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Jared Polis, redditor congressman, does an AMA

Congressman Jared Polis (D-Colo.), a veteran Reddit user, really knows how to give a good Ask Me Anything session.

On Feb 13, 2013 by Kevin Collier

20 annoying social media habits to give up for Lent

For the next 40 days, see if you can be a far more pleasant member of your online community and sacrifice one—or all—of these 20 common practices.

On Feb 13, 2013 by Mike Fenn

Internet Culture

Vandal who pooped in a redditor’s car is, of course, a redditor too

Warning: The following is absolutely gross but also kind of cute in an "It's nice to know that all redditors are thinking alike" kind of way.

On Feb 13, 2013 by Chase Hoffberger

Internet Culture

Reddit community helps transplant patient during winter storm

Reddit: 1, Nemo: 0.

On Feb 13, 2013 by Mike Fenn

Society

Retiring Pope Benedict XVI gets memed by Internet heathens

On Reddit's r/Atheism forum, the Pope's image has been parodied through dozens of image macros and "Star Wars" memes.

On Feb 12, 2013 by Fernando Alfonso III

Internet Culture

For Valentine’s Day, some practical flower-buying advice

Thanks, Reddit! This is useful. In other news: Redditors heart Bill Gates; men have quarterlife crises; women debate marriage.

On Feb 12, 2013 by Mike Fenn

Internet Culture

William Shatner calls Reddit out for racism, sexism

Shatner came to Reddit to do a Q&A with fans, and was less than impressed with the site's lax attitude toward bigoted and misogynistic posts.

On Feb 12, 2013 by Gavia Baker-Whitelaw

Society

Unwitting women find their photos on another creepy subreddit

For all the great things that Reddit can do for the world, there's still an excess of people who use the site for disturbing, invasive things, like crowdsourcing porn-star look-alikes of their classmates.

On Feb 12, 2013 by Chase Hoffberger

Internet Culture

Bill Gates talks philanthropy, Bing, and rock in Reddit AMA

The Microsoft chairman's Q&A session has earned 28,000 comments so far.

On Feb 12, 2013 by Mike Fenn

Business

How Twitter turned a hashtag prank into a feminist victory

Whether or not there is an actual war on women may be a hotly debated subject, but on Twitter this week a hashtag gender war has been plain for all to see.

On Feb 12, 2013 by Aja Romano

Internet Culture

Which Grammy nominee was holding an AMA during the show?

Unless you spent the Grammys on Reddit, this one's tough to guess. Also in today's roundup: /r/Boston helps out, English's silliest words, and Reddit bots come out.

On Feb 11, 2013 by Mike Fenn

Streaming

The 16 greatest Reddit voting GIFs of all time

Why simply upvote a comment when you can have a GIF of Terry Crews do it for you?

On Feb 11, 2013 by Fernando Alfonso III

Internet Culture

Reddit wrote the “Community” season 4 cold open months ago

There's a laugh track, a new song, clips of the actors, and everything's slightly off—and it's all in Abed's head. Just like Reddit outlined in r/community.

On Feb 8, 2013 by Mike Fenn

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