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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“Why do I need karma?” A newbie question leads to some entertaining interpretations of Reddit’s point system. (/r/AskReddit)
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Wikipedia’s Brandon Harris—he guy who’s picture you now see every time you visit the site—does an AMA. (/r/IAmA)
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Are we on the long road to curing cancer? /r/science has the discussion. (/r/science)
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A white teacher working on an impoverished Native American reservation discusses sociology, racism, and poverty, spawning interesting discussions throughout the thread. (/r/IAmA)
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A redditor sums up 90 percent of Reddit comments in a single, epic comment. (/r/funny)
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Is Reddit the worst sort of echo chamber? One redditor says you should subscribe to subreddit’s whose philosophy or politics you disagree with to make your experience on the site more interesting. (/r/TheoryOfReddit)
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Today I learned: President Nixon had a speech prepared in case Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong were stranded on the moon. (/r/todayilearned)
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Is /r/WTF no longer ideologically WTF-pure? One redditor wants the subreddit to return to its roots. /r/TheoryOfReddit discuss what that means. (/r/WTF)
