The social news site Reddit has announced a new feature which will allow users to create their own personalized "reddits." For now the new features are part of a closed beta, though Reddit says that will only last a week or so.
When the new features are made available to the public, users will be able to create and manage three different kinds of reddits: public, restricted, and private.
As you would expect, a public reddit is just like the main site where anyone can view and submit links, comments and more, but the personalized element means you can focus your reddit on a particular topic or theme. A restricted reddit will be similarly visible to the whole web, but only approved members will be able to submit, comment, or vote on posts. The last version, a private reddit, takes the restrictions one step further and limits viewing to members only.
As an administration of your very own reddit, you'll be able to moderate content, as well as approve or ban users.
As social news sites like Reddit or Digg continue to grow, early adopters often complain that the quality of content declines or the once narrow focus is lost. Reddit's plan to offer personalized versions of the site, especially the restricted version, where submissions come only from users you trust, makes sense and might help restore some of the value that's lost as the community grows and the focus changes.
If you can't wait a week or two for the beta testers to sort out the bugs or if you'd like to help out with that, send an e-mail to feedback@reddit with the subject, “omg me please.”
[Disclosure: Reddit is owned by CondeNet, parent company to Wired News]
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