Potential sites

I think a wealth of voyeurism can be yielded from Reddit.com. It is a general forum/news discussion site, but it features thousands of "subreddits," which are off-shoot communities integrated into the entire site itself. Popular subreddits (using the site's nomenclature to denote specific forums) include "/r/pics," "/r/funny," "/r/cats," "/r/gaming," "/r/geek," and so forth. (The naming mechanism is a partial URL -- one would say, "I like frequently r slash geek," which implies the URL is www.reddit.com/r/geek.) Subreddits can almost be seen as their own site -- one generally subscribes to them to incorporate it into their overall Redditing experience, and not everyone participates in every subreddit. That would be impossible, given the amount of discussion and subreddits that exist.

I am looking to pick a particular subreddit to watch, but haven't determined which one yet. I might look at the politics surrounding /r/worldnews (which forbids US news), /r/japan for Japanese culture and language, /r/geek for general geek culture, or /r/twoxchromosomes, which is a popular subreddit for women.

As I am active in some subreddits, I participate often enough to be considered an "insider" to a degree, but I may have to go outside of my comfort zone to participate in discussions that I am not always confident enough to join.

Reddit is general is extremely populated, and currently has an Alexa rating of 117, so I have no doubt I will be able to get a lot of generated and interesting data. It also is heavily digitally literate -- Redditors, by stereotype, tend to be geeky folk who are highly involved in the computer industry, video games, worldly politics and cultures, propagation of internet memes, and boasts membership from all over the world. I have total faith that I will find many points of interest through this site.