Here are today’s Nerd News! headlines:
How Many Read It on Reddit: In the past nobody really knew how many people were using the online forum website Reddit. The numbers aren’t exactly public information, but Reddit for the first time in their fifteen years has released their member count. On any given day, 52 million active users log on to Reddit. They’ve got some catching up to do since Twitter has 187 million.. and facebook. Has 1.82 BILLION people. Source.
X-ed Box: We told you yesterday that Playstation has thus far failed to stop Scalpers from gouging prices on their products, but retailers are starting to take notice. “Very” is a retailer in the UK who just cancelled an order for 1000 X-Box series X systems placed by a scalper group. Apparently some actually customers were affected by the cancellation, but in order to stop them from ripping people off, it had to be done, and those affected customers are getting refunds. Here‘s the story.
The God-4-ther: And finally the rumor mill is spinning in Hollywood about a possible 4th Godfather movie. In an interview with the New York Times, director Francis Ford Copolla said there were apparently talks for a 4th, 5th and 6th movie. Those plans fell through because the writer and creator of the Godfather series Mario Puzo died in 1999. But he did mention that Paramount may decide to go ahead with the Story. Paramount’s position is that there are no plans, but if the right story came long, they would consider it. Read more here.