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

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

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jedberg wrote: post #183
umvi wrote: post #175

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old interface was just way more information dense. That's my main complaint with new UI. Even with "compact" mode on the new UI, it's not as dense as the old one.

I agree completely. We intentionally designed the old interface to be information dense. When we made it slightly less dense, there was such a strong pushback that we had to add an option to go back to the more dense mode. But there are a lot of users who don't care. And maintaining two interfaces is double the work of maintaining one, because you have test everything twice. And it's actually geometric, not double, b…

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Post by barnesto »

cle wrote: post #295
Kaze404 wrote: post #242

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Politics is fine. But in general Reddit has so little content actually worth anyone's time that it's crazy to me how people spend so much time on it. Not to mention YouTube channels that get millions of views where they just read AskReddit threads with the same jokes those people make literally every single thread.

I don't know what content you're looking for on Reddit, but my experience is the opposite. Reddit makes it very easy for me to find focused, high-quality conversations about specific topics. As others have said, the trick is to stick to small subreddits. AskReddit, like most of the big subreddits, is a cesspool. Also, I find that searching Reddit with Google yields much more trustworthy information than just searchin…

Absolutely right. I stick to niche subreddits that cover my hobbies and lifestyle. Great people. Great content.

All of the large subreddits are hot garbage. It's like Twitter intensified.

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Post by drstewart »

jug wrote: post #302
cle wrote: post #295

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I don't know what content you're looking for on Reddit, but my experience is the opposite. Reddit makes it very easy for me to find focused, high-quality conversations about specific topics. As others have said, the trick is to stick to small subreddits. AskReddit, like most of the big subreddits, is a cesspool. Also, I find that searching Reddit with Google yields much more trustworthy information than just searchin…

Agreed — don’t use the default subreddits. They’re cancer. But I’ve had a great time at the Formula1 subreddit and people are crazy at MechanicalKeyboards. I’m sure you’ll love a knitting group if you enjoy that. Go by your specific interests and really just say no to the generic or huge ones like funny, pics, askreddit etc.

The problem is that subreddit is very prone to heterogeneous opinions and groupthink, even among niche subreddits, mostly around what's appealing to mid-20 year old white US males.

The discussion is often very shallow, mostly aimed at "advanced beginners" because that's what appeals to the widest audience and anything else doesn't get traction, unlike in a traditional forum. This is very obvious if you're into a technical hobby like climbing or mountaineering.

Basically, if you don't fit the demographic / skill level mold, even niche subreddits (that aren't the dumpster fire that the large ones are) quickly lose their value.

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Post by trinovantes »

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.

It would be pretty ironic to see Reddit follow in Digg's footsteps and kill itself with their new redesign

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Post by [deleted] »

cblconfederate wrote: post #308
Kaze404 wrote: post #242

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Politics is fine. But in general Reddit has so little content actually worth anyone's time that it's crazy to me how people spend so much time on it. Not to mention YouTube channels that get millions of views where they just read AskReddit threads with the same jokes those people make literally every single thread.

> Politics is fine it really isn't. it's bottom-quality content, everyone can have an opinion about politics, it's too easy. Every subreddit > 100000 has a politics problem because people have now been conditioned to see politics everywhere. It takes effort to keep things topical. And then, even the politics subreddits themselves are completely confused, e.g. r/libertarian is a mostly socialist sub now.

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Post by SkyMarshal »

cblconfederate wrote: post #217

Reddit now feels like newsgroups after they were infested with spam. Little good content , hidden in corners under piles of spam. Instead of spam, they have politics though. It looks like a model on the verge of collapse.

Niche subreddits are informative and useful. You just have to unsubscribe from all the default reddits and find the niche stuff that interests you. Then your reddit front page becomes one of the most useful media pages on the internet.

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Post by SkyMarshal »

cle wrote: post #295
Kaze404 wrote: post #242

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Politics is fine. But in general Reddit has so little content actually worth anyone's time that it's crazy to me how people spend so much time on it. Not to mention YouTube channels that get millions of views where they just read AskReddit threads with the same jokes those people make literally every single thread.

I don't know what content you're looking for on Reddit, but my experience is the opposite. Reddit makes it very easy for me to find focused, high-quality conversations about specific topics. As others have said, the trick is to stick to small subreddits. AskReddit, like most of the big subreddits, is a cesspool. Also, I find that searching Reddit with Google yields much more trustworthy information than just searchin…

>the trick is to stick to ~~small~~ niche subreddits.

I think generality is more of a problem than size. The more general a subreddit's topic, usually the more of a cesspool it is.

The more specific and niche, the more likely it is to be focused, informative, and useful. Also the better moderated it tends to be, as the moderators are intensely interested in the topic and doing it as a labor of love.

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Post by iratewizard »

cblconfederate wrote: post #308
Kaze404 wrote: post #242

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Politics is fine. But in general Reddit has so little content actually worth anyone's time that it's crazy to me how people spend so much time on it. Not to mention YouTube channels that get millions of views where they just read AskReddit threads with the same jokes those people make literally every single thread.

> Politics is fine it really isn't. it's bottom-quality content, everyone can have an opinion about politics, it's too easy. Every subreddit > 100000 has a politics problem because people have now been conditioned to see politics everywhere. It takes effort to keep things topical. And then, even the politics subreddits themselves are completely confused, e.g. r/libertarian is a mostly socialist sub now.

>r/libertarian is a mostly socialist sub now

Not surprising when the libertarian candidates run on own borders and government enforced equality for the identity politic cultists.

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Post by 8bitben »

SkyMarshal wrote: post #316
cblconfederate wrote: post #217

Reddit now feels like newsgroups after they were infested with spam. Little good content , hidden in corners under piles of spam. Instead of spam, they have politics though. It looks like a model on the verge of collapse.

Niche subreddits are informative and useful. You just have to unsubscribe from all the default reddits and find the niche stuff that interests you. Then your reddit front page becomes one of the most useful media pages on the internet.

I agree - if you take some time to really customize your subscriptions and interface options (read: ditch the new interface immediately for the classic one), reddit can be a very powerful 'dashboard for your interests' unlike most other sites.

I guess the questions is if they can keep it that way and also monetize.

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Post by cle »

SkyMarshal wrote: post #317
cle wrote: post #295

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't know what content you're looking for on Reddit, but my experience is the opposite. Reddit makes it very easy for me to find focused, high-quality conversations about specific topics. As others have said, the trick is to stick to small subreddits. AskReddit, like most of the big subreddits, is a cesspool. Also, I find that searching Reddit with Google yields much more trustworthy information than just searchin…

>the trick is to stick to ~~small~~ niche subreddits. I think generality is more of a problem than size. The more general a subreddit's topic, usually the more of a cesspool it is. The more specific and niche, the more likely it is to be focused, informative, and useful. Also the better moderated it tends to be, as the moderators are intensely interested in the topic and doing it as a labor of love.

That's a great observation, clearly the size is not the only factor.
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