Reddit and Wikipedia will blackout Wednesday to protest SOPA

I had vaguely heard of Reddit before today but didn't really know what it was. So, today when I heard about Reddit joining Wikipedia in a worldwide Wednesday Blackout to protest SOPA I wanted to know more about the site here is a description of what it is from Wikipedia:

Reddit

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Reddit Inc.

Type	Private
Founded	2005
Founder(s)	Steve Huffman Alexis Ohanian
Area served	Worldwide
Owner	Advance Publications
Employees	10[1]
Slogan	The front page of the internet
Website	reddit.com
Alexa rank	114 (January 2012)[2]
Type of site	Social news
Advertising	Banner ads
Registration	Optional, required to submit
Available in	Multilingual
Current status	Active

Reddit (stylized as reddit; pronounced /ˈrɛdɪt/)^[3] is a social news website where the registered users submit content, in the form of either a link or a text "self" post. Other users then vote the submission "up" or "down," which is used to rank the post and determine its position on the site's pages and front page.
Reddit was originally founded by Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian. It was acquired by Condé Nast Publications in October 2006. In September 2011, Reddit was split from Condé Nast, and now operates as a subsidiary of Condé Nast's parent company, Advance Publications. end quote from Wikipedia.