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An open letter to Kevin Rose from Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian

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Re: An open letter to Kevin Rose from Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian

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Post by varaon »

blhack wrote: post #14

Uhh...what? These are features that seem kindof obvious to me...I think they're awesome. In fact, this is really similar to something that I used to do on my website over a year ago (we stopped doing it because there weren't enough users to make it feasible at that time...some of the ideas still exist though). Alexis, one of the problems with reddit, at least right now, is that there are just too many freaking people…

Reddit comments are excellent, and I think that while having a buzzing community creates a lot more noise, there is also a lot more great content. Initiatives like $180,000 for Haiti, or the secret santa wouldn't have been the same 5 years ago.

Re: An open letter to Kevin Rose from Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian

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Post by marcamillion »

seldo wrote: post #5

This is such obvious linkbait that it even admits "this title is linkbait" at the bottom. He means give the power back to Kevin Rose, which is exactly what appears to have happened recently. So... non-story.

What? I don't understand what the big problem with some HN users and 'linkbait'.

Who cares? It's called journalism. In order to catch attention, the headline has to be attention grabbing.

This post was soo timely for HN: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1384994

If the article was garbage, then yes I would agree with you. But who cares if he manipulates the headline to get attention.

The next time you write a blog post, or anything, that doesn't have an attention grabbing headline and gets a ton of traffic...please let us know.

Re: An open letter to Kevin Rose from Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian

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Post by slapshot »

blhack wrote: post #14

Uhh...what? These are features that seem kindof obvious to me...I think they're awesome. In fact, this is really similar to something that I used to do on my website over a year ago (we stopped doing it because there weren't enough users to make it feasible at that time...some of the ideas still exist though). Alexis, one of the problems with reddit, at least right now, is that there are just too many freaking people…

Some unsolicited advice for Newslily: explain it a little better. The up/down arrows appear to be clickable, but aren't for unregistered or new users and there is no error message. New users can click on the "random" button, but it's not really clear what the randomness is. Etc.

Lower the barrier to entry a bit for new users. Not too far (that's the balance that every community must strike), but a little bit.

Re: An open letter to Kevin Rose from Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian

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Post by nostromo »

Reddit's quality has gone down in flames; it's 6 months away from being Digg with a shitty (if lovable) interface. I still visit Reddit, but less than ever. So to talk down to Digg, which Reddit shamelessly copied, and while Digg is at least trying to innovate is odd. What has reddit done lately? Subreddits? Narwhals? I still have love for Reddit, but this post seems obnoxious.

Re: An open letter to Kevin Rose from Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian

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Post by rodh257 »

what does he care? if you think they are making a mistake, great, they are your competitor... why bother writing an open letter?

I also don't get what he is ranting about..I think the new Digg looks great, just when I was starting to get sick of the top news stories not being relevant to me, now I will be able to follow people with similar interests, just like twitter, but I don't have to read through what they had for breakfast to get the links I want.

Re: An open letter to Kevin Rose from Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian

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Post by _3ex7 »

fletchowns wrote: post #16
phatboyslim wrote: post #12

Digg still crushes reddit in traffic. I'm not saying traffic is an indicator of profitablity, but it's apparent they are either marketing it better, or more people prefer it. Either way, it's tough to argue "with the people" based on the author's indication of importance. http://siteanalytics.compete.com/reddit.com+digg.com/

This may have to do with the fact that Kevin Rose was a mini-celebrity in the tech world when Digg was launched.

But what about PG ?

(for the record, reddit is my #1 site)

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