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Re: Show HN: Find Subreddits for Your Niche

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Post by caddemon »

xeromal wrote: post #47
user00012-ab wrote: post #20

People keep saying how great Reddit is, but I tried signing up to a bunch of my "Niches" and all the posts where just low quality junk; for example every other post in the 3dprinting subreddit is just "MY FIRST PRINT!" or "I BOUGHT A THING!" and for some reason people think it's cute so they upvote it. EDC? here is another picture of my gun! Tech reddit; "here is a link to a medium post that you can't see unless you…

That's a pretty broad brush. Check out /r/askscience and /r/askhistorians for some heavily moderated subreddits. Not all need that level but they produce almost all quality posts.

Yeah I'm not sure if there is an "ask" style subreddit for 3D printing, but IME the ask subreddits are a good way to get quality content on a broader academic topic.

There may also be a sidebar on a given sub with more specific related subreddits listed out. These can sometimes be more technical (for example there is a subreddit specific to breaking down NFL plays) or sometimes they are just a way to get a more specific viewpoint (I like to check out both teams' subreddits after some controversy happens, neither side is usually level headed but then you at least get both sides of the story).

Re: Show HN: Find Subreddits for Your Niche

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Post by antris »

silicon2401 wrote: post #25
WORMS_EAT_WORMS wrote: post #4

This is great and I wish this mentality was pushed earlier on reddit. There was a golden era of reddit right before the great Digg migration. Excellent comments, diverse opinions, and really great back and forth being shared of individual's experiences in almost every single subreddit. Today, it's definitely harder to find good commentary and exchange. It's also super heavily astroturfed by political groups in all th…

The politicization and trend towards political correctness on reddit has been a huge part of its decline. It's rare now to find places where one can simply discuss topics with objectivity and curiosity instead of threads revolving around virtue signaling or demonization of the 'other side'

Sure, nobody likes political correctness but without any controls on content on a public forum as a part of a ToS, nazis and other people who are desperate to express their hate, and even break the law and recruit others will eventually find it and spam the hell out of it. 4chan is a perfect example of what happens to an actually occasionally funny place that allows any kind of discussion "just for lulz". It's been a cesspool and barely anyone remembers how it was before the nazis came in. It's just how it works when the forum is public and there's no moderation. If you want good discussion without limits, I suggest joining smaller communities that are harder to flood in this way, or talk to people you know in real life.

Re: Show HN: Find Subreddits for Your Niche

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Post by godelski »

caddemon wrote: post #48
godelski wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think a big issue is inflation. As we have more users a niche forum turns into a more general forum. There's some good and bad to this. This has even happened on HN. But there's another problem. If a forum is too small then it doesn't serve its purpose of connecting the right people. I wonder if anyone knows the optimal size/range, or if such a metric exists (under certain criteria of course).

This is what makes subreddits such a good idea IMO. Theoretically Reddit can be a massive community, while each subreddit can still remain niche. Then people can be connected to others across a number of topics without "polluting" spaces they are not interested in. Of course if you are interested in discussing a broad or popular topic like politics or the NBA, you will probably have to actually just find a smaller gr…

I think that the problem is that there's a fractal nature to this though. It then makes discoverability a much more complex problem as inflation continues.

Re: Show HN: Find Subreddits for Your Niche

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Post by ThalesX »

plutonorm wrote: post #49

What I want is a big 5 personality test and test about my interests. Then I want to be shown where on the internet there are like minded people interested in what I am interested in. I want people who are highly agreeable, highly open and totally not conscientious and who want to discuss philosophy or mathematics or social change or whatever. Where are my people? Don’t you want to find your people? Build my app for m…

I've been telling my SO for the longest time that I long to find some similar people, but that must only mean that people such as myself are also lost on the internet trying to find their place, so the chance of me meeting myself is rather slim apart from an one-off HN or Reddit comment.

Re: Show HN: Find Subreddits for Your Niche

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Post by xeromal »

1_player wrote: post #50
xeromal wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's a pretty broad brush. Check out /r/askscience and /r/askhistorians for some heavily moderated subreddits. Not all need that level but they produce almost all quality posts.

That's the exception that proves the rule. /r/askscience and /r/askhistorians have heavy handed moderation to keep quality much higher than the rest of Reddit. I don't know how one can disagree with the fact that most of Reddit is quick engagement posts (images, memes, even if they don't fit the subreddit) and witty one liners voted to the top. There's good stuff, sure, the point is that it's hidden behind a ton of c…

Sounds just like the internet to me though. Gotta scrounge for treasure but it's worth it.

Re: Show HN: Find Subreddits for Your Niche

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Post by mdoms »

grawprog wrote: post #21
WORMS_EAT_WORMS wrote: post #4

This is great and I wish this mentality was pushed earlier on reddit. There was a golden era of reddit right before the great Digg migration. Excellent comments, diverse opinions, and really great back and forth being shared of individual's experiences in almost every single subreddit. Today, it's definitely harder to find good commentary and exchange. It's also super heavily astroturfed by political groups in all th…

>Today, it's definitely harder to find good commentary and exchange. It's also super heavily astroturfed by political groups in all the subreddits I've found a lot of hobby specific subreddits or ones on niche topics tend to avoid that. Also, less popular niches or hobbies i've noticed tend to have more people that are actually interested in having decent conversations about said topics or hobbies.

I have never found a hobby subreddit worth following. If I look at my hobbies like /r/simracing /r/gardening /r/welding /r/motorcycles an overwhelming (in the literal sense) number of posts are just lazy image posts of (in order of listed subs) a sim racing rig, a pile of vegetables, a nice bead and a motorcycle. A picture of an ordinary part of a hobby is not conducive to meaningful conversations on the hobby.

Additionally I have found virtually all hobby subreddits are dominated by newbies to the hobby. This is especially pronounced on /r/motorcycles but appears to be general. Hobby subs are places where newbies hear newbies give advice and then pass that advice on to other newbies as if they were experienced.

I keep seeing people say that niche hobby subs still have worthwhile discussions but I have yet to actually see this.

Re: Show HN: Find Subreddits for Your Niche

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Post by door101 »

WORMS_EAT_WORMS wrote: post #4

This is great and I wish this mentality was pushed earlier on reddit. There was a golden era of reddit right before the great Digg migration. Excellent comments, diverse opinions, and really great back and forth being shared of individual's experiences in almost every single subreddit. Today, it's definitely harder to find good commentary and exchange. It's also super heavily astroturfed by political groups in all th…

> There was a golden era of reddit right before the great Digg migration.

People say this, but this is also when Reddit was the largest place for underage "softcore" pornography on the internet. It was one of the first things you saw when you google searched "reddit"

Re: Show HN: Find Subreddits for Your Niche

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Post by fnord77 »

WORMS_EAT_WORMS wrote: post #4

This is great and I wish this mentality was pushed earlier on reddit. There was a golden era of reddit right before the great Digg migration. Excellent comments, diverse opinions, and really great back and forth being shared of individual's experiences in almost every single subreddit. Today, it's definitely harder to find good commentary and exchange. It's also super heavily astroturfed by political groups in all th…

not to mention marketing all over subreddits and moderators with agendas. it's just so corrupt and greasy

Re: Show HN: Find Subreddits for Your Niche

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Post by duxup »

Even community topics seem like 'not enough' of a filter on reddit.

I want a 'good' community, not just any 'community'.

Like is a sub about a semi competitive video game a bunch of try hards who are busy sneering at everyone's stats?

Or is it easy going?

Or is it full of memes / funny pics?

Are there even any active mods on the sub?

Just a topic doesn't seem like enough of a filter.

Re: Show HN: Find Subreddits for Your Niche

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Post by thisissidhant »

meristem wrote: post #44

I see the category list...where would "Beauty" or "Cars" be listed?

> if you checked it on the mobile screen, you will see a horizontal scrollable category list, Along with all Categories, there is a category for Fashion. There you will find subreddits related to Beauty.
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