All of us at reddit work here because we think that reddit is a community like none other. We think it can be a powerful force to change the world for the better.

I'm not looking to step in and make 'big, bold changes' - I think reddit is great, and the team has a lot of good features already in the pipeline to improve functionality for users and mods, help with subreddit discovery, improve the API, and help bring reddit to more people.

Reddit is where anyone can come and tell their real story.

We stand for free speech. This means we are not going to ban distasteful subreddits. We will not ban legal content even if we find it odious or if we personally condemn it.

In the context of social media, reddit is more about the media than the personalities.

Reddit strives to be a community-oriented link-sharing and news site, which means that all our content is submitted and voted on by members of our community. We don't interfere with that process at all, either in an editorial or curation capacity.

I think that's one of the most unique and potentially powerful things about reddit - people come for the news, and stay for the community.