Sometimes reddit needs to ask the community to help fight spam. [1]
Most of the reddit admins will be there, and our friends at Singha even hooked us up with some tasty beer to share. [...] To ensure that all the shenanigans are adequately documented and shared, MrGrim at imgur has set up a special event based gallery for the Global Meetup. [2]
Vote on links here to help them become popular, and click the forwards and backwards buttons to view more. [3]
Five members of the Google Docs team recently participated in this forum, soliciting 1527 questions and comments. [4]
TIL about an Army Ranger who was wounded in Iraq, was immune to morphine, elected to have his leg amputated, requalified as a Ranger, and saved another soldier’s life in Afghanistan all while using a prosthetic leg. [3]
To participate, Redditors only have to leave a video suggestion in the discussion thread; the most popular suggestions will appear on the homepage. [4]
I’m really into open source (the last few years at Google were working on http://code.google.com/hosting). [2]
Cond? Nast Publications, owner of Wired, acquired Reddit on October 31, 2006. [5]
Thanks Amazon, now I know EXACTLY what to get my grandparents for any gift giving occasion. [3]
The appearance of submissions on the front page is determined by the age of the submission, positive to negative feedback ratio and the total vote count. [...] Popular comments are seen by thousands of users, and are often the basis for new submissions. [5]
Proof that Jersey Shore is FAKE. [1]
Reddit was founded by Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian, both 22-year-old graduates of the University of Virginia. [...] Users have the option to submit links to content on the Internet or submit “self” posts that contain original, user-submitted text. [5]
Sources:
[1] reddit: the front page of the internet
[2] blog.reddit — what’s new on reddit
[3] reddit: the front page of the internet
[4] Reddit To Edit Hulu Homepage On Friday, June 24th
[5] reddit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia