10K members. The best post we have captured here reached 746 upvotes, which works out to 75 per 1,000 members.
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The mix of post types among everything we have captured. Posting a link where almost nothing but images lands is wasted effort, and this is the fastest way to see it.
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The biggest posts we have captured here. Links go to the original on Reddit.
Man Pets a Great White Shark
Vacationing woman, 56, from Minnesota has been mauled to death by a shark while swimming off a US Virgin Islands beach
Dozens of Sharks Corral a Massive Baitball at Tallow Beach near Byron Bay, Australia (Credit to Pennefather Dougall on Facebook)
Woman eaten headfirst by shark as family watched from shore
Nico Antic, 12yo boy attacked by shark at Sydney beach, dies in hospital - ABC News
My artwork shark pendant!!
Attack Horror Stories - Robert L. Pamperin
One of my shark paintings
Boy, 13, is mauled to death by shark at Brazilian tourist hotspot beach (1/29/26)
Shark drags 71-year-old lifeguard underwater at Scarborough Beach in Maine: "I knew it was a great white"
Within four times the member count either way, so the comparison is fair. Sorted by upside.
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