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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It only took 12 hours for redditors to help raise nearly $50,000 for Lucas Gonzalez, the three-year-old with a rare bone disease. The family had to close down the donations they were poring in so fast. (/r/Assistance).
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Speaking of Lucas, his father, Luis, did an AMA last night. The kid even made a guest appearance. (/r/IAmA)
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There was a mad rush of pizza charity last night as redditor IdTugYourBoat slung out pies to anyone who asked. The redditor explained: “I don’t care if you’re a college student living off top ramen, a single mother living paycheck to paycheck with a dozen mouths to feed, a frequently masturbating goat herder, or just a lonely person needing some cheesy closure; whatever, I don’t care. I’ll give you a goddamn pizza.” (/r/Random_Acts_Of_Pizza)
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Reddit seems to be in an uplifting community spirit lately. Last night, a 14-year-old victim of some pretty nasty bullying took his story to /r/AskReddit. At last update, he was headed to the police with his mother—at the urging of redditors. “Thank you, thank you, thank you, SO MUCH, everyone, for your responses!” he wrote. (/r/AskReddit)
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“Let’s revitalize some dead communities!” urged xtom, asking redditors to come up with some of their favorite little-known or once-popular communities. The top suggestion? /r/tipofmytongue. (/r/AskReddit)
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We expect this story to shoot to the top of /r/science shortly: Scientists have just discovered a crab that “cultivates gardens of bacteria on its claws, then eats them.” Sounds similar to something my roommate did in college. (/r/science)
