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Reddit valued at $6B on a $250M round

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Re: Reddit valued at $6B on a $250M round

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Post by ricree »

heterodyning wrote: post #196
somedude895 wrote: post #160

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Don't forget r/askhistorians One of the most well-moderated communities out there with clear and stringently enforced rules that cares about one topic only and allows no soap boxing, low quality comments or toxicity.

I wish there was an archive of r/askhistorians. It looks like they nuke discussion after they get one decent sized answer. I cant seem to find older threads too.

The closest thing to an archive are the weekly "Sunday Digest" posts, in which people nominate their favorite answers of the week. It's eclectic and scattershot when it comes to topic, but the answers themselves are often interesting and well constructed.

Re: Reddit valued at $6B on a $250M round

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Post by goto11 »

heterodyning wrote: post #196
somedude895 wrote: post #160

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Don't forget r/askhistorians One of the most well-moderated communities out there with clear and stringently enforced rules that cares about one topic only and allows no soap boxing, low quality comments or toxicity.

I wish there was an archive of r/askhistorians. It looks like they nuke discussion after they get one decent sized answer. I cant seem to find older threads too.

They continuously nuke answers and comments which does not conform to their standards, regardless of whether there is a legitimate answer or not. This is why so many threads appear empty, with only "[deleted]" answers.

Re: Reddit valued at $6B on a $250M round

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Post by UI_at_80x24 »

mda wrote: post #253
juped wrote: post #158

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This just works because Google is at a more advanced stage of decay into content farm dystopia than Reddit is.

Not Google, Internet.

I disagree with this sentiment.

The accuracy of Google's search results have gotten worse as time goes on. Once upon a time I could search for a specific system error code and get only results that contained that code. Now however, I am lucky if the search term I am looking for is on the same page, even after I add or try all the Search Modifiers.

Yes, the internet has gotten worse. Far more noise then signal. But if I search for: "Error: 98yuasdvfnbi89yt7" I expect to find that within the results. Even if there are 0 results, that is valid feedback too.

Re: Reddit valued at $6B on a $250M round

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Post by float4 »

encom wrote: post #368
OmegaPG wrote: post #279

I am a digg refugee and using Reddit for 12 years. Reddit has some serious lack of moderation issues and too much politics now a days. Most of the country based subreddits are hijacked by the political ideologies of just 1-2 moderators. For example, /r/India is hijacked by the moderators with political affiliation to Congress and AAP and they ban users immediately with any opinion which doesn't fit their narrative. I…

r/Denmark is the same way. Absolute toxic moderation. Any dissenting opinion is deleted.

My favourite moment on /r/thenetherlands was when I asked: "To what extend do you think /r/thenetherlands is an echo chamber?". I even wrote a paragraph in which I explained what caused me to pose the question.

My post was removed for being "low effort".

Re: Reddit valued at $6B on a $250M round

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Post by redonkulus »

TomSwirly wrote: post #302
WORMS_EAT_WORMS wrote: post #18

Congrats to them big time. It seriously doesn't get the recognition it deserves as the most impactful social media platform. To me, Twitter, TikTok, Facebook, and other social media today is less about connecting people and really about driving targeted and calculated impressions of X to audiences via a user's feed. This is astro-turfed to feel organic and botted to death by everyone because of how much influence it…

I don't get that valuation, though. I've been on reddit for 13 years (today!) and I have never once purchased anything I've seen advertised there - because I never see anything advertised there. I don't run ad blockers or anything. How do they justify a $6 billion valuation?

Happy cake day

Re: Reddit valued at $6B on a $250M round

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Post by _8j7i »

Triv888 wrote: post #328
OmegaPG wrote: post #279

I am a digg refugee and using Reddit for 12 years. Reddit has some serious lack of moderation issues and too much politics now a days. Most of the country based subreddits are hijacked by the political ideologies of just 1-2 moderators. For example, /r/India is hijacked by the moderators with political affiliation to Congress and AAP and they ban users immediately with any opinion which doesn't fit their narrative. I…

agreed... for example, /r/politics is 99% democrat

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Re: Reddit valued at $6B on a $250M round

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Post by xboxnolifes »

TomSwirly wrote: post #302
WORMS_EAT_WORMS wrote: post #18

Congrats to them big time. It seriously doesn't get the recognition it deserves as the most impactful social media platform. To me, Twitter, TikTok, Facebook, and other social media today is less about connecting people and really about driving targeted and calculated impressions of X to audiences via a user's feed. This is astro-turfed to feel organic and botted to death by everyone because of how much influence it…

I don't get that valuation, though. I've been on reddit for 13 years (today!) and I have never once purchased anything I've seen advertised there - because I never see anything advertised there. I don't run ad blockers or anything. How do they justify a $6 billion valuation?

They have a ton of active users and user data. They have the potential to be milked dry from ads.

Re: Reddit valued at $6B on a $250M round

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Post by mhh__ »

throwawaysea wrote: post #34

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…

Well they banned CTH as well...

Re: Reddit valued at $6B on a $250M round

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Post by bluntfang »

OmegaPG wrote: post #279

I am a digg refugee and using Reddit for 12 years. Reddit has some serious lack of moderation issues and too much politics now a days. Most of the country based subreddits are hijacked by the political ideologies of just 1-2 moderators. For example, /r/India is hijacked by the moderators with political affiliation to Congress and AAP and they ban users immediately with any opinion which doesn't fit their narrative. I…

>Most of the country based subreddits are hijacked by the political ideologies of just 1-2 moderators.

even city based subreddits. /r/boston's biggest right wing troll /u/mitchfromboston is known to be an alt account of one of the moderators.

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