Social media website Reddit is opening its first international office in Dublin this year.

The company registered a new identity in Ireland earlier this year, and the US tech giant confirmed today that it would see their offices open in 2019.

Speaking to The Journal's business site Fora.ie, a spokesperson for Reddit said that they plan on opening shop later this year, with 'active recruitment' currently ongoing.

Reddit, described as 'The Front Page of the Internet', is a little different to Facebook or Twitter, with the site divided into different communities across literally limitless categories, ranging from discussing movie fan theories to ornithology.

Unlike Facebook or Twitter, the site actively encourages 'downvoting' of posts to filter out either highly unpopular, or blatantly false or misleading information.


Jobs in Dublin will be primarily focussed on engineering, although the company will also be looking for an ‘anti-evil operations specialist’, working in the company's trust and safety division to moderate 'fake news' and other content that does not belong on the platform.

While Reddit in its infancy was often compared to 4chan as a sort of 'dark corner' of the internet, the site has moved into the mainstream in recent years, with initiatives such as ‘anti-evil operations specialists’ a key success to shaking the cowl of the former website.

Reddit boasts 330 million active users per month worldwide.