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

Post by uyt » Sat, Dec 05, 2020, 4:48 AM UTC

Trill-I-Am wrote: post #411

MeinBlutIstBlau wrote: post #381

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I'd agree with this if Reddit didn't ban literally every single subreddit their vocal minority didn't like. Reddit used to be a fun hybrid of Fark and Slashdot. It was far better than both of those and had a niche audience just a little larger than the HN community. It was great. Now it just feels like a perpetual tumblr ready to silence the reason why their users are even on their platform.

What subreddits have they banned that weren't vile?

Post by robswc » Sat, Dec 05, 2020, 5:19 AM UTC

fizx wrote: post #421

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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.

Which platform?

Post by mschuetz » Sat, Dec 05, 2020, 5:45 AM UTC

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.

Post by qqn » Sat, Dec 05, 2020, 5:59 AM UTC

gaius_baltar wrote: post #162

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 suppose they will slow-boil old.reddit.com until it's dead. Things like gradually adding unwanted changes from the redesign, removing or not supporting features (is there a way to upload images to i.redd.it from it?), or causing random delays or errors. Something like the dark patterns used to force visitors using mobile devices into installing the app. We need a distributed or federated reddit, and give it power.…

Post by jdp23 » Sat, Dec 05, 2020, 6:09 AM UTC

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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…

One thing that's very noticeable compared to traditional forums, and I think plays into this: Traditional forums for deep topics have year-long threads where people are figuring something out together or share project logs. As long as they are active, they get pushed to the top. Reddit does not have that, and suffers for it. (HN too in some ways). Linking back to old reddit threads when continuing a topic is tedious…