Social news site Reddit bills itself as the front page of the internet, and there are days when it is hard to disagree with that description.It proved especially difficult last week given the outrage, debate, comment and condemnation generated when it encouraged rapists to share the motivation for their sexual assaults.Thousands of Redditors commented on the stories being told. Beyond Reddit some commentators said it was just a cheap attempt to generate notoriety, and others an attempt to excuse misogyny.

via BBC News – Reddit’s rise: Can the social news service stay popular?.