r/AmItheAsshole

r/AmItheAsshole
Type of site	Subreddit
Available in	English
Created by	Marc Beaulac
URL	www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole
Launched	June 8, 2013; 8 years ago

r/AmItheAsshole, also referred to as AITA, is a subreddit. Users post situations that they were part of to receive judgement on whether they were an asshole. Posts from the subreddit often go viral.^[3]

Concept[]

r/AmItheAsshole is based around the concept of posting situations from users' personal lives for judgement. Any user (typically from a single-use account)^[1] can make a post, beginning with "AITA", asking if they're an asshole for what they did in a situation they were involved in. Other users can judge them with the ratings of "YTA" ("you're the asshole"), "NTA" ("not the asshole"), "NAH" ("no assholes here"), or "ESH" ("everyone sucks here").^[3] In 2020 the site was reaching 30,000 posts a day, looking at 800 situations.^[4]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Matei, Adrienne (May 21, 2020). "Can trolling ever be charming – or are 'good' trolls still a nuisance?". The Guardian. Archived from the original on December 9, 2020. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
^ Gordon, Ilana (August 9, 2019). "How 'Am I the Asshole?' became the internet's most profound query". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on January 9, 2021. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
^ ^a ^b Walsh, Kathleen (July 27, 2020). "Reading Reddit Drama Helps Some People Leave Bad Relationships". Vice. Archived from the original on November 29, 2020. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
^ Hunt, Elle (October 22, 2020). "AITA? How a Reddit forum posed the defining question of our age". The Guardian. Archived from the original on January 29, 2021. Retrieved January 30, 2021.

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[guardian2020-1] Matei, Adrienne (May 21, 2020). "Can trolling ever be charming – or are 'good' trolls still a nuisance?". The Guardian. Archived from the original on December 9, 2020. Retrieved January 30, 2021.

[2] Gordon, Ilana (August 9, 2019). "How 'Am I the Asshole?' became the internet's most profound query". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on January 9, 2021. Retrieved January 30, 2021.

[vicerelationships-3] Walsh, Kathleen (July 27, 2020). "Reading Reddit Drama Helps Some People Leave Bad Relationships". Vice. Archived from the original on November 29, 2020. Retrieved December 29, 2020.

[4] Hunt, Elle (October 22, 2020). "AITA? How a Reddit forum posed the defining question of our age". The Guardian. Archived from the original on January 29, 2021. Retrieved January 30, 2021.

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