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Hulu is a very popular streaming platform that rivals Netflix. Over the last twelve years, it has provided quality content that has given Netflix a run for its money. I know many people who have switched over from Netflix to Hulu in the past few years. Plus, with Hulu's recent merger with Disney, it seems like the growth potential for this platform is becoming unstoppable. Here is an interesting bit of trivia that I bet you didn't know - something that you can flaunt on the Hulu subreddit sometimes and make yourself sound smart (while also potentially earning yourself a fair share of karma): Hulu comes from a play on two mandarin words. First, there is húlú, which refers to a calabash or a bottle gourd. Then there is hùlù which is Mandarin for something like "an interactive recording."

The company's own blog sheds light on the concept of Hulu in Mandarin. The primary meaning interested us because it is used in an ancient Chinese proverb that describes the Hulu as the holder of precious things. It literally translates to ?gourd,? and in ancient times, the Hulu was hollowed out and used to hold precious things. The secondary meaning is ?interactive recording.? We saw both definitions as appropriate bookends and highly relevant to the mission of Hulu.

Discussing all things related to Hulu on Reddit is a huge community activity, with users sharing memes, inside jokes, and helpful tips.

History

. Many of the executives who now work at Hulu trace their involvement with the company back to its early days. These include Bruce Campbell, Peter Chernin, JB Perrette, Michael Lang, Beth Comstock, and Jason Kilar. They were all pioneers in developing the idea for Hulu when it was announced in March of 2006. Once it was announced that tech giants like AOL, NBC Universal (now Comcast), Yahoo, Facebook, MSN, and Myspace would be involved in its development, Jason Kilar was named CEO of the company toward the end of 2007. The website Hulu.com (which did not have any content on it at the time) began accepting email addresses in October 2007 as part of a beta test of the site. The site went live to the public on March 12th, 2008.

Although it didn't take very long for Hulu to become one of the most successful streaming services in the world, by 2011 it was reported that an unnamed bidder offered Hulu over $2 billion to acquire the site. The rumor had it that Hulu began seriously considering selling itself for the massive cash out, but fortunately they did not. They still had more groundwork to lay down and new services to roll out for us over the last decade.

In 2017, Disney announced that it had acquired a 30% stake in Hulu, but that was not enough. In March of 2019, they struck a deal giving them majority ownership of the streaming service. This is why you often see services like Hulu, Disney Plus, and ESPN Plus bundled together in special discount packages.

With Disney backing Hulu, the sky is truly the limit for this streaming service. They have already begun buying the rights to plenty of production studios and TV networks' content. Who knows where Hulu might go from here? Of course, you can read up on all of this and more on the massive community that is r/Hulu.

R/Hulu was created on May 7th, 2008. It has since grown to be one of the largest subreddits devoted to a streaming platform.

Content

Which leads us to everything that you can expect from using /r/Hulu. First of all, there are plenty of fellow Hulu heads for you to convene with. The community has a grand total of 47 thousand members, with somewhere between 500 and 1,000 online at any one given time. Sure, this isn't the largest subreddit there is, but it is still big enough to be extremely active. And if you have any questions or concerns regarding Hulu, you can almost certainly have them resolved here if nowhere else. Hulu's ?filter by flair? option is convenient and easy to use, allowing users to very quickly and easily find posts related to anything they might be looking for. The featured filters on the front page include ?Question, not answered,? ?Hulu with Live TV?, and ?News/Article.?Knowing your way around this feature of the Hulu subreddit will make things a lot easier when it comes time to find specific content on the page.

Along the right-hand side of r/Hulu's main subreddit page are a number of useful links. These include official Hulu links, ways to contact Hulu and provide feedback, a handy archive of helpful resources, a library of links for information on pricing, plans, logins, and ads, news and announcement resources, and a quick access list of all the different Hulu apps on the market. Few subreddits are more conveniently organized or pragmatically useful than r/Hulu.

I enjoy the way in which the moderators and members of r/Hulu go out of their way to stoke discussion. For instance, when I land on r/Hulu, I usually notice a pinned thread with the title, "What are you watching and what do you recommend on Hulu?" The thread is updated weekly, which encourages helpful and fun engagement. I find myself returning to this subreddit nearly every week for new show and movie ideas.

Suggestions that I have for r/Hulu

One area in which the moderators of r/Hulu appear to cut short the community is by enforcing some of the rules in an unnecessarily strict manner. I'm sure there are good reasons for many of them, but one that stands out to me as maybe being excessive is the rule that reads, "No memes, surveys, petitions, contests, or videos." Why would you want to limit users from creating a fun and lighthearted environment? I think it's possible that if this rule weren't in place, r/Hulu would be less convenient and useful than it currently is. I'm sure you would have to filter through a lot of insignificant content to find solid answers to real questions and concerns about the service, but then again there is already a quick 'filter by flare' option, so it just seems slightly limiting in terms of fun for no reason.

Conclusion

This subreddit is a comprehensive resource for everything related to Hulu, including questions, resolving tech issues, getting recommendations for what to watch, and keeping up with the latest on Hulu news and announcements.