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Third Party Sites Can Finally Embed Comments from Reddit

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redditlogoReddit has often been a goldmine of information for website owners, and has been a major source of content for sites such as Buzzfeed, ViralNova, and the like.  But while Reddit is hugely popular, the lack of an embedding feature for third party sites meant many attributions to Reddit were added in tiny font, if they were included at all.  But Reddit is finally making the change to allow third parties to embed comments from Reddit on their own sites.

There is also an option to disable the embed if the comment is edited, which should help instances where users go back and completely change the context of their original comment.

Here is how a comment appears when embedded:

Comment from discussion Looking at the this picture of SpaceX Dragon’s interior cabin gives me the chills..

There does seem to be a weird quirk with it. When the first comment is the actual thread, such as self.subreddit, there is no option to embed that original comment that starts off the thread. For example, in this thread, you are unable to embed the content from the original post, only the comments after it.

While this is a great addition to Reddit, it is not without hurdles for site owners.  The color commentary on stories is often quite colorful and a large percentage of usernames contain NSFW words, meaning it could be a headache for those who either need to serve family friendly content or just for those who don’t want to run afoul of content filters at work.

Comments can only be embedded from public subreddits, so if you belong to a private subreddit, you will not be able to use the new embed feature to display that content offsite.

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Jennifer Slegg

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Jennifer Slegg is a longtime speaker and expert in search engine marketing, working in the industry for almost 20 years. When she isn't sitting at her desk writing and working, she can be found grabbing a latte at her local Starbucks or planning her next trip to Disneyland. She regularly speaks at Pubcon, SMX, State of Search, Brighton SEO and more, and has been presenting at conferences for over a decade.

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