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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An Egyptian protester answers questions live from Tahrir Square. (/r/IAmA)
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The morphing mass of black specks in this video is a murmuration of starlings. (/r/science)
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A New York police officer posts to /r/IAmA, willing to reveal all his thoughts about the Occupy Wall Street protesters. But someone in his department figures out his identity, and he quickly deletes the post. (/r/IAmA)
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“Holy crap. /r/politics posts are officially now completely indistinguishable from /r/circlejerk posts.” Well, especially when they’re purposefully identical. (/r/TheoryOfReddit)
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A reddit community is trying to make a free, open Internet. It’s called the Darknet Plan, and everyone thinks the name sucks. But the idea is great! (/r/technology)
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A week ago FateofaStranger’s sister went blind due to diabetic retinopathy. He wants to make her life “a little brighter” when she turns 22 on Tuesday. What can he do? The /r/AskReddit community has some ideas. (/r/AskReddit)
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The UC Davis cop who pepper-sprayed non-violent student protesters has become an image meme. Welcome to Internet immortality, Lt. John Pike! (/r/pics)
