Reddit may be a global phenomenon, with 30 million unique visitors and close to 2 billion page views a month, but the social news site showed its American roots yesterday. Overdosed on tryptophan and wine, U.S. redditors took a collective Thanksgiving break yesterday, and the site was relatively quiet.
Thankfully, the site’s international contingent stepped up to the plate. As America gorged on turkey, Reddit continued to buzz.
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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A redditor wants to know how he can take on Pelham jail in Georgia, where he says he was briefly incarcerated and abused. Another inmate of the prison recently died in solitary confinement. He was only 17. “You need legal advice, which Reddit cannot give you,” writes one, echoing the general sentiment. (/r/AskReddit).
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The only man to beat those kids on the TV show Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader is a Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist. (/r/todayilearned)
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“What’s a computer trick everyone should know?” Redditors give some pretty useful tips. (/r/AskReddit)
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How can dogs tell the difference between the bark from a dog on TV and a real bark? /r/askscience has the answer. (/r/askscience)
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Yesterday’s pic of a bacon turkey became a reality for one lucky redditor. It’s like Thanksgiving and a meaty Christmas all in one day! (/r/pics)