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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Here’s something anyone would want to read first thing in the morning: “What’s the most horrible thing you’ve done?” asks volocom7 at /r/AskReddit. “Wow! “You guys are amazing!” he later olocom writes in an update to his post. “Oh, and stop confessing to murder. It’s freaking me out.” (/r/AskReddit)
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You know the emo-goth meme ? The guy from the pictures is doing an AMA. Turns out he’s a pretty cool guy. (/r/IAmA)
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Redditors discuss creating a Reddit scholarship fund. Is it completely unrealistic? One redditor with experience in the field says it can be done. (/r/AskReddit)
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Reddit’s largers women’s forum, /r/TwoXChromosomes introduces some new rules, including the banning of direct image posts. The regulars don’t like it very much at all, and the moderators quickly backtrack—showing why it’s always best to poll the community before dropping rule changes. (/r/TwoXChromosomes)
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The Burnet family turns to Reddit a second time as they seek help locating their son, 22-year-old Ian Burnet, who went missing in New York City over the New Year’s weekend. His story has been picked up by local NYC media; this is the third post from the family, who also posted in /r/nyc and /r/Assistance. (/r/self)
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On a similar subject, you should know about /r/MissingPersons, a subreddit specifically designed to help find people like Ian Burnet. Redditor JalapenoCheese has a warning, however: “Keep in mind that if you ever have information about a person posted on Reddit, you should contact the relevant police departments, NOT the posters. You never know if they’re an abusive ex-partner, crazy stalker, etc.” (/r/YouShouldKnow)
