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Tips for Having a Successful Celebrity AMA on Reddit

Take heed, celebrities! If you want to court the internet, be prepared… to have fun with us. Yeahhhh, I know, can you imagine? You? Having fun? Just remember, we're electing you to your position. Make it seem like we could have a beer with you, and we'll do whatever stupid thing you want. Full story

Reddit Wants the Boston Bomber's Blood

Only one day after the Boston bombings, a subreddit was formed to collate and analyze photos of the crime scene, expanding to more than 3,000 users in less than half a day. We spoke to Rather_Confused, one of the subreddit's mods, to get a feel for this new breed of internet warr… Full story

A Weird Hotel Room in Houston Is Freaking Reddit Out

Last week, Reddit's internet detectives swarmed on a subreddit for Houston, Texas, after a user named Joelikesmusic posted a mysterious thread asking insiders what the deal was with a bizarre room at the local Hotel ZaZa. As you can see, the decor in room 322 errs more on the dee… Full story

Aaron Swartz's Tragic Battle with Copyright

Aaron H. Swartz, one of our most vigorous champions of open access and copyright reform, committed suicide in New York City on Friday at the age of 26. He was a pioneer and a renegade, part of the team that built Reddit as well as the widely-used RSS protocol. Full story

Our Syria Correspondent Is Doing a Reddit AMA Today

VICE Syria correspondent and veteran conflict photographer Robert King will be on Reddit tomorrow at 10:30 AM to answer your questions about what he's witnessed in his coverage of Bosnia, Chechnya, Afghanistan, Gaza, Mexico, Iraq, and now the year-long bloody civil war in Syria. Full story

You’re a Pussy if You Think There’s a War on Men

Some traditionalists are "pissed off" about "women not being women" now because decades ago, lazy men didn’t have to worry about talented women taking their jobs. Now that women can dictate the terms of relationships and don’t need to latch onto a man as soon as possible, they ar… Full story

Tracing Kody Maxson, the Online Blackmailer Alleged to Have Tormented Amanda Todd

In the days that have passed since my initial report about Amanda Todd’s suicide, the story has become even more convoluted and concerning. In an effort to clear some of this up, I decided to thoroughly vet Anonymous’s background research on Kody Maxson. While no one can definiti… Full story

Question of the Day

Would You Rather Fight a Horse-Sized Duck or a Hundred Duck-Sized Horses?

Today’s question is a debate as old as horses, or ducks, or debates. It’s been a staple of Reddit AMAs for some time and its origins are shrouded in mystery. Undeniably, it gets at something at the core of our humanity. Full story

The Best of Shane Smith’s Reddit AMA

For those of you who aren’t versed in the grotesque world of r/spacedicks and r/mensrights, we've compiled the top 20 exchanges that took place today between our boss and the redditors of the web. Full story

Reddit's Spacedicks Section Is the Internet's Actual Asshole

I don’t know about the internet-ing habits of the President, but it is unlikely that Obama is familiar with the subreddit /r/spacedicks. The banner for the page consists of a flying severed penis with a rainbow trail leading into someone’s prolapsed butthole. Full story