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A Data Scientist Explains What Makes A Viral Reddit Post
Randy Olson is a Computer Science graduate research assistant at Michigan State University. This post originally appeared on his blog.Today I’m going to tackle the question that’s on all Redditor’s...
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Couple Allows Reddit To Name Their Unborn Daughter
In a move bound to horrify the majority of parents-to-be, the couple are taking suggestions for the first and middle name of their baby girl, who is due to be born in April. Users are able to vote for...
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Reddit Is Now A Much Less Important Source Of Traffic Than It Used To Be
Reddit saw an 83% increase in traffic, to 731 million unique visitors in 2013, the company said, but "the front page of the internet" has become a much less crucial source of traffic over the same...
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A Convicted Insider Trader Went On Reddit To Reveal All Kinds Of Things About...
James Fleishman, a former vice president at "expert network" Primary Global Research LLC, is explaining on a Reddit "Ask Me Anything" what it's like to go to prison for insider trading.Prosecutors said...
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Proof That Facebook Is Surpassing Reddit's Audience Share (FB)
Since Facebook changed its News Feed algorithm to focus more on news and less on cute cats and other memes, it appears to have stolen a huge share of referred traffic on the internet — from...
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Famous Whistleblower Has Some Good Advice For Edward Snowden
Daniel Ellsberg— the leaker of the Vietnam-era Pentagon Papers — did a Reddit Ask-Me-Anything (AmA) this week, during which he talked about the NSA surveillance state and explained why Edward Snowden...
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No, The Weather Channel Is Not Hacking Your Gmail Account To Deliver Spam To...
A Reddit user has accused The Weather Channel of hacking into his Gmail account to send protest messages to DirecTV, which dropped the channel due to a contract dispute.There's just one problem with...
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How Bill Murray Tried To Save 'Garfield' And More Insights From His Reddit...
When celebrities want to promote something, they take to the internet. Since Bill Murray has a new movie called Monuments Men opening on February 7th, he took toReddit and delivered a detailed and...
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Bill Murray Voiced 'Garfield' Because He Confusedly Thought The Screenwriter...
Some may have wondered why Bill Murray agreed to voice the title character in 2004's animated film-version of "Garfield" during a career peek — just a year after his "Lost In Translation" Golden Globe...
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Here's What Google Engineers Do When Gmail Goes Down
Gmail went down for about 20 minutes this afternoon and professionals everywhere were forced to actually be productive (just kidding, they took to Twitter and tweeted jokes about the service's...
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This Is How Much Snow It Takes To Cancel School In Your State
Whenever snow is in the forecast, kids all over the country are crossing their fingers and hoping for a day off.But how much snow does it really take to get that cancellation?A new map from Reddit user...
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Reddit's Hilarious New Ad Sales Pitch Deck — With Doge And Nicholas Cage — Is...
Most people don't know that Reddit has a small but thriving advertising business.This is, after all, a site that gets more than 100 million unique visitors in a single month. It's a mass medium, which...
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The Funniest Highlights From Will Ferrell's Reddit AmA
Actor and comedian Will Ferrell went on Reddit on Tuesday to answer questions from users for the first time, and he offered one of the funnier AmA's (Ask-me-Anything) in recent memory.Ferrell, a former...
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The Best Coffee Shop Near Every Manhattan Subway Stop [MAP]
Reddit user Ricky Mikeabono created an amazing map of the best coffee house near every New York subway stop in Manhattan. "I just like good coffee and hanging out in coffee shops, and the map started...
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Snoop Dogg Interrupted Will Ferrell’s Reddit AMA And It Was Amazing
Snoop Dogg has been known to be an active redditor with his Reddit handle Here_Comes_The_King, so it's not a complete surprise that he would interrupt Will Ferrell's recent Ask Me Anything (AMA ).The...
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Matt Damon Gave An Eloquent Reddit AMA — Here Are His Best Answers
While on the promotional trail for his upcoming film "The Monuments Men," Matt Damon took some time to stop by Reddit for an AMA (Ask Me Anything) with fans.The film, which opens Friday, has a huge...
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Reddit Users Are Going Nuts Because Apple Blocked Their Favorite Bitcoin App
Lots and lots of vitriol spewing over at the Bitcoin subreddit lately — Apple's decision to shun Bitcoin apps has Redditors heaping negative criticism upon the company.Here's a look at just some of the...
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Flappy Bird's Massive Rise Can Be Traced To A Reddit Thread That Spun Out Of...
Flappy Bird is the latest viral hit in the mobile gaming world. But on Sunday, the developer took down the game because it became way too popular, too quickly. In the game, you have to help the bird...
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Bill Gates Says Digital Currencies Could Be Huge
Bill Gates is hosting an AMA on Reddit right now.Redditors have asked questions about everything from his new role at Microsoft to what his most expensive guilty pleasure purchase was (for the record:...
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Bill Gates Cracked A Funny Condom Joke On Reddit (MSFT)
Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates did an "ask me anything" session on Reddit on today.One thing is certain, Gates has a good sense of humor about his foundation's more...
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