  The aim of this paper is to present methods to systematically analyze
individual and group behavioral patterns observed in community driven
discussion platforms like Reddit where users exchange information and views on
various topics of current interest. We conduct this study by analyzing the
statistical behavior of posts and modeling user interactions around them. We
have chosen Reddit as an example, since it has grown exponentially from a small
community to one of the biggest social network platforms in the recent times.
Due to its large user base and popularity, a variety of behavior is present
among users in terms of their activity. Our study provides interesting insights
about a large number of inactive posts which fail to gather attention despite
their authors exhibiting Cyborg-like behavior to draw attention. We also
present interesting insights about short-lived but extremely active posts
emulating a phenomenon like Mayfly Buzz. Further, we present methods to find
the nature of activity around highly active posts to determine the presence of
Limelight hogging activity, if any. We analyzed over $2$ million posts and more
than $7$ million user responses to them during entire 2008 and over $63$
million posts and over $608$ million user responses to them from August 2014 to
July 2015 amounting to two one-year periods, in order to understand how social
media space has evolved over the years.
