Reddit is taking over Google • Hacker News Board

Re: Reddit is taking over Google

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Post by owlninja » Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 7:28 PM UTC

Solvency wrote: post #56

haunter wrote: post #16

I still prefer reddit most of the time. Front page (default) subs are highly manipulated (especially anything news, politics, current things etc.) but for hobbies, video games, and sports it's still the best site. Video game discusssions especially because unlike Discord every tip, guide, and walkthrough is archived and searchable. And for sports mostly because it's _insane_ how quickly you get highlights and videos.…

every single sub no matter how niche is infested with bots or spam/schill accounts. every single parenting/mom sub is inundated by formula companies. every fan niche like comicbooks is full of bot accounts in training (building up karma with low effort posts and repeat copy posts from previous days from other posters). everything, everywhere.

People always say this but no one ever proves it.

Re: Reddit is taking over Google

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Post by CryptoBanker » Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 7:30 PM UTC

bun_terminator wrote: post #59

haunter wrote: post #16

I still prefer reddit most of the time. Front page (default) subs are highly manipulated (especially anything news, politics, current things etc.) but for hobbies, video games, and sports it's still the best site. Video game discusssions especially because unlike Discord every tip, guide, and walkthrough is archived and searchable. And for sports mostly because it's _insane_ how quickly you get highlights and videos.…

I don't understand how they still have mods. Reddits boss hates them. Everyone else, too. They have 100% a negative impact. The site would be wonderful without moderation as that's already covered by the voting mechanism.

What are you talking about? The mods are the only thing letting Reddit get away without employing or contracting content teams of their own. Reddit would lose so much more money than it already does if it had no mods

Re: Reddit is taking over Google

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 7:30 PM UTC

antisthenes wrote: post #52

khalladay wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

got a source for that?

Look for usernames that look like 2 words from a dictionary, then hyphen, then 4 digits. Almost always, it's a ragebait post that looks like it could be written by a specialized AI. Or some low-brow high-upvote take.

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Re: Reddit is taking over Google

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Post by tayo42 » Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 7:30 PM UTC

bun_terminator wrote: post #59

haunter wrote: post #16

I still prefer reddit most of the time. Front page (default) subs are highly manipulated (especially anything news, politics, current things etc.) but for hobbies, video games, and sports it's still the best site. Video game discusssions especially because unlike Discord every tip, guide, and walkthrough is archived and searchable. And for sports mostly because it's _insane_ how quickly you get highlights and videos.…

I don't understand how they still have mods. Reddits boss hates them. Everyone else, too. They have 100% a negative impact. The site would be wonderful without moderation as that's already covered by the voting mechanism.

I would say mods are a little to heavy handed. But I think they handle spam? And also some community stuff like mega threads and weekly stuff?

Idk I feel like there's a better middle ground then what we experience now with reddit mods and having it be a total free for all

Re: Reddit is taking over Google

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Post by CryptoBanker » Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 7:30 PM UTC

haunter wrote: post #16

I still prefer reddit most of the time. Front page (default) subs are highly manipulated (especially anything news, politics, current things etc.) but for hobbies, video games, and sports it's still the best site. Video game discusssions especially because unlike Discord every tip, guide, and walkthrough is archived and searchable. And for sports mostly because it's _insane_ how quickly you get highlights and videos.…

Who are you proposing pays for content moderation then? Reddit clearly can’t afford it

Re: Reddit is taking over Google

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Post by adamomada » Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 7:31 PM UTC

buffet_overflow wrote: post #48

NayamAmarshe wrote: post #15

The only problem is bad advice that can come up quite often on Reddit. There are various subreddits where young people ask for advice and other young people with no experience are giving advice that might influence others negatively. Otherwise, Reddit is great for technical stuff and niche community communication.

I’d love to see two types of upvotes on the site. One for “thanks for answering/engaging” and another for “this answer is correct and high quality”. Not sure how you’d restrict or verify the votes, but I think the issue you’re pointing out is a result of only having one metric of engagement.

Slashdot solved it more than twenty years ago.

Re: Reddit is taking over Google

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Post by nemothekid » Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 7:31 PM UTC

bun_terminator wrote: post #59

haunter wrote: post #16

I still prefer reddit most of the time. Front page (default) subs are highly manipulated (especially anything news, politics, current things etc.) but for hobbies, video games, and sports it's still the best site. Video game discusssions especially because unlike Discord every tip, guide, and walkthrough is archived and searchable. And for sports mostly because it's _insane_ how quickly you get highlights and videos.…

I don't understand how they still have mods. Reddits boss hates them. Everyone else, too. They have 100% a negative impact. The site would be wonderful without moderation as that's already covered by the voting mechanism.

>The site would be wonderful without moderation

Is this tongue in cheek? I can't tell if this is sarcasm. Reddit would be awful without moderation.

Re: Reddit is taking over Google

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Post by jedberg » Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 7:32 PM UTC

deltarholamda wrote: post #57

jedberg wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh yeah, it turned out to be great for humans. It just happened to be the one thing that we specifically did for SEO first. Funny enough, it turns out that most "SEO optimizations" are just "make this better for humans, especially disabled humans".

>SEO optimizations are just "make this better for humans, especially disabled humans" I'm gonna embroider that on a throw pillow and use it to hit webdevs.

Please do! And please send me a picture if you actually do it. :)

Re: Reddit is taking over Google

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Post by paulpauper » Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 7:33 PM UTC

letmeinhere wrote: post #14

Loughla wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm fairly certain that pr companies figured reddit out about 5 years ago. It's still pretty good for niche products and hobbies, but as a recommendation machine, is pretty garbage.

Have any subreddit mods been exposed as paid corporate shills? I'm a bit surprised that I haven't noticed signs of that for subreddits with an obvious commercial angle. Maybe moderating is such a thankless slog that brands can't pay people to do it ;)

Yeah there was a lot of that going on in 2012/2013. major scandals involving tech and gaming subs. Gaming and tech subs are especially vulnerable to this.

Re: Reddit is taking over Google

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Post by smitty1110 » Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 7:34 PM UTC

NayamAmarshe wrote: post #15

The only problem is bad advice that can come up quite often on Reddit. There are various subreddits where young people ask for advice and other young people with no experience are giving advice that might influence others negatively. Otherwise, Reddit is great for technical stuff and niche community communication.

The real indictment here isn't that Reddit serves bad advice, it's that Google is just bad at providing you with relevant information. This is a symptom of people trying to find real humans talking about stuff by slapping "reddit" on the front of every search, because the SEO garbage that rises to the top isn't worth a read.