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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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Post by robswc »

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.

I've mostly stopped using reddit because the quality has taken a nosedive. I love it when you could go there and see interesting things around the internet. It reminds me a bit like how HN is now, just more broad.

Recently though its like every other damn post is about politics, its so tiring.

I've mostly stopped using it after seeing back to back threads about how you're basically immoral and evil for pursuing a career in tech or if you want to create a startup or receive a six figure salary... just a bunch of nonsense like that.

I don't think that these "discussions" should be shut down but I'm just not interested in seeing what seems like propaganda mixed in with "funny stuff"

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

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Post by dredmorbius »

ihuman wrote: post #265
easterncalculus wrote: post #228

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thankfully there are some browser extensions to redirect automatically, provided you're comfortable using them: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/old-reddit-re... https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/old-reddit-redirec...

If you have an account, you can just flip a switch in the settings that disables the new UI.

False: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16865105

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

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Post by mewpmewp2 »

canofbars wrote: post #339
mewpmewp2 wrote: post #99

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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.

Its intentional. Even with the redesign it used to be somewhat usable on mobile but they make it worse every update to push you on to the app.

Yeah I would be fine using the app, but it still disables possibility to quickly search site:reddit.com some topic I want to research and go through mostly comments. Then back to search, go on and so on. This is how I browse Reddit a lot of the time anyway.

Maybe I am using wrong app for that though. I am using Relay right now. And it doesn't allow me yo select comments properly coming from Google search. I think I tried Reddit's official app and it didn't work very well too + the context switch of going from chrome to an app.

But yeah I get that they do it intentionally...

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

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Post by hrktb »

ixacto wrote: post #261
Raidion wrote: post #5

That number seems to indicate why they've started to use all the dark patterns for people to create an account. You can no longer see comments other than at the top level. Some subreddits require registration to view. All these things are artifacts of the new design that do not exist on old.reddit.com. I'm thankful HN is not designing for 'engagement' or MAUs at the UI level.

They have been auto-creating an account if you go to reddit.com on an android phone logged into a google account. Not sure if this is intentional or not.

That can’t be accidental, can it ?

Even imagining a bug in the registration code, you would at least go to a confirmation page before creation is commited.

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Post by White_Wolf »

toomuchtodo wrote: post #325
White_Wolf wrote: post #323

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There is a huge difference between adblock and a scraper. The scraper is automated browsing and data harvesting. This can be quantified and creates extra load. Adblock works with local data after the server did it's part and sent all data to the device. It doesn't create additional load on the server.

A fair compromise would be a scraper that runs as a browser extension, so as to not create extra load (for example, RECAP [1], which scrapes PACER and ships the viewed case PDFs off for archiving and indexing). Shipping post, link, and comment data somewhere globally accessible using a browser extension while logged in sidesteps Reddit’s walled garden efforts without any load beyond that which they would’ve expended…

Yes. That would be a great middle ground.

As a side note:I am pro-scraping as long as common sense has a say in it and it's not abused. I do scrape one in a blue moon when I want to research a topic in depth.It's great for gathering a lot of information to help learn about a topic fast(er).

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

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Post by robswc »

drstewart wrote: post #313
jug wrote: post #302

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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 tech…

I can agree with this. This is great if you have a soft interest in something.

However, I like trading (stocks and stuff) and the subs focusing on that are very... questionable at times. A ton of people that mistake pure luck for skill perhaps... every other day.

Its no use telling some of them that, yea you just made $1000 this week trading but if you don't test your strategies legitimately you could and will just as easily lose that $1000.

People really underestimate the randomness.

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

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Post by hrktb »

waheoo wrote: post #239
Raidion wrote: post #5

That number seems to indicate why they've started to use all the dark patterns for people to create an account. You can no longer see comments other than at the top level. Some subreddits require registration to view. All these things are artifacts of the new design that do not exist on old.reddit.com. I'm thankful HN is not designing for 'engagement' or MAUs at the UI level.

If they ever remove old Reddit they're done. So many communities use it exclusively and will just walk if forced into the new shite.

I follow one of these communities, and the hard part is that the old Reddit is broken in it’s own way, and we’re guaranteed it will never be fixed. It’s basically a lose lose situation all around.

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Post by denimnerd42 »

ourlordcaffeine wrote: post #134
denimnerd42 wrote: post #70

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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…

As a counterpoint, almost every single news story about China, Taiwan or Hong Kong is flooded by users from r/sino and accounts with suspicious histories all using whataboutisms, ad-hominem attacks or just plain old disinformation to change the narrative into a China friendly one. As others have said, the astroturfing is not even subtle.

OP here. Yeah I don’t necessarily think that’s a counter though. Falun Gong propaganda has no place in CCP criticism as they are a cult with incoherent policies. Those who are criticizing the CCP which IMO it rightly deserves should be careful of the reach they have as bundling their sources and arguments is not the right path. They both deserve criticism.

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

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Post by robswc »

dvt wrote: post #243
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.

I agree that it seems like it's ripe for disruption. Time for another Digg (which was what reddit was supposed to be) -- maybe with a mobile-first user experience (reddit is trash on a phone).

Its actually incredible how bad it is on mobile.

Its like, unusable... I'm amazed that the video player still only seems to work half the time.

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