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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Redditors list the most interesting facts they know: “Ducks have regional accents;” “Scientists have created a goat that lactates spider web silk;” “Most people in North Korea aren’t aware that man has landed on the moon yet.” (/r/AskReddit)
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Following F7U12’s largely successful survey last week, /r/gaming asks its users to vote on subreddit policies using an external survey. Is Reddit learning how to be truly democratic?(/r/gaming)
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In /r/funny, moderators have banned blogger and Web humorist The Frogman from submitting links. Why? He’s violated Reddit’s 10 percent spamming rule: For every ten links he posts, only one should be his own content. This has spawned outrage and frustration on the The Frogman’s part and some interesting discussion about reddit’s spam policies at /r/TheoryOfReddit. (/r/funny)
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As the U.S. Secretary of State voices serious concerns about the elections in Russia, a redditor posts to/r/AskReddit claiming that “civil war” is imminent. “News don’t cover it,” the redditor writes, “media is shut down, I’m on phone atm can’t get to work cause traffic is horrible. They say the army is coming, had minor protests yesterday.” In the comments, others suggest the term “civil war” just might be a bit sensational. (/r/AskReddit)
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Do tight pants affect how fat is distributed in your body? /r/askscience tackles this pressing concern of the holiday season. (/r/askscience)
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The pace of deforestation in the Amazon has fallen to its lowest rate since monitoring began. Sounds wonderful, right? Read the comments in /r/science and you’ll feel a lot less optimistic (and also discover how Ron Paul’s libertarians would attempt to handle the world’s environmental problems). (/r/science)