Study: Reddit used by 6% of adult Internet users
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#2reminds me of http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html
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#3'of US American adults on Internet' I can believe and is kind of established by the article. Certainly not global.
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#4'of US American adults on Internet' I can believe and is kind of established by the article. Certainly not global.
Yeah that's a pretty important detail that's not included in the HN headline.
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#5I am the 94%.
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#6And that's of the population smart enough to use the internet... think about that the next time you are reading some of the stuff people write there.
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#7reminds me of http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html
I had the same thought, but I don't believe Pew run surveys at the request of PR companies.
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#8I know its easy to hate on Reddit, but there is certainly some good content on a few of the smaller subreddits. I suspect that the majority of people in this 6% are only going to the front page and a few of the large sections.
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#9Can any HN/reddit folks recommend some interesting and useful subreddits? Whenever I stumble across a link to reddit I am not impressed with the level discussions. I have tried a number of different subreddits across a wide range (this is a wide net: anything from Call of Duty to Woodworking to Security) of topics and I usually find inane chatter or comments with nothing more than a link to the latest animated gif of a duck expressing gratitude. Where are the gems I am missing?
Re: Study: Reddit used by 6% of adult Internet users
#10Can any HN/reddit folks recommend some interesting and useful subreddits? Whenever I stumble across a link to reddit I am not impressed with the level discussions. I have tried a number of different subreddits across a wide range (this is a wide net: anything from Call of Duty to Woodworking to Security) of topics and I usually find inane chatter or comments with nothing more than a link to the latest animated gif of…
What you said is sadly true for many subreddits. I can offer up /r/askhistorians as a counter-example though: a very well moderated subreddit with excellent historical discussions.