With 30 million unique visitors and close to 2 billion page views a month, it’s safe to say a lot happens on the link-sharing and discussion site Reddit every day. There are more than 90,000 sections on the site; a single discussion alone can sometimes attract more than 10,000 comments.
How can anyone keep track of it all? Our daily Reddit digest highlights the most interesting or important discussions from around the site—every morning.
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“If I had known then what I know now” is a fascinating, cautionary story on the pitfalls of adoption. Other redditors weigh-in on their adoption experiences in the comments. (/r/IAmA)
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After some user-mod tension, Reddit’s rage comics section gives subscribers the chance to vote on new rules. Should rage comics remain pure? Or should anything go in a subreddit with an anything-goes culture? (/r/fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu)
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Remember that AMA from Wikipedia’s Brandon Harris over the weekend? It actually took down Wikipedia itself. (/r/wikipedia)
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We already have enough reason to be completely demoralized by what Star Wars producer George Lucas has done to his two greatest franchises, right? Apparently not. Redditor DEMAG has a link to the first screenplay for the final Indiana Jones movie, written by the guy behind the Shawshank Redemption and The Walking Dead. “Have tissues ready as you imagine what could have been,” DEMAG writes. (/r/todayilearned)
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What are the best Easter eggs of all time in television, video games and movies? (/r/AskReddit)
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“Why aren’t there any virus’ or pathogens that make animals stronger or increase their longevity?” That would be better for everyone, right? The explanations in /r/askscience are fascinating. (/r/askscience)
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Speaking of viruses: A Dutch researcher has created a supervirus that could supposedly kill “half the world’s population.” Read the discussion in /r/science to feel slightly less terrified. (/r/science)