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Ask HN: Is Reddit going the way of Stack Overflow?

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Re: Ask HN: Is Reddit going the way of Stack Overflow?

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Post by NotAnOtter »

fracus wrote: post #19
NotAnOtter wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Then explain the usage chart declining since ~2015? As I said in my original post, LLM was the final nail in the coffin. I'm not arguing they aren't related. I'm saying they SO was falling long before LLM's took over. This isn't difficult logic.

SO falling before AI doesn't preclude AI killing SO. You aren't listening to anything I've been saying. Your graph is meaningless. If it wasn't for AI, SO would still be used. It isn't more complicated than that.

Not gonna keep going back and forth when you seem to agree but are choosing to be difficult. We agree SO was falling before LLM's hit the market. We agree LLM's accelerated SO's demise.

You seem to think they weren't failing before LLM (simply rapidly losing member activity), which is a narrative that I won't follow.

Re: Ask HN: Is Reddit going the way of Stack Overflow?

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Post by ivape »

Man, I hope so. Too many ads and mods that dictate things. Reddit’s front page is not organic, it’s curated and they’ll easily sneak in covert ads (looks like a genuine post).

It should die, but I don’t know, we need like an army to kill this thing really. An army killed Digg. We need to assemble the avengers all over again.

The best thing I can think of is to clone Reddit posts and bring it over to a new Reddit clone daily (not a full clone, just the last 24 hours of top subreddits). That way there’s no FOMO for people on the new platform. Basically, seed the Reddit clone with Reddit.

Figure out how much it costs to run a Reddit clone, and try to charge a dollar or two a month from the community.

It needs to die, god willing. It’s really one of the most shameful YT alumni, like they literally do not get the spirit of Internet forums and made it disgusting.

Re: Ask HN: Is Reddit going the way of Stack Overflow?

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Post by ivape »

chistev wrote: post #8

Every time I create a Reddit account and try making a comment or a post I get banned instantly. Regardless of if I use a completely different device, email, ip. It's eerie.

I’m beginning to think Reddit is a publisher. If you can control and curate what posts are seen (for example, perhaps only posts that your team makes), then you are content creator/publisher - not an aggregator.

It’s a controlled magazine with an editorial staff that selects topics, and controls the gates for commenting. It’s not organic on any level.

Fuck Reddit, seriously.

Re: Ask HN: Is Reddit going the way of Stack Overflow?

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Post by fracus »

NotAnOtter wrote: post #21
fracus wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

SO falling before AI doesn't preclude AI killing SO. You aren't listening to anything I've been saying. Your graph is meaningless. If it wasn't for AI, SO would still be used. It isn't more complicated than that.

Not gonna keep going back and forth when you seem to agree but are choosing to be difficult. We agree SO was falling before LLM's hit the market. We agree LLM's accelerated SO's demise. You seem to think they weren't failing before LLM (simply rapidly losing member activity), which is a narrative that I won't follow.

I never insinuated SO wasn't dying before LLMs. I'm telling you that is irrelevant to its ultimate death. LLMs killed SO. Not your graph.

Re: Ask HN: Is Reddit going the way of Stack Overflow?

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Post by bdangubic »

aprdm wrote: post #20

What I worry about is how much of it is bots. It lost some value to me as it went from thinking the majority of interactions / posts were from people to actually realizing it's from bots from engagement. It got very political everywhere too, which I assume gets clicks and are a favourite of bot farms

replace reddit with “X” in your post and everything still works… other social media platforms are same… X is now close to 80% bot traffic

Re: Ask HN: Is Reddit going the way of Stack Overflow?

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Post by aprdm »

bdangubic wrote: post #26
aprdm wrote: post #20

What I worry about is how much of it is bots. It lost some value to me as it went from thinking the majority of interactions / posts were from people to actually realizing it's from bots from engagement. It got very political everywhere too, which I assume gets clicks and are a favourite of bot farms

replace reddit with “X” in your post and everything still works… other social media platforms are same… X is now close to 80% bot traffic

Yup I bet. I’ve only been using Reddit for sometime now that’s why I mentioned it
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