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 than90,000 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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Millions of man-children became filled with hope today: Houses full of slides really do exist. This redditor has photographic and video proof. And he’s doing an AMA. Some of the questions are great: “does it feel weird to take a slide when you’re in a bad mood or having a fight with someone?” (/r/IAmA)
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Expect some MTV’s “True Life” episodes about trichotillomaniacs, people who pull their hair out compulsively, and people who suffer from Pica, a disorder characterized by a desire to eat things that are not nutritious (plastic, wood, skin, etc.) How do we know? An MTV rep (or bot, as some suspect) has been lurking on Reddit forums, messaging people in private and sometimes in public. (/r/TheoryOfReddit)
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A writer for NBC’s “Community,” Megan Ganz, does an AMA. Big surprise, it’s pretty popular. “Seeing your zeal has been a much needed boost to the writers,” Ganz writes. That’s an oblique reference, we’re pretty sure, to /r/community, which boasts nearly 30,000 rabid Community fans as members. (/r/IAmA)
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Congrats to /r/buildapc which just hit 30,000 members. If you want to learn how to make your own PC (it’s not that hard!) check this subreddit out. It’s one of the best places to learn on the Web. (/r/buildapc)
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“We put enough preservatives in our food to embalm an elephant”—/r/business discusses the ultimate destination of expired supermarket foods. A Forbes article says it’s charities or salvage stores; a good number of redditors say “bullshit.” (/r/business)
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An /r/technology reader has created an Android app that helps you boycott companies that support SOPA. It works by scanning barcodes. (/r/technology)
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A science teacher living in the remote Marshall Islands asks /r/askscience for help coming up with simple but awesome experiments for his/her students. “I … really want to spark the students’ interest,” the teacher writes. There’s not a better to place to ask than /r/askscience. (/r/askscience)
