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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On this day in Reddit history, a mathematician is almost as popular as a male porn star. (/r/IAmA)
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/r/gaming makes the right decision and splits in two. If you’re tired of honest discussions being drowned in a sea of memes and nostalgia posts, head over to /r/Games. If you’re rather fond of memes and nostalgia posts (and over the top mob justice), stick around in /r/gaming. (/r/gaming)
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“My 27 year old fiancee got diagnosed with an extremely rare form of cancer today. We have no insurance. Living in CA. The doctor said he would have done the surgery today if we were insured. What can we do?” It’s like everything that’s wrong with the American health care system in one thread. (/r/AskReddit)
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Which cover songs are superior to the originals? /r/AskReddit has 4,500 comments on the topic. (/r/AskReddit)
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“We’d eat the soup and gather around candles in the living room on blankets making up stories about Wooly Mammoths we had slaughtered that day exploring. I never knew we were poor until I grew up.” —a great comment in /r/frugal. (/r/Frugal)
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Redditor Sevsquad’s petition against the Stop Online Piracy Act collected 30,000 signatures, largely from other redditors. (/r/technology)
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Scientists have found a body of liquid water on Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons, which has massive implications in the search for extraterrestrial life. It just so happens redditor R_Stone’s dad is working on the project, and he has a badass mustache. /r/science
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How many children were conceived when Reddit went down nine months ago? (/r/AskReddit)
