The first batch of "reddit fun" non-ads were games. Surely you've seen Super Fill-Up, and Ratmaze, and the one with the disappearing colored squares (protip for colorblind redditors: click the eye in the corner).
Next, we wanted to add in a rotation of nice photos — cute animals, inspiring landscapes, funny things, you know the deal. For the initial batch, we went to Flickr and searched for "cute animals" images under the Creative Commons license. There were some great results we used to kick things off, but it seemed more reddity to start getting them from the /r/photography community. There have been many, many great submissions, and we've been running them ever since. Here's how to submit your own:
- Crop and resize it down to 300x224
- Upload it to imgur
- Decide where you want people to be taken when they click it (ideally, the photo's Flickr page)
- Send us a PM with both links
As of today, this program is better than ever: First off, we're unveiling an archive at /r/NonAds where you can look through all the old selections. Second, we have a new trophy for the selected photographers.
Congratulations and thanks to our newest batch of award winners!