What actually happens at Reddit meetups?

Want to read Reddit but don’t have the time? Our daily Reddit Digest highlights the most interesting or important discussions from around the social news site—every morning.

• Reddit admins discuss the positive and negative aspects of Reddit’s role in the Boston Marathon bombings. (r/blog)
• What words trend on the front page of Reddit? (r/TheoryOfReddit)
• Rhett and Link host an AMA. (r/IAMA)
• Redditor details facts and myths about CISPA and receives death threats. Reddit admins currently looking into the threats. (r/subredditdrama)
• Redditor suggests that Reddit meetups focus on community action rather than awkward people making nervous talk in a coffee shop. (r/defaultgems)
• Men of Reddit discuss the men’s rights movement. (r/askmen)
• Women of Reddit reveal what goes on during “girls’ night out.” (r/askwomen)
• What makes something sticky? (r/AskScience)
• r/AskHistorians discusses the first documented appearances of playgrounds. (r/askhistorians)

Picture of the day: Hashima Island in Japan, former home of a community built for one of the country’s coal mines, sits abandoned and crumbling. (r/abandonedporn)

Hottest subreddit: r/powerwashingporn (2 days)