At Reddit, we have Company Values, which guide and strengthen our company culture. They shape how we stay connected with one another, how we show up to work every day, and help navigate important daily decision-making. These core principles are bolstered by our Community Values, which inform how we develop our product, policies, and community relationships.
From building new features that enhance existing products to sharing insights about content moderation, our Community Values are embedded across multiple facets of how we support and engage with our users. These values will only become more important as we continue to provide an online space for more people to interact and connect with one another.
Both sets of our values have existed within Reddit long before they were written down, and steer us toward our mission of bringing community, belonging, and empowerment to everyone. Sharing these values with the world captures our ethos of community and transparency, while also giving a deeper understanding of what we believe is important about Reddit. They are a reflection of our company and platform, and also exist as an aspiration for what we work toward every day alongside our users. Reddit would not be Reddit without our community.
Remember the Human
We believe Reddit is the most human place on the internet. It’s powered by the creativity, passion, and generosity of the people who spend time here and make it their own. We respect redditors and work hard to give them a place where self-expression can thrive and communities can achieve amazing things together.
We also remember that there are real people on the other side of the screen who lead full and complex lives. And often, when someone is struggling or in need of support, they come to Reddit to find help and understanding they can’t find elsewhere. We take this role seriously and aim to make Reddit a place where people can continue to find communities that accept and appreciate them for who they are.
Empower Communities
Reddit succeeds when our communities succeed. When we build anything on Reddit, we start with community—evaluating ideas by how well they empower communities.
Reddit has evolved by decentralizing control and empowering communities to create the spaces that work for them—spaces that have become some of the most selfless, ingenuitive, funny, and enriching communities on the internet. We trust communities to know what works best for them and give them the autonomy to make decisions for themselves.
Keep Reddit Real
Reddit is where people can be genuine. The humans of Reddit are a vast and diverse group of people, who come to the platform as their full, imperfect, human selves. Sometimes this results in the type of candid, honest discussions you can’t have anywhere else; other times it results in the type of communities you find on r/wowthissubexists. We present an authentic, unmanicured version of the world, and as long as being your unfiltered self isn’t hurting anyone or violating the Content Policy, then there’s a place for you on Reddit.
We don’t understand or agree with everything on Reddit (we’re a vast and diverse group of people, too), and we don’t try to conform Reddit to what we or other people think it should be. We do, though, try to create a space that is as real, complex, and wonderful as the world itself.
Privacy is a Right
Reddit stands for privacy. Redditors have complete control of their identity and are empowered to share as much or as little personal information as they want. Redditors don’t reveal information about each other without permission, and Reddit Inc. doesn’t use nonpublic information about redditors without their consent. To use Reddit, you’ll never have to surrender your privacy or pay us with your data or information.
We also let people know and control how we use their data. We run ads, and use what people agree to share with us to show them ads we think they might be interested in (and yes, to make money) but we don’t and won’t ever sell redditors’ information.
Believe in the Good
Reddit reflects humanity. When people on Reddit come together around something they really care about, they can and will do extraordinary things. In our interactions, we try to give each other the benefit of the doubt and remember that most people—even when upset, frustrated, or misguided—are decent and reasonable, and will do the right thing given the right circumstances.
Believing in the good does not mean disbelieving the bad. There will always be redditors (and people everywhere) who are nasty or just outright horrible at times. But if that was how all redditors were, the platform and its culture wouldn’t be what it is today. The overwhelming majority of people come to Reddit because they genuinely want to contribute and feel a sense of belonging. If that's not happening, something is wrong and we’ll fix it. People are good, and if we empower them, the good will always outshine the bad.