class="align-right" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/icon.png?323f2c" alt="why reddit is awesome" />In recent times, title="5 Ways To Find The Best Obscure Subreddits On Reddit" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-ways-find-obscure-subreddits-reddit/">Reddit has been labeled as a kind of Internet cesspool – a place where only the most vile and disgusting individuals go. Granted, this may come from a general misunderstanding of how the website works, and with that being said, I can understand the confusion.

Today, I’d like to give just a general overview of how Reddit works. I’m not making excuses for the title="3 Types Of Reddit Commenters That Drive Me Nuts" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/3-types-reddit-commenters-drive-nuts/">bad parts of Reddit – of course not – but I do want to keep you informed. The more you know, right?  Oh and don’t forget to read href="http://www.makeuseof.com/pages/download-best-of-the-web-delivered-the-reddit-manual">Dave’s informative manual on Reddit too.

What’s Bad About Reddit?

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Contrary to popular belief, Reddit is not a site devoted to child porn and degradation of women. That would be title="9 Hilarious Websites To Visit When You Need To Kill Time" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/9-hilarious-websites-to-visit-when-you-need-to-kill-time/">4Chan, and if this was the case, I wouldn’t be using it. I’m not at all a proponent for things such as these, but I’ll admit that there are a lot of ugly things on Reddit that are pretty close to the items mentioned, such as:

GoneWild: A subreddit where users post fairly-sexualized nude pictures of themselves, desensitizing the human race to the beauty of sex and giving those who post misdirected praise.

Obnoxious Religious Debate: Militant believers and militant nonbelievers tend to duke it out on the main page of Reddit – something that should be relatively unbiased, methinks.

Exploitation of Teens: There are a few subreddits that depict teenagers in a rather sexualized way – not pornographically, but close. There is the possibility that the pictures found on these subreddits are routed through Facebook, but I will explain how these sections of Reddit are completely within themselves later on in this post.

These are just a few of the bad things about Reddit, and there are quite a few others. I’m not kidding. However, you have to understand how Reddit works before you form an opinion of it.

How Does Reddit Work?

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Let’s imagine a place where the entire world is connected through computers. People are able to create pages that can be read on a screen, and other people can read them and even write on them to the people that have created them. These pages eventually become large communities of people reading and writing, and they range from title="A Brief Overview of Internet Memes & How You Can Quickly Create Your Own" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/overview-internet-memes-quickly-create/">discussion about cats to ramblings about faith all the way to videos of pornography. However, each person chooses to go to the page that interests them the most, so the people that go to the page about cats do not go to the page with pornography.

You may say, “Josh, we already have that – it’s the Internet!”

I say, “No, sir. It’s not the Internet that I’m describing. I’m describing Reddit.”

What amazes me is that the people who bash Reddit are actually users of the Internet – a place that is full of discussion about cats, ramblings about faith, and even videos of pornography. With that being said, Reddit is divided into communities – called subreddits – just like the Internet, so at the core, Reddit is like a miniature version of the Internet itself!

Basically, here’s what I say to a person that bashes Reddit – you wouldn’t automatically say someone looks at jailbait just because they get on the Internet, right?

Should Reddit Censor Itself?

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In my opinion, Reddit should censor itself to some degree. It’s technically a private website created by individuals looking for profit, so it’s fine with me if they choose to censor items. However, the question always arises, “What kind of stuff should they censor?”

Well, for me, that’s anything to do with jailbait, and yes, there are Reddit communities devoted to this (by all technical means, they are not pornographic, but they are still disgusting). So most importantly, young children and even young teenagers do not deserve to be viewed in a sexual manner whatsoever. Furthermore, it puts a bad mark on the other users of Reddit, for other people do not understand that the site is divided up into communities, and typically, those communities do not ever see each other except for when an individual chooses to go to them.

When it comes to trivial things such as porn and religion (bet you never thought you’d see those two in the same sentence), I don’t think they should be censored. However, as someone who is adamantly against pornography in general (but prefers to use discussion rather than force to get his point across), I’d rather not see it at all.

Fortunately, there are methods to censor Reddit on your own, such as the title="Use Reddit Like A Boss With This Combo Package" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/reddit-boss-combo-package/">Reddit Enhancement Suite. I use it to block anything NSFW, and I also block out keywords that float around the site. Pretty useful tool, and I recommend it to anyone.

Conclusion

Maybe I didn’t make a good case for Reddit, and that’s kind of hard to do when writing just a blog post. In that case, I’ll just leave this other  href="http://blog.reddit.com/2011/12/3-year-old-lucas-inspires-reddit.html">blog post here.

What other support can you give for Reddit? What are the things about Reddit that you don’t like?  What can it do to improve?

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class="align-left" style="border: 0px none; margin-left: 20px; margin-top: 5px; float: right;" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/sintel_poster.jpg" alt="short films online" width="200" height="299" />Just last month, the class="vt-p" href="http://www.blender.org/blenderorg/blender-foundation/">Blender Foundation released its third open movie, class="vt-p" href="http://www.sintel.org/">Sintel, which you can watch below and on class="vt-p" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRsGyueVLvQ">YouTube. Just like its previous short films online, the Blender Foundation used only open-source or free software to produce movies of at least 10 minutes for everyone to rejoice and learn about the potential of the 3D animation software and video editor class="vt-p" href="http://www.blender.org/">Blender.

Blender is cross-platform so you can learn the basics right now with the class="vt-p" href="http://www.blender.org/education-help/quickstart/">QuickStart and plenty of other tutorials on the official site and all over the net. Blender’s not the only 3D content creation software available for free though.

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Just to name a few, there’s:

• class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/build-virtually-explore-3d-design-google-sketchup/">Google SketchUp that’s great to create buildings and objects,
• class="vt-p" href="http://www.wings3d.com/">Wings 3D, a cross-platform, open-source  3D modeler,
• class="vt-p" href="http://www.makehuman.org/">MakeHuman, another cross-platform, open-source tool to model human characters,
• class="vt-p" href="http://www.sculptris.com/index.html">Sculptris, free Windows-only 3D modeling and sculpting class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/sculptris-free-3d-modeling-program/">software,
• class="vt-p" href="http://meshlab.sourceforge.net/">MeshLab, cross-platform and open-source tool to process 3D scans,
• class="vt-p" href="http://www.caligari.com/products/trueSpace/ts75/brochure/intro.asp">trueSpace, a free Windows-only 3D content creation tool.

There are a few more alternatives which you can see class="vt-p" href="http://alternativeto.net/software/blender/?sort=likes&license=free">here but Blender seems to be very popular so most of the following open-source-generated masterpieces are made with this powerful suite.

Short Films

The Blender Foundation’s Sintel is a 12-minute short film released online on September 30th, 2010 that was independently produced (initially funded through donations) with only class="vt-p" href="http://www.sintel.org/about/">open-source software over 10 months in Amsterdam. The software used includes:

• class="vt-p" href="http://inkscape.org/">Inkscape, an open-source  class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/convert-images-to-svg-format-with-inkscape/">vector graphics editor comparable to Adobe Illustrator,
• class="vt-p" href="http://www.gimp.org/">GIMP, the open-source  class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/10-websites-to-make-you-a-photoshop-ninja/">Photoshop alternative that you can start learning now with  class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/top-10-beginner-level-video-tutorials-learn-gimp-fast/">video and  class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-websites-learn-gimp-photo-editor-online/">text class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-websites-learn-gimp-photo-editing/">tutorials,
• class="vt-p" href="http://www.blender.org/">Blender, which was discussed in the fascinating post,  class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/technology-explained-what-is-cgi-animation/">What Is CGI Animation [Technology Explained] and has been used to create even  class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/yo-frankie-free-open-source-platform-game/">video games,
• class="vt-p" href="http://mypaint.intilinux.com/">MyPaint, a painting program, and class="vt-p" href="http://www.koffice.org/krita/">Krita, a sketching and painting application that’s part of class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/fedora-12-a-visually-pleasing-highly-configurable-linux-distro-you-might-want-to-try/">KOffice. Both are cross-platform.

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class="vt-p" href="http://www.bigbuckbunny.org/">Big Buck Bunny is an award-winning animated short film released online by the Blender Foundation in 2008.

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According to the official site,  class="vt-p" href="http://orange.blender.org/">Elephants Dream is the world’s first open movie released by the Blender Foundation in 2006 after 8 months of work. You class="vt-p" href="http://www.blender3d.org/e-shop/product_info.php?products_id=84">can’t seem to order the DVD anymore, but you can watch and download it online.

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Besides these, there’s also class="vt-p" href="http://www.plumiferos.com/">Plumíferos or Free Birds, an 80-minute Argentinean feature film that premiered in February 2010 and is entirely made with open-source software (Blender and Linux OS). Here’s the trailer with subtitles.

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Shorts

class="vt-p" href="http://vimeo.com/13376654">The Cup from  class="vt-p" href="http://vimeo.com/user944467">Pepe School Land via class="vt-p" href="http://www.blendernation.com/2010/07/28/the-cup/">Blender Nation and class="vt-p" href="http://www.techdrivein.com/2010/09/6-more-blender-made-movies-and.html">Tech Drive-In: This consists of superbly made and hilarious short made in Blender by students of a Barcelona-based animation school.

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class="vt-p" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgnTxZElfIw">Taste Lab by class="vt-p" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/ChrisIceBox">ICEBOX Studios via  class="vt-p" href="http://www.techdrivein.com/2010/09/6-more-blender-made-movies-and.html">Tech Drive-In: This is a short comedy (about a girl tester in a food lab) that was produced in 5 months with Blender.

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(NSFW) class="vt-p" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7jCpv3wDeM">South Park Animation by class="vt-p" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/dirtyblender">dirtyblender: Here’s an unofficial animation that was produced in a month also solely in Blender.

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class="vt-p" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIW2Y3kZIgo">Rainboy by class="vt-p" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/3dddie">3dddie: This is a short film made in full in 5 days with Blender, GIMP and Inkscape.

In the short, the boy holds a sign saying “Ojek Payung” which translates to “Rain taxi” or “Rent an umbrella”. The phrase seems to refer to kids in rainy season that lend their umbrellas to office people who need to quickly go to a restaurant or somewhere nearby around lunch time but don’t carry an umbrella with them.

All the software used have been featured in MakeUseOf’s earlier list of class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/4-great-applications-for-the-graphic-designer-on-a-budget/">Free Applications For The Graphic Designer On A Budget.

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Here’s a very cute Anime clip, class="vt-p" href="http://vimeo.com/12132913">HapiLoli from class="vt-p" href="http://vimeo.com/user379696">tomo via class="vt-p" href="http://www.blendernation.com/2010/06/23/tomos-manga-videos/">Blender Nation that uses Blender.

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class="vt-p" href="http://vimeo.com/9865011">Transformation from class="vt-p" href="http://vimeo.com/user3298020">Andre Baran via class="vt-p" href="http://www.blendernation.com/2010/03/05/transformation/">Blender Nation: Now here’s a clip that demonstrates that you don’t have to use Blender to create 3D cartoons only. You can composite commercial-quality sequences to illustrate a concept.

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This is another clip of Blender being used to create a class="vt-p" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNKkC133qak">logo by class="vt-p" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/BnBGobo">BnBGobo for the CFC, (Combined Federal Campaign).

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class="vt-p" href="http://vimeo.com/14177805">Pelikone from  class="vt-p" href="http://vimeo.com/mrkombo">Kombo via class="vt-p" href="http://www.blendernation.com/2010/09/30/tv-ad-for-a-finnish-game-site-pelikone-fi/">Blender Nation: The following clip is a recently-released Blender-made ad for a Finnish game site.

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Just so you know, Blender’s not the only animation software available. Here’s class="vt-p" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwSZZivjQMo">Prologue (released in 2004) which consists of a short made by Voria Studios, the studio that class="vt-p" href="http://synfig.org/wiki/History">came to release the class="vt-p" href="http://synfig.org/">Synfig 2D animation software under GNU license. class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/say-goodbye-to-adobe-creative-suite/">Synfig is today a vector-based open-source animation package that facilitates the process of tweening, which is basically drawing animation frame by frame.

Prologue tells the story of two boys trying to run away from soldiers in a sewer. According to the site, “in an attempt to protect his friend, one of the children tries to draw one of the soldiers away. However, plans don’t always work out as one would hope.”

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class="vt-p" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mpr6WaTsfU">My Friend Rabbit Making Pizza is a short (click to watch as embedding is disabled) made with class="vt-p" href="http://www.pencil-animation.org/">Pencil, an open-source traditional animation software that lets you trace previously-drawn raster and vector images for your next frames (with its class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/pencil-a-free-multi-os-animation-application/">onion skin feature).

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Who doesn’t experience that situation?, you purchase a new Pc, it functions fine for just a few months and suddenly your computer just isn’t the same as it used to be, you start getting these unexplained and irritating error messages, ‘blue screens’ and maybe even software functionality problems. Luckily, well designed Win Xp Registry Fix Tool can easily fix most of these problems. If you follow this review you’ll learn how it works and how it can help you.

Ever wondered about what windows registry is? Well, Registry is a Win inner database which stores various data and configurations about your computer’s software and hardware installations. This information is being used by your PC’s Win system. After a while that you’ve been using your pc, a wide range software and hardware installations and other files that are being used can harm your registry, causing your computer to pop up a wide range of errors, reducing your PC’s speed and even slowing down your Pc’s internet speed.

As you probably already understand it is quite important to keep your Pc’s registry db organized. The more we do that, the better. How can this be done? If you know how to handle your registry, then that can be easily done manually, it should be quite easy for you, but when you have dozens and even hundreds of h/w & s/w settings on your Personal computer you may find this task quite frustrating since it would take much of your time. Most pc users haven’t got a clue where to start or what to do, so it is recommended to either let an experienced person to fix and maintain your registry (Can be very expensive…) or find a professional windows reg. repair system.

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There’s probably more game apps in the iTunes store than any other kind of app, and while most of them are in the 0.99 cent range, there are some great choices out there that will cost you absolutely nothing.

The following is a list of 8 iPhone games you won’t believe are free. They’ve either got great graphics and sound effects, or are just a great gaming experience overall.

Most importantly, none of these apps have any limitations on the actual gameplay, but a couple of of them are ad-supported free versions of paid apps. In the big scheme of things, that’s a pretty small price to pay to get a great app for free.

Scramboni

For all the word nerds out there, Scramboni [iTunes link] is a great multiplayer online game. Each game consists of 20 rounds, where you have to unscramble letters to form a word. There are three levels, and you can only progress to the higher levels after you’ve played, and scored, enough.

For each round, you will find out how fast you were in comparison to your opponents, and overall you will be ranked by the number of points you score.

Texas Hold’em Live

The graphics on Texas Hold’em Live [iTunes link], a huge online multiplayer game are pretty impressive, and it’s surprising that the it’s free.

Play the Texas Hold ‘Em version of poker against opponents from around the world, or if you don’t want to go online, you can also play a quick round against as many AI (Artificial Intelligence) opponents as you like.

Backgammon Lite

If you are a fan of backgammon, Backgammon Lite [iTunes link] will definitely appeal to you with its great graphics and sound effects. And if you don’t know how to play backgammon, this is a great way to learn.

You can either play a single player game against an AI, play in peer to peer mode using Bluetooth to connect to another iPhone or in pass-and-play mode.

Topple

Topple [iTunes link] is a game in which you have to stack as many wacky shapes on top of each other to reach a specific goal. As you finish each level, the next level is unlocked, where the target line gets higher and higher. Just make sure you don’t drop too many of the shapes into the abyss, because once you lose 5 blocks, the game ends.

Froggy Jump

Froggy Jump [iTunes link] is a highly addictive game. Guide your frog by tilting your phone, jumping onto little patches of grass that give him a boost to jump higher. As you jump around, try to collect all the letters of the goal word, collect crystals, and unlock new levels and features.

Words With Friends Free

Scrabble fans can have all the free fun they want with the ad-supported version of Words with Friends [iTunes link]. You can either have the game match you up with a random opponent from anywhere in the world, or you can invite your friends to play against you. You can also play and pass with a friend using one iPhone.

Words with Friends also makes use of the iPhone’s push notification feature so you don’t have to keep the app open to know when it’s your turn.

Crazy Chipmunks

Crazy Chipmunks [iTunes link] is a highly addictive game that has three modes of play. In Classic mode you have 30 seconds to tap all of the little brown chipmunks popping out of their holes, avoiding the pinks ones. In challenge mode, there is no time limit, but rather the game ends once you have hit three of the pink chipmunks.

The final mode is quite different from the first two, using the same graphics for a memory game.

Kung Fu Touch

Kung Fu Touch [iTunes link] is a cute game with really good graphics. Get in touch with your inner Kung Fu Master, and chop flying sushi (amongst other objects) before they hit you.

The graphics and sounds effects are excellent, but if you’re planning on playing this game in a quiet room – you should be warned that the splash intro cannot be muted. There are two modes of play – single player, or online duel gaming with a random opponent.

Traffic Rush

Traffic Rush [iTunes link] is actually a paid app, but it’s available for free for a limited time. In Traffic Rush you have to keep the traffic going at an intersection. Speed cars up by swiping them across the screen, and stop them at the intersection by tapping them. How long can you keep traffic going without a collision?

Traffic Rush’s graphics are simple and are more reminiscent of older games of this sort, but that is part of its charm.

Another great free iPhone game that definitely deserves a mention is Tap Tap Revenge.

What are your favourite free iPhone games? Let us know in the comments.

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