Reddit is an online discussion community with an extremely bad reputation, mainly due to the broad range of opinions it has historically permitted. But the American Historical Association recommends the subreddit r/AskHistorians as a good source for history. Why is this? Can you learn good history from Reddit? This video explains you can, and explains how.
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