Marcus Smart is one of the fastest-rising stories on Reddit right now. Since the first thread appeared at Nov 10, 21:01 UTC, we have counted 4 threads about it in 2 communities, led by r/nba and r/unitedkingdom. Together they have drawn about 4.3K upvotes and 1K comments.
What the sources report
The articles behind the biggest threads, quoted directly from each publisher’s own summary.
- The Register: Smart meters to cost the UK billions: 2G switch-off means replacing 12-13 million
Sunset of legacy cellphone tech means forced upgrade for many millions of smart energy meter users
Where Reddit is talking about it
| Community | Threads | Upvotes | Comments | First thread |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| r/nba | 3 | 4,030 | 773 | Nov 12, 04:30 UTC |
| r/unitedkingdom | 1 | 238 | 235 | Nov 10, 21:01 UTC |
The biggest threads
- [Highlight] Marcus Smart throws a punch and whiffs at Charles Bassey and gets thrown out immediatelyr/nba · 3,650 upvotes · 626 comments · Nov 12, 04:30 UTC · streamable.com
- Smart meters to cost the UK billions: 2G switch-off means replacing 12-13 millionr/unitedkingdom · 238 upvotes · 235 comments · Nov 10, 21:01 UTC · theregister.com
- Charles Bassey on Marcus Smart throwing a punch at him: “Fake toughness.”“I don’t think he was trying to play. I think he was trying to get himself out of the game.”r/nba · 261 upvotes · 86 comments · Nov 12, 06:00 UTC · streamable.com
- [Highlight] The Play under the basket with Marcus Smart and Bassey leading up to Marcus Smart's Punch-outr/nba · 119 upvotes · 61 comments · Nov 12, 04:32 UTC · streamable.com
Timeline on Reddit
- First thread we found, in r/unitedkingdom: “Smart meters to cost the UK billions: 2G switch-off means replacing 12-13 million”
- The story reaches r/nba: “[Highlight] Marcus Smart throws a punch and whiffs at Charles Bassey and gets thrown out immediately”
- The biggest thread so far is posted in r/nba (3,650 upvotes, 626 comments by our last count).
- Latest thread in our sample, in r/nba.
What people are asking
Questions from the most-upvoted comments in the biggest threads. They show what people still want to know; they are questions, not answers.
- “Did smart forget that GTA 6 is only getting released exactly 1 week later?” — asked in r/nba
How this page is made
SubMouse watches dozens of large, safe-for-work subreddits and Google's trending searches. When several communities start talking about the same event at the same time, we group those threads into one story and publish this page, then refresh it while the story keeps rising. The counts are ours; everything said about the event itself is quoted and credited to the post or outlet it comes from. Claims in Reddit posts are unverified unless an outlet confirms them. Upvote and comment counts come from Reddit's public data via the Arctic Shift archive and can lag. Spotted a mistake? Tell us. Not affiliated with Reddit.