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Re: Reddit Claims 52M Daily Users, Revealing a Key Figure for Social-Media Platforms

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Post by BitwiseFool »

shihab wrote: post #79
BitwiseFool wrote: post #21

Good for Reddit, but I'm becoming increasingly disillusioned with the entire site and how it's managed. The astroturfing isn't even subtle and the same few dozens of accounts dominate the front page day in and day out. The content on the frontpage, r/popular, r/all is starting to congeal into screenshots of tweets. The mods of the biggest subreddits don't seem to care if the content that gets posted actually lives up…

As a non-US citizen, the amount of US politics content is frankly way too much. It affects subs that should have been apolitical, like r/pics, r/science, r/coronavirus. I hoped things would calm down a bit after US elections- it did, but not nearly enough. Truth is, I personally wouldn't mind political content, I regularly read NYT, obsessed over every update in last US election. My problem with Reddit is that there…

To be honest, I don't think the forced political content on Reddit is going to decline in any meaningful way going forward. I think the people who are constantly pushing the political content realize how powerful of a reach they have and there's no reason to slow down. You're already seeing new subreddits like "MurderedByAOC", despite the fact that AOC tweets always get posted to every major subreddit.

Re: Reddit Claims 52M Daily Users, Revealing a Key Figure for Social-Media Platforms

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Post by BitwiseFool »

patwolf wrote: post #89
BitwiseFool wrote: post #21

Good for Reddit, but I'm becoming increasingly disillusioned with the entire site and how it's managed. The astroturfing isn't even subtle and the same few dozens of accounts dominate the front page day in and day out. The content on the frontpage, r/popular, r/all is starting to congeal into screenshots of tweets. The mods of the biggest subreddits don't seem to care if the content that gets posted actually lives up…

I've been using reddit since the big Digg 2.0 migration. It is disappointing to see the popular/frontpage subreddits become such a bubble. In r/pics, for example, most of the top pics have a clear political slant. I'm not sure how much of that is intentional propaganda versus just what happens when content is based on how a majority of its users vote. I miss the days when it was mostly harmless advice animal memes.

Oh it's most certainly propaganda combined with karma farming. Ever notice how there is a steady steam of anti-trump content, contrasted with pleasant photos of Obama with a title harkening back to the good old days of his administration? You'll also notice that these posts get savaged in the comment section and yet still have 80% positive upvote ratings?

If you see something you suspect is propaganda on r/pics, just ask yourself, what is the user who submitted it trying to make me feel? What associations are they trying to form in my mind between the subject of the photo and the title?

Re: Reddit Claims 52M Daily Users, Revealing a Key Figure for Social-Media Platforms

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Post by chongli »

obilgic wrote: post #35
Trasmatta wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What is it about the old design that screams "we have a sub-culture" to you? For me, it's just a clean, simple, fast interface.

sticking to a very old design, and refusing to update and adapt to current design patterns and styles while everything about technology/devices and how we use them changes daily: feels like a sub-culture

Reddit has a problem: they are a subculture. Or rather, they’re a network of subcultures. The day they try to force everyone to go mainstream is the day they die. Or at best, the day they become yet another Facebook.

The subculture will move on and find a new place to congregate. But it will forever be pursued by the mainstream. This is Eternal September.

Re: Reddit Claims 52M Daily Users, Revealing a Key Figure for Social-Media Platforms

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Post by squeals_colder »

denimnerd42 wrote: post #70
justaman wrote: post #50

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It certainly is a propaganda tool. I don't have concrete proof just yet, but I suspect subs like /r/blackpeopletwitter are being heavily manipulated. Comments deleted en mass and rabid vote manipulation are a regular occurrence.

do you ever see how often “chinese harvesting organs” posts make it to the top? that’s pure Falun Gong propaganda. The only reputable evidence for forced organ donation is from legally executed prisoners, a practice which has been stopped. All other sources on the net lead back to Falun Gong propaganda sites. Interesting tidbit is that the Falun Dafa believe their rituals improve their organs so they have the most de…

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Re: Reddit Claims 52M Daily Users, Revealing a Key Figure for Social-Media Platforms

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Post by danjac »

jedberg wrote: post #63
isatty wrote: post #28

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I know that Reddit admins read HN so please please do not kill off old.reddit.com. The redesign is absolute garbage. Normally I don’t express such strong sentiment on HN but I’ve been a Reddit user for 10 years and I genuinely like the communities, but not enough to suffer through the new website.

I'm not sure how many of the current admins read HN. I just know some of us old guys hang around here. And FWIW I agree with you. I've been a 15 year reddit user (and employee!) but if old.reddit goes away, I suspect my usage will go way down. The good news is that the current execs know this, because I have told them. But at the end of the day they have to do what's best for the business, and I'm afraid those of us…

> But at the end of the day they have to do what's best for the business

Why is an inferior UI good for any business? Unless it's about some dark patterns?

Re: Reddit Claims 52M Daily Users, Revealing a Key Figure for Social-Media Platforms

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Post by disambiguation »

BitwiseFool wrote: post #21

Good for Reddit, but I'm becoming increasingly disillusioned with the entire site and how it's managed. The astroturfing isn't even subtle and the same few dozens of accounts dominate the front page day in and day out. The content on the frontpage, r/popular, r/all is starting to congeal into screenshots of tweets. The mods of the biggest subreddits don't seem to care if the content that gets posted actually lives up…

agreed, the main subs are cesspools in terms of content and discussion nowadays.

a few years ago i un-subbed everything and re-built my feed from the ground up, primarily subscribing to small interest-focused subs. the shilling and shitposting is close to zero and i'm much happier with my reddit experience.

Re: Reddit Claims 52M Daily Users, Revealing a Key Figure for Social-Media Platforms

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Post by antihero »

isatty wrote: post #28
abhiminator wrote: post #3

On a side note, really hope reddit's engineering team doesn't kill off their 'old.reddit.com' domain though. That's probably the only thing keeping me from dumping reddit altogether (aside from their API-powered custom reddit apps made by indie devs for Android).

I know that Reddit admins read HN so please please do not kill off old.reddit.com. The redesign is absolute garbage. Normally I don’t express such strong sentiment on HN but I’ve been a Reddit user for 10 years and I genuinely like the communities, but not enough to suffer through the new website.

I legit tried to use the new reddit the other day to see if I could "get with the times". It's horrific. It's noisy and gets in the way. I couldn't last more than a day or two.

Re: Reddit Claims 52M Daily Users, Revealing a Key Figure for Social-Media Platforms

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Post by jedberg »

danjac wrote: post #95
jedberg wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not sure how many of the current admins read HN. I just know some of us old guys hang around here. And FWIW I agree with you. I've been a 15 year reddit user (and employee!) but if old.reddit goes away, I suspect my usage will go way down. The good news is that the current execs know this, because I have told them. But at the end of the day they have to do what's best for the business, and I'm afraid those of us…

> But at the end of the day they have to do what's best for the business Why is an inferior UI good for any business? Unless it's about some dark patterns?

To the majority of users it is a superior interface.

Re: Reddit Claims 52M Daily Users, Revealing a Key Figure for Social-Media Platforms

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Post by mewpmewp2 »

isatty wrote: post #28
abhiminator wrote: post #3

On a side note, really hope reddit's engineering team doesn't kill off their 'old.reddit.com' domain though. That's probably the only thing keeping me from dumping reddit altogether (aside from their API-powered custom reddit apps made by indie devs for Android).

I know that Reddit admins read HN so please please do not kill off old.reddit.com. The redesign is absolute garbage. Normally I don’t express such strong sentiment on HN but I’ve been a Reddit user for 10 years and I genuinely like the communities, but not enough to suffer through the new website.

What is the worst trash in the world is their mobile web ui. Impossible to search in Google and quickly browse results especially if I want to do it in incognito.

Re: Reddit Claims 52M Daily Users, Revealing a Key Figure for Social-Media Platforms

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Post by TheOperator »

THE_PUN_STOPS wrote: post #16
abhiminator wrote: post #3

On a side note, really hope reddit's engineering team doesn't kill off their 'old.reddit.com' domain though. That's probably the only thing keeping me from dumping reddit altogether (aside from their API-powered custom reddit apps made by indie devs for Android).

I've been an everyday compulsive reddit user for 12 years. The day they kill old.reddit.com is the day I stop using reddit forever.

I started browsing the site on mobile without the extension on the new site because it makes Reddit's attempts to manipulate me more obvious and more annoying.
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