Reddit’s explosion in popularity came with a lot of conversation around ads, growth, and investor concerns, but as I highlighted in my previous article , there’s been a continued shift back toward what the role of Reddit is going forward. Not towards search or AI, but for the communities, the Redditors who make up those communities, and how to grow without losing the core of what Reddit is.

During Mod World on Oct. 24, Reddit’s CEO Steve Huffman hosted a pseudo AMA to answer moderator questions and spent a good amount of time expanding on the vision he’s been hinting at all year, and I have to say it sounded pretty exciting.

I’ve been listening to what Steve has had to say about Reddit for 20 years.…