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

Post by spicybbq » Sat, Dec 05, 2020, 6:22 AM UTC

mxcrossb wrote: post #438

SkyMarshal wrote: post #316

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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.

The problem with this strategy is you can’t discover new content so easily. They should just let you filter subs from popular, not have you create some cultivated set of subs.

Post by corin_ » Sat, Dec 05, 2020, 8:41 AM UTC

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Can you point out some subreddits they've shut down that are "money and engagement walking out the door"? The only subreddits I've heard of being shut down are as objectively racist and derogatory as you can get (or NSFL gore). Advertisers and mainstream users generally don't want to be associated with sites promoting those types of content.

You can't tell me if you placed advertising on Pornhub, your brand is not going to get recognized by men all over. I realize it's not what a lot of prudish corporations care for, but is it really going to affect Pepsi or mcdonalds if they just have an ad for one of their products next to that? Not a single person would think of less of them and only the media would criticize them.

Post by andinus » Sat, Dec 05, 2020, 10:33 AM UTC

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I think it looks better. Better fonts, better element spacing. It just does not perform very well and seems to have a lot of "state" issues or inconsistent design elements. Reading comments and browsing is slower than it used to be, but I prefer the new look to the old one.

The main feature that makes me use the new interface is the ability to collapse a thread from anywhere. It makes reading through comments much faster. The main drawback is that it's really too heavy for what it does. I don't understand the complains about the new design being image-heavy, or in general so much different from the old one. Once you set it (once) in "classic view", it's basically the same.

Post by intricatedetail » Sat, Dec 05, 2020, 11:38 AM UTC

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Holy fuck the new reddit is shitty.... If i just want to see the link, I click the link. If i scroll down on a post, i want to read the comments.... plural, as in many... not just one or two, and then a new, unrelated post, and having to click a button to show the rest of the comments... the only "thing" you have (commenting/discussions), you're destroying now.

How are engineers proud to work at reddit when their primary job is maintaining a worse version of the website full of ads, tracking, dark patterns everywhere and fake loading screens? It's also slow, very slow.

Post by ausbah » Sat, Dec 05, 2020, 12:45 PM 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…

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 a…