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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Redditors are making a final push to propel the online petition against Stop Online Piracy Act past 1 million signatures. Right now, they’re only 20,000 signatures away. Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon has promised to read each name out loud to filibuster the legislation. (/r/technology).
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“In 1963, a 16-year-old San Diego high school student named Bruce McAllister sent a four-question mimeographed survey to 150 well-known authors of literary, commercial, and science fiction.” He got a whole bunch of responses, too, from people like Saul Bellow, Ray Bradbury, and Ayn Rand. (/r/TrueReddit)
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In /r/science, the top news is NASA’s discovery of an Earth-like planet 600 light years away. The second most popular link? NASA is creating a telescope 100 times as powerful as Hubble. This may be one of the greatest days ever for space nerds. (/r/science)
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“What minor, everyday victories do you enjoy way too much?” asks TheRustySpoon89 in /r/AskReddit). The top answer? “Whenever I’m waiting for the bus and it stops so that the door is right in front of me.” (/r/askreddit)
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When redditors upvote a headline without reading the corresponding link, what does it say about the community? (/r/TheoryOfReddit)
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Everything you ever wanted to know about microwaving a sponge. (/r/askscience)
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A real-life “bubble boy” does an AMA. (/r/IAmA)
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A redditor has apparently nabbed the WestboroBaptistChurch.xxx domain and wants to sell it to a porn site. All proceeds will go to Doctors Without Borders. In the comments, others suggest turning the site into an LGBT-positive place that discourages homophobia and teaches civil rights. (/r/atheism)
