My favorite website, reddit.com, has these things called "subreddits" that are specialized to specific subjects. (e.g.: r/funny, r/pics, r/atheism) Reddit is a website where the users control the content, very reflective of current issues and trends. Users "vote" on new submissions (upvote or downvote) and the top submissions go on their "front page". Because Reddit is an international website (and free), there is always content that someone will find interesting.
Something I have recently been paying more attention to is r/books, a subreddit community where the users can talk about : "Book reviews, recommendations, stories about books or book technology, etc." There is always an interesting post on their "front page". Right now the top post is "Your favorite sentence in any book, ever?" where users are currently posting different sentences from a vast number of books.
One glitch that this page seems to have is that you cannot sort the posts by the subjects at the top of the page (what's hot, new, controversial, top and saved), but you can add that to your URL manually. (e.g.: www.reddit.com/r/books/top)
One thing we must remember is that this is still the internet, and the content is controlled by the users, so you could potentially be "offended" by some of the links/pictures/opinions. Take your time to explore this website and figure out how to use it.
Great subreddit if you are interested in books and in seeing different opinions from around the world.
Reddit is awesome. My boyfriend always sends me stuff from there. At his last job thats basically all he read for hours on end. Got paid to look at reddit basically. :P
ReplyDeleteI reaaly like reading your blog Sarah! It introduces me to books I might never hear of and can now try reading. Hope you keep this blog going.
ReplyDeleteCarla