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Re: Reddit

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Post by [deleted] »

jn1234 wrote: post #104
LeoPanthera wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Heavily moderated subreddits are Reddit's biggest problem. Time and again, the volunteer moderators prove that they cannot be impartial, and bias creeps in, inevitably culminating in a bizarre power struggle with the normal users. I've seen it so many times. This isn't helped by the fact that the majority of popular subreddits are moderated by the same people, resulting in a kind of weird cabal situation. I'm not sur…

I generally agree that heavily moderating a subreddit is a bad idea, however for subreddits like http://www.reddit.com/r/science and http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience , they have been able to scale up to frontpage levels without a serious drop in content quality.

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Re: Reddit

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Post by cyanbane »

Alex3917 wrote: post #131
alexis wrote: post #74

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We've been hamstrung by a UI/UX that made a lot more sense when we only had a dozen active subreddits https://web.archive.org/web/20080410190800/http://reddit.com... reddit is a platform for communities like twitter is a platform for individuals. There are a half million communities now on reddit and our onboarding experience should do a better job exposing people to the communities they love (kinda like twitter does…

> There are Cleveland Browns fans who've visited reddit every day for years and don't realize there's a r/clevelandbrowns community that they'd love Can you use retargeting to drive people on the frontpage to appropriate subreddits?

I think it just comes down to better placement of subreddit suggestions somewhere in the UI. Reddit is a very word heavy UI (which I like) but sometimes features (no matter how awesome at the core) get lost in the text or the pics/vids that standout so much on the front page.

Re: Reddit

#153

Post by anoncow »

silencio wrote: post #93
kyro wrote: post #9

Exciting news. One thing I sincerely hope reddit will do with the new injection is to increase the level of quality of content and discussion across the board. Often the advice given is "you've got to find the smaller subreddits" and while that's true, I think having the first few layers filled with terrible content and hive-minded, often racist/sexist discussion is incredibly detrimental to both the site's image and…

I'm a default (twoxchromosomes) mod. I would love to see better moderation tools. Most of the shitty content I've had to deal with are from newer/multiple accounts, as well as the older accounts that are sick of the trolls. Our AutoModerator shadowban list and our ban list is so ridiculously long I can barely scroll it. It'd be amazing if we didn't have to rely on a bunch of other tools (toolbox, RES, AutoModerator)…

Hi there. Your sr is one of the better ones I have come across. Keep up the good work.

I hope the cleaning and injections don't change reddit too much.

Re: Reddit

#154

Post by johnyzee »

gatsby wrote: post #4

"It’s always bothered me that users create so much of the value of sites like reddit but don’t own any of it. So, the Series B Investors are giving 10% of our shares in this round to the people in the reddit community, and I hope we increase community ownership over time. We have some creative thoughts about the mechanics of this, but it’ll take us awhile to sort through all the issues. If it works as we hope, it’s g…

Very cool. It's like turning reddit into a bit of a communal property.

Re: Reddit

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Post by k3n »

ehaughee wrote: post #69
foobarqux wrote: post #49

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Can you give some examples of good quality subreddits?

These are some of my favorite subreddits: http://reddit.com/r/hiphopheads http://reddit.com/r/frugalmalefashion http://reddit.com/r/javascript/ http://reddit.com/r/snowboarding/ I find these subs to be on topic, relatively positive, often receptive to the new and uninitiated, providing a wealth of FAQ/just starting out information and have interesting weekly events. I especially enjoy the header with album release da…

As a mod of /r/javascript (for about 6 months now), I'm flattered. The sub really is easy to mod though; yes, we get a couple off-topic & spammy posts every once in awhile, but by-and-large, the JS community there runs itself really well.

Re: Reddit

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Post by amha »

orky56 wrote: post #128
wasd wrote: post #2

Sorry if this is obvious but how does this work if Conde Nast/Advanced Publications is the primary shareholder?

They were acquired by Conde Nast but have since parted ways to go private: http://betabeat.com/2011/09/a-startup-is-reborn-reddit-no-lo...

That article says that they're still owned by Advance Publications, though (the Conde Nast parent).

I'm confused as well. Is Advance Publications retaining a stake? Are they spinning it off? ???

Re: Reddit

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Post by frogpelt »

kyro wrote: post #9

Exciting news. One thing I sincerely hope reddit will do with the new injection is to increase the level of quality of content and discussion across the board. Often the advice given is "you've got to find the smaller subreddits" and while that's true, I think having the first few layers filled with terrible content and hive-minded, often racist/sexist discussion is incredibly detrimental to both the site's image and…

I find your post ironic.

You are excited (presumably) about Reddit and about the possibility that the community may be given the opportunity to own a piece of Reddit.

Yet, you find the actions of the majority of the Reddit community "detrimental" to the site's image.

Reddit is what it is. A bunch of people on the Internet. You are either excited about the community or you don't like most of them, which is it?

Re: Reddit

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Post by jiggy2011 »

TylerE wrote: post #145
jiggy2011 wrote: post #133

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The high quality subs are high quality because they have limited appeal. It's the same way HN keeps a reasonable level of quality, if there way an influx of people here who weren't interested in technology/programming and just wanted to talk about video games or politics then the quality would go down.

Avoiding a sort of Web 2.0 of the old usenet "Back to School newbie flood" certainly helps. It takes a really good mod team to stand up against the flood. See the decline of /r/books, for instance.

That's why keeping the default subs as light hearted funny content helps. They act as a sponge to soak up impulsive low quality comments.

Re: Reddit

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Post by diydsp »

silencio wrote: post #93
kyro wrote: post #9

Exciting news. One thing I sincerely hope reddit will do with the new injection is to increase the level of quality of content and discussion across the board. Often the advice given is "you've got to find the smaller subreddits" and while that's true, I think having the first few layers filled with terrible content and hive-minded, often racist/sexist discussion is incredibly detrimental to both the site's image and…

I'm a default (twoxchromosomes) mod. I would love to see better moderation tools. Most of the shitty content I've had to deal with are from newer/multiple accounts, as well as the older accounts that are sick of the trolls. Our AutoModerator shadowban list and our ban list is so ridiculously long I can barely scroll it. It'd be amazing if we didn't have to rely on a bunch of other tools (toolbox, RES, AutoModerator)…

Yes, one thing I would like see in moderator tools is: edit the headlines. That's a commonly-used tool on HN and it would help subreddits, too.
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