A great read, but important too for understanding why some parts of the internet are weak for fact-checking:

If there's a simple lesson in all of this, it's that hoaxes tend to thrive in communities which exhibit high levels of trust. But on the Internet, where identities are malleable and uncertain, we all might be well advised to err on the side of skepticism.

Fascinating and absorbing. Pretty much the first question: why aren't old versions of Mathematica made open source? His answer is smart.

"When reddit was acquired in October 2006 by Condé Nast, it was receiving about 700k page views per day. Now, reddit routinely gets that much traffic in 15 minutes."<br />
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Since you're wondering, 67m page views per day (assuming it's constant through the 24 hours.)<br />
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Intriguing how this happened while TechCrunch is imploding over its ownership by AOL.

A year ago, Reddit introduced a "subscription" program, Reddit Gold. Turn off ads, more comments visible, certain other interaction benefits, for $4/month, or $30 to start.<br />
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So, how has it gone?

Reddit tool for Android. In alpha, and you have to download and install. Geek quotient: high.