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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In one of the most pitiful attempts at viral marketing to ever squirm all the way to Reddit’s front page, a porn star—or, more likely, her manager—discovers how not to do an AMA. (/r/IAmA)
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I don’t care about the answers. I just like the question: “If an eccentric billionaire asked you to be his cat, would you?” (/r/AskReddit)
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The guy who plays the weirdly cherubic drug dealer Badger on Breaking Bad does an AMA. He snorts rock candy! (/r/IAmA)
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Are your translation skills going to waste because you browse Reddit all day? You can do both at the same time: Reddit needs volunteer translators. (r/announcements)
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r/Science discusses whether video games are are addictive like gambling. Does that make gambling games digital crack?
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Reddit admins want you to stand up against the Stop Online Piracy Act. (r/announcements)
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Why can’t we keep a decapitated human head alive? Turns out we can. Nightmare quote of the day: “He did, however, find that the fresher heads could respond to the sound of their name. The head would inevitably be rejected by the dog’s immune system though.” (/r/askscience)
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Finally, this is a pretty picture of a murder of crows (or maybe starlings). (/r/AnimalPorn)