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Wait for the prophetic Carlin quote about Jon at the end. Wow.

We'll see if the rally is successful, or if it fizzles into this year's Snakes on a Plane. But just by getting it rolling, Reddit has already dwarfed the real-world cultural accomplishments of Digg and 4chan and proven that it can push more culture through the internet than its competitors. This is the web's real center, whether anyone recognizes it or not.

Thank you, Nick Douglas!

Love it! The IE aliens sum up my feelings about those browsers well.

Tempted by the fruit of another

Reddit's been enjoying a wave of positive press lately--and with good reason. It does a lot of the same things Digg does, only better. I began casually using the site about three years ago, and have been going there daily for the past nine months.

Like Digg, Reddit revolves around users submitting and voting on stories. But there are a number of reasons it's different, and in many ways superior. Here are five big ones:

Welcome to reddit, Josh! Thanks for such a thoroughly awesome comparison story.

It's funny because it's true!

I got called out for not including a single dog photo in my last MIT talk, but here's another cat photo I now feel obliged to use at some point in a powerpoint.

A little while ago I posted this AMA about my mom. http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/ddn8l/my_mom_has_cancer_and_will_die_in_about_2_weeks/

And in this AMA I told you guys about our situation.

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/dfy2z/my_mother_passed_away_september_16th_2010_she/

Here is her obituary: http://www.wellsvilledaily.com/obituaries/x115760402/Joyce-Marie-Christina-Curtis-Waldon

My dad just wanted me to tell you thank you for all of your support! You guys pitched in to help a family in need that you didn't even know!

My dad wanted to show his appreciation by taking this AWESOME picture.

ASK ME ANYTHING about the whole process.

*Edit: Added the donation link because I got a few inquiries. My dad still has about $4000 left to pay, anything helps. http://www.wilwaldon.com/donate.html . Thank you to all of those that donated, it means the world to me and my father right now.

** The donations keep rolling in! THANK YOU SO MUCH REDDIT! My dad cried on the phone when I told him about the outpouring of support from a website of strangers that he has never and will probably never meet. You guys are amazing. I'm overwhelmed with joy!

I still can't believe that the donations keep coming! 9:05 pm est. Thank you.

***It's 7:30 am September 23rd. I am overwhelmed by the support that Reddit has given our family. The donations are still coming! I can't wait to tell my dad and to see the expression on his face today! I think my eyes just sprung a leak. All I can say is WOW and thank you so much!

Seriously, I could write a blog entry a week about awesome random acts performed by the reddit community. Mainstream media, feel free to cover this stuff for a warm & fuzzy story about the Internet...

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive and a founder of Facebook, has agreed to donate $100 million to improve the long-troubled public schools in Newark, and Gov. Chris Christie will cede some control of the state-run system to Mayor Cory A. Booker in conjunction with the huge gift, officials said Wednesday.

The three men plan to announce the arrangement on Friday on the “Oprah Winfrey Show.”

Well, the PR timing couldn't be better (and doing it on Oprah is a nice touch) but well done nonetheless, Mark. It'll be interesting to see how this $100M will be used (or squandered).

I can't believe it took me so long to discover this image. Been really enjoying this War series - part 3 can't come soon enough!