until I have a collection of people that all believe in the same exact thing I’ve gone to communities as soon as you disagree in anyway, the moderators are on you looking for any my new rule you might have broken or bent to ban you from the community forever why? It’s cause you disagree.
@kaw8473
June 23, 2026 at 11:46 pm
How to discredit yourself speedrun.
@EsotericIntel
June 24, 2026 at 12:56 pm
The world and internet needs less Reddit, not more. My solution for a better internet is to delete Reddit.