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.
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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.
- A photographer in r/photography issued a screed against pretension in his field, and says the end of it as a profession is nigh. “If you want to be a photographer—wonderful, good, yes, do that, I can’t recommend it enough. But I do not think we will last.” (r/photography)
- After a redditor laments his only way of getting online is through a cracked Android phone, a kind soul in r/favors gives him a free computer. (r/favors)
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- r/TodayILearned has been on fire lately. Some gems: Scientology creator L. Ron Hubbard accidentally fired on Mexico when he was in the Navy. One April Fool’s joke involved lighting hundreds of tires in a dormant volcano. Russia has a “Valley of Death” that, while not radioactive, causes symptoms like radiation poisoning. Michael Jordan’s famous “Jumpman” logo is actually of him, not dunking, but performing a ballet move. (r/TodayILearned)
- Did you know there’s a r/MyLittleDamon subreddit? Like, My Little Pony, and Matt Damon. That’s right. Take that, bronies. (r/MyLittleDamon)
- A redditor in r/soccer Photoshops some dream jerseys for Atlético Madrid. Not only did the Spanish media report these as real—and controversial—new jerseys, an Asian factory made bootleg replicas. (r/soccer)
