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Reddit is as bad as Twitter. It has turned into a massive echo chamber, especially after they went on their ban spree. They banned r/thedonald but allowed r/politics to remain, which is a mess of uncritical discussions, brigading, downvote trains, and worse. This has led to left-wing politics and perspectives dominating virtually all the top subs and you can’t really escape it whether you’re looking at r/pics or r/te…
I imagine a great deal of Reddit's value comes from the fact that its front page is essentially a mass viral advertising engine under the guise of original content. I remember reading only a handful of moderators control all of reddit's most popular subreddits, the ones frequently hitting the front page. These I'm sure are just sock accounts for marketing firms to use when they mass promote content. I wonder how much…
Hopefully this doesn't come off as too aggressive, but can I ask why it was necessary for you to create a new account in order to make this comment?
6 billion dollars seems cheap is my original thought but really it seems like a good amount. Reddit can't really expand a significant amount more(as evidenced by their moves into video) and the monetization is terrible(who wants to buy Reddit premium, or advertise on Reddit?)
Advertising on Reddit is wonderful, but you need to know Reddit pretty well to use it well.
6 billion dollars seems cheap is my original thought but really it seems like a good amount. Reddit can't really expand a significant amount more(as evidenced by their moves into video) and the monetization is terrible(who wants to buy Reddit premium, or advertise on Reddit?)
My parents in their 60s have discovered that Reddit is a great source of research to get real humans talking about a variety of topics (basically what Quora aimed to be but never was). I strongly feel they're just getting started.
6 billion dollars seems cheap is my original thought but really it seems like a good amount. Reddit can't really expand a significant amount more(as evidenced by their moves into video) and the monetization is terrible(who wants to buy Reddit premium, or advertise on Reddit?)
Advertising is largely untapped on Reddit though. Forgetting about the main subreddits and meme communities and whatnot, you have captive audiences for small niches. Say you sell bespoke bike parts or audiophile-quality headphones, there are subreddits for that. Or say /r/pcmasterrace is an opportunity for Asus, Corsair, etc. I assume many companies are already active on Reddit, but there’s an opportunity for Reddit…
This is the same pit Tumblr fell into.
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I think the app works great. And the conversations are usually pretty good too as long as each side is willing to be civil. Particularly in my local city/community subs. For example, my local city sub is like NextDoor only without the nut jobs and constant "my Pitbull got loose in the park again" posts.
wow, my local city sub is a nightmare. All three of them are, really, created one by one as the current 'main' one got progressively worse. It's the one safe place all the people in the surrounding suburbs have to talk about how much they hate the place, apparently.
Saddens me how far the site has fallen. The abysmal mobile experience shoehorning you into using their low quality app is frustrating. It makes sense, need to monetize and appeal to the average internet user, but it bums me out there isn't a great replacement as of now. Many small communities that I like, but one of my favorite search queries is "_________ reddit" Need to understand timeshares? Want the best rice coo…
Reddit is great if you unsubscribe from all the default subreddits and subscribe to programming subreddits (I'm subscribed to apachespark, julia, python, rust, vim, etc.). My Reddit feed now has more programming related articles than Hackernews.
Saddens me how far the site has fallen. The abysmal mobile experience shoehorning you into using their low quality app is frustrating. It makes sense, need to monetize and appeal to the average internet user, but it bums me out there isn't a great replacement as of now. Many small communities that I like, but one of my favorite search queries is "_________ reddit" Need to understand timeshares? Want the best rice coo…
Have you tried Apollo (iOS)?
It's a garbage website.
Reddit is an intentionally designed dopamine machine with some areas of usefulness. There are pockets of great, high signal communities on Reddit that have not been unbundled. Discovery, however, is a mess. Some examples of some great subs: - HomeImprorvement is great for repair advice - Keto was helpful in my weight loss journey - Posture for, well, fixing my posture I've also bought and sold various digital and phy…
You don't need to know sub names to get some use of it. I append "reddit" to probably 1/3 of my search engine queries. Especially useful when looking for product recommendations.