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Nobel-prize winning economist, New York Times columnist, and Princeton professor Paul Krugman spent a couple of hours on Reddit yesterday and proved himself an AMA natural. Berkeley economics professor Brad DeLong even showed up for a cameo. And if you want to know about Krugman’s opinion on automatic flush toilets, well, we learned that, too. (/r/IAmA)
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What’s it like to film a sex scene in a movie? Redditor photogc dishes out all the behind-the-scenes details. (/r/bestof)
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Do moderator witch hunts perpetuate conflicts between mods and users? It’s an important question, and the discussion is worth a read. (/r/TheoryOfReddit)
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Related: r/SubredditDrama lists Reddit’s biggest witch hunts. (/r/SubredditDrama)
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What should you do if you receive a subpoena for pirating? Probably get some real legal advice. But this thread in r/self is certainly educational. (/r/self)
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Redditor AlbertIInstein has an interesting if impractical idea: Split Reddit in two, with one site functioning as an image board and the other as a discussion forum and link-sharing site. It reminds me, unfortunately, of Netflix’s disastrous decision to split into two. As redditor lilzaphod notes, there are more elegant decisions that won’t alienate the (no doubt) huge proportion of Reddit’s userbase that likes both images and discussion. (/r/TheoryOfReddit)
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Why can we predict a rainstorm with our noses? There’s an interesting smell as a thunderstorm brews. Here’s the answer, plus a bonus: Why’s it smell so good after it rains? (/r/askscience)
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Here’s a useful video tutorial on how to use the dashboard feature in Reddit Enhancement Suite. (/r/Enhancement)
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