Reddit’s r/Circlejerk goes underground until users’ bans are lifted

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• Reddit is preparing for the Global Reddit Meetup Day on June 15. (r/blog)
• Would r/AskScience be better off as a standalone site? (r/TheoryOfReddit)
• Tom Shadyac, director of films such as Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and The Nutty Professor, hosts an AMA. (r/IAMA)
• Due to several users getting shadowbanned, r/circlejerk shuts its doors. (r/MetaHub)

• Two different redditors in Denver snap a picture of the exact same lightning bolt. (r/bestof)
• Redditor PhoneDojo explains the secret to getting 600,000+ karma points in just one year. (r/bestof)
• r/AskHistorians discusses historical inaccuracies in the Book of Mormon. (r/AskHistorians)
• What is the lifespan of data on a rarely-used hard drive? (r/AskScience)

Picture of the day: No one is looking for any Droids at this abandoned Star Wars set.  (r/AbandonedPorn)

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