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Re: The Growth of Reddit

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Post by SOLAR_FIELDS »

TylerE wrote: post #99
naravara wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

it never occurred to me before, but seeing it in a chart like this it really seems like Reddit has basically just turned into Gamers and their side interests, politics, and a few vestiges of old Reddit, like AskReddit, which at this point might as well be their own separate site for what all they have to do with the main demographic. The Video Game sphere takes up a huge chunk of it. Then many of the other subs are b…

Funny you should mention AskReddit. I'd consider the sad state of that sub an example of exactly how far mainstream Reddit has fallen. It's mostly content that makes me feel like I'm actually losing intelligence by reading it. Endless September writ large.

Thing about askreddit is that I don’t think it’s gone downhill, it’s always been the same few recycled questions every day with some actual decent discussions popping up about once a week. I have been browsing the subreddit for about 7 years now and I can’t see a noticeable decline, more so that the same old questions have become even more tired after seeing them over and over.

Re: The Growth of Reddit

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Post by dorfsmay »

SOLAR_FIELDS wrote: post #119
propogandist wrote: post #36

Reddit was great, many years ago, although there are many sub-reddits that are still excellent today. Moves they've made in the recent years, like hiding vote counts, were to improve growth, but it has also enabled more astroturfing and censorship (widespread). More recently, they started injected tracking into outbound link clicks and introduced the terrible redesign to help with growth/monetization also. As they've…

The thing about recent moves is that, unlike Facebook, they still support older ways to have the non-painful experience from the user side at least. i.reddit.com is still alive and I use it regularly. Lightweight, decent UX with some flaws, but pretty much no ads. The user tracking is harder to get around, but a combination of pi-hole, ublock origin, and privacy badger helps there. So it’s not terrible yet. I think w…

And old.reddit.com.

Re: The Growth of Reddit

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Post by drb91 »

gsich wrote: post #87
rigged-system wrote: post #39

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When it's gone, the "old internet" will be gone

Every platform has its Eternal September.

Some of the first comments on Reddit were complaints about the site going downhill in almost exactly the same terms people use today: https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/17913/reddit_no...

Nostalgia is powerful! The key has always been to unsubscribe all the “front page” (once “default”) subreddits.

Re: The Growth of Reddit

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Post by dorfsmay »

mario0b1 wrote: post #58
rigged-system wrote: post #39

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When it's gone, the "old internet" will be gone

Well, it might not be "normie compatible", but there still is 4chan, which is a lot "old internet". I can understand that people do not like it and why it is that way though. But the point is: There are still sites out there which are like the old internet. They are obviously just not mainstream. They never were really (except reddit maybe). You just gotta find your little niche place and maybe look around every now…

And Usenet still exists.

Re: The Growth of Reddit

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Post by wilsonnb3 »

bspammer wrote: post #116
naravara wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

it never occurred to me before, but seeing it in a chart like this it really seems like Reddit has basically just turned into Gamers and their side interests, politics, and a few vestiges of old Reddit, like AskReddit, which at this point might as well be their own separate site for what all they have to do with the main demographic. The Video Game sphere takes up a huge chunk of it. Then many of the other subs are b…

Strange that you say the dedicated meme parts of reddit are gone. In my mind they're more active than ever, between /r/me_irl, /r/prequelmemes, /r/deepfriedmemes, and if you really want the old fashioned stuff /r/adviceanimals is still surprisingly active.

/r/dankmemes, /r/bikinibottomtwitter, /r/teenagers are also meme heavy and make it to the top of /r/all regularly, not to mention the variety of spin off meme subreddits (lotrmemes, dankchristianmemes, etc.)

Re: The Growth of Reddit

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Post by SOLAR_FIELDS »

ThomPete wrote: post #34
chrisco255 wrote: post #21

In many ways, Reddit reminds me more of the "old internet" than Facebook or Twitter. There seems to be better discussions, more variety, and even quite a bit of experimentation going on within certain subreddits. It feels like a freer place and that much I like. I still don't like that people get into their own bubbles and do little to bridge the gaps between political and ideological differences, but it certainly fe…

Agree The obvious way out of that is to join bubbles that are aligned with your interests rather than political views. If your interest is politics then find a better interest :)

Every now and then when I access Reddit not logged in from somewhere I get reminded of this. If you curate what you are subscribed to it will be much better. About a year ago I wrote a little Python script in about an hour or so that subscribed me to every single state-level or above location-based subreddit (there is a webpage that you can go to that lists them all, I simply scraped that). I have learned so much about different cultures just by reading posts from people around the world posting things about their area.

Re: The Growth of Reddit

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Post by DoreenMichele »

bspammer wrote: post #116
naravara wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

it never occurred to me before, but seeing it in a chart like this it really seems like Reddit has basically just turned into Gamers and their side interests, politics, and a few vestiges of old Reddit, like AskReddit, which at this point might as well be their own separate site for what all they have to do with the main demographic. The Video Game sphere takes up a huge chunk of it. Then many of the other subs are b…

Strange that you say the dedicated meme parts of reddit are gone. In my mind they're more active than ever, between /r/me_irl, /r/prequelmemes, /r/deepfriedmemes, and if you really want the old fashioned stuff /r/adviceanimals is still surprisingly active.

Since the recent redesign, I get a custom front page full of wholesome goodness and I never see r/all. Perhaps the GP has a similar experience?

Re: The Growth of Reddit

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Post by swebs »

nerdponx wrote: post #13
css wrote: post #4

t_d at its peak was almost as big as politics, now that was not something I expected. Before SandersForPresident was archived when he lost the nomination it was about the same size as t_d. Would be really neat to select a single sub or group of subs and generate a line chart of the same data.

/r/politics leans left, so it kinda makes sense.

"leans"

Re: The Growth of Reddit

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Post by [deleted] »

damon_c wrote: post #110
spookthesunset wrote: post #62

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"table next to the bathroom" This is a phrase I'm not familiar with. What do you mean?

You have been waiting all week for this occasion. You made a reservation at this great restaurant with someone you are really excited to make a closer connection with. Finally, the moment comes, and you are led to your table. Unfortunately your table is within 2 meters of the bathroom. Every time the door opens, the bathroom light casts shadows on your silverware and lights the back of your head highlighting the thin…

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