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 is the most popular NSFW section on Reddit /r/gonewild, where other redditors post amateur nude photographs? “Better the devil you know than the one you don’t,” explains nml5566 at the end of a quite insightful comment. (/r/TheoryOfReddit)
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An anti-viral drug that kills viruses as varied as the common cold and Ebola is under development. If it really works, how long until immune superviruses evolve? (/r/science)
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Redditors list all the companies that support the Stop Online Piracy Act, planning a boycott. (/r/AskReddit)
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After Reddit raised $50,000 to help the Gonzalez family pay for expenses related to their sons bone marrow transplants, Reddit’s staff encouraged the site’s users to register as bone marrow donors. One of the people who did so has already found a bone marrow match. “At most I will have 2 weeks of pain and discomfort and may get to save a life,” the redditor explains. “Worth it.” (/r/IAmA)
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Turns out Mark Wahlberg wasn’t such a nice guy as a teenager. “TIL Mark Wahlberg committed 2 hate crimes. One in which he permanently blinded the victim.” Don’t use PCP, kids! (/r/todayilearned)
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Redditors help a Denver man find his birth parents in less than three hours. (/r/Denver)
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“What are some examples of human traits that developed which were key to our survival at the time, but now are hindrances in modern society?” asks TedHashBerryman in /r/askscience. The top answer? Stress. (/r/askscience)
