How we pick the questions we cover
We cover questions because people are actually asking them and because the relevant communities have enough real discussion to support an honest answer. We do not take payment to add a question, to feature a product, or to land on a particular verdict. If we can't find a genuine community consensus, we either say it's divided or we don't publish.
We never fabricate
This is the line we will not cross. We do not invent usernames. We do not write quotes and attribute them to real or imaginary people. We do not make up or inflate upvote counts. Where we paraphrase, we label it. Where we quote, it's a real comment with a link. If we ever cannot verify something, we leave it out.
Independence from Reddit and from the products we cover
We are an independent publication. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Reddit, Inc.; we reference subreddits descriptively to tell you where a discussion took place. We also hold no equity in and take no placement fees from the companies whose products come up in these discussions. A verdict is our honest read of the community, not a paid outcome.
How we may (or may not) earn money
Where a page links to a product, that link may sometimes earn the site a small commission — and on many pages it earns us nothing at all. Either way, an affiliate relationship never determines our verdict: the consensus is written from the threads before any link is added, and we will rank or recommend against a product whether or not a link pays. We disclose this here rather than burying it.
Representing communities fairly
We try hard not to flatten a nuanced discussion into a slogan. When a community is genuinely split, our verdict says "divided." When a loud minority is drowning out the prevailing view, we note it. When sentiment has shifted over time, we report the current view and say what changed. Misrepresenting what a community thinks — to make a cleaner headline or a stronger recommendation — would defeat the entire point of this site.
Corrections
If we've misread a thread, mischaracterized a consensus, or linked the wrong place, tell us at editorial@whatredditthinks.com. We correct inline with a dated note, and where a correction changes the verdict, we say so at the top.