redditor

plural redditors

1. Alternative letter-case form of Redditor.

   This week’s find: a subreddit devoted to all the wonderfully deranged things people have done while under the influence of Ambien sleeping pills, or while experiencing a visit from the Ambien walrus, as redditors are known to call it.

   2017 February 22, Madison Malone Kircher, “‘Things You Did on Ambien’ Is Peak Reddit”, in Intelligencer, New York, N.Y.: New York Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Oct 2018

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   “We will not tolerate profit-seeking entities like Anthropic commercially exploiting Reddit content for billions of dollars without any return for redditors or respect for their privacy,” Ben Lee, Reddit’s chief legal officer, said in a statement.

   2025 June 4, Mike Isaac, quoting Ben Lee, “Reddit Sues Anthropic, Accusing It of Illegally Using Data From Its Site”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

plural Redditors · alternative redditor

1. A user of or contributor to Reddit.

   /u/RemindMeBot can be invoked by a Redditor to remind them of a thread or comment after a certain period of time.

   2016, Robert W. Gehl, Maria Bakardjieva, Socialbots and Their Friends

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   The idea that a feature can be valuable beyond the number of times it is used is of interest beyond the confines of c.l.l. I wonder what redditors will make of it?

   2007 November 27, Alan Crowe <alan@cawtech.freeserve.co.uk>, “The origins of CL conditions system”, in comp.lang.lisp (Usenet), via Google Groups, archived from the original on 07 Aug 2025

   Because of Reddit's voting system, the visibility of content is dependent on how the content resonates with Redditors.

   2013, Darin Jewell, Conrad Jones, Publish and Promote Your Ebook in a Day, page 140

   The Reddit amateurs may be gloating about their victory over elite hedge funds now, but in the casino of Wall Street the house always wins, and many Redditors may be flirting with financial catastrophe.

   2021 February 3, Farhad Manjoo, “Can We Please Stop Talking About Stocks, Please?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

   Any technofearful Redditor still persuaded by the myth of individual creative genius needs to familiarise themselves with words like “editor”, “dramaturg”, “amanuensis”, “arranger”, “fabricator”, “director”, “studio assistant” and “producer”.

   2025 November 20, Van Badham, “Xania Monet’s music is the stuff of nightmares. Thankfully her AI ‘clankers’ will be limited to this cultural moment”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

2. derogatoryslangA person with poor social skills, variously characterised by smug confidence, contrarianism, and obsession with technicalities; a nerd or basement dweller.

   god you're such a fucking redditor

   2026 August 23, @MicEli___, X (post), archived from the original on 28 Sep 2026

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   favorite female character: Alphys! She may be a genderbent anime redditor but she’s still fantastic

   2022 July 2, moonknightproductions, tumblr, archived from the original on 28 Sep 2026

   And if you think it's not too hard maybe you can explain why it's not too hard instead of being such a redditor about it.

   2024 June 23, Hollow Tim, “Re: 🚨 Shadow of the Erdtree is bad. 'Git Gud' Just Isn't Enough"”, in Steam Community, archived from the original on 07 Jul 2025

   Not to be a redditor, but isn't she just the handler for all the company's dogs?

   2025 August 14, u/Daff0dillydally, “This game makes it so fun to do bad things to bad people”, in r/BaldursGate3 (Reddit post), archived from the original on 28 Sep 2026