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Re: The Growth of Reddit

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Post by KozmoNau7 »

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…

The biggest problem with reddit is that subreddits tend to get turned into little personal domains, ruled by a supreme dictator for life, turning the community experience sour for anyone who doesn't toe the party line.

Re: The Growth of Reddit

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Post by propogandist »

usuallymatt wrote: post #98
propogandist wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

reddit is only usable if you have a plugin like this https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/old-reddit-redirec... which will auto-redirect you to the old-design

Can't you just use old.reddit.com ?

I end up landing on reddit from search engines and this automatically loads the old.reddit.com as it will revert to the new UI by default. I do not log in and have not been active on reddit for a long while.

Re: The Growth of Reddit

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Post by catach »

rolleiflex wrote: post #51
mhink wrote: post #25

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Not much to do about v.reddit, but you can disable the redesign in your user preferences, and as for comments- unsubscribe from the default subreddits and then go subscribe to specific, smaller subs that catch your interest. /r/SubredditOfTheDay, /r/TinySubredditOfTheDay, and /r/Serendipity are great ways to find out about about new subs. (Unfortunately, there's not much to do about the mobile app, which is pretty bo…

Disabling the new design still requires you to be signed in, though. I don’t sign in most of the time I’m using Reddit. (Which makes for poor monetisation, and even being able to disable the new redesign only when signed in is a win for them over the current situation.)

> Disabling the new design still requires you to be signed in, though.

old.reddit.com works fine when logged out, for me.

Re: The Growth of Reddit

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Post by DoreenMichele »

ThomPete wrote: post #171
DoreenMichele wrote: post #156

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If you are unwelcome in enough places, you run out of places to go. If you live in the internet era and know before you go that there's no place free of such, it can easily be a case that standing your ground here and now is the most sensible reaction.

Not if you do it like its done here in this thread. I made a general statement about politics now we are talking identity politics. I am as liberal as they come but this attemp to sneak it into every conversation is not getting you the support you need. It becomes noise no matter how well intended it is.

doublepg23 made a really mild general statement and it wasn't in reply to you. You have argued with every single reply beneath it.

Your replies here are the ones that look like noise, a bad habit, etc.

Re: The Growth of Reddit

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Post by O-Malley »

screye wrote: post #161
naravara wrote: post #75

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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…

Interestingly enough, I almost completely ignore the gamer side of reddit.(DotA being the exception) To me, Reddit's the last bastion to find good conversation for people with many niche interests without going too crazy. (4chan is a bit too eccentric for my tastes) I frequent the soccer, manga, headphones, metal, male fashion, thrifting, cooking and fitness subreddits. No other forum let's me feel like a part of suc…

> Reddit's forced UI change

To be fair, it isn't really a "forced" UI change, as you may disable it in the settings or use "old.reddit.com" as URL.

Re: The Growth of Reddit

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Post by sjs382 »

screye wrote: post #161
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…

Interestingly enough, I almost completely ignore the gamer side of reddit.(DotA being the exception) To me, Reddit's the last bastion to find good conversation for people with many niche interests without going too crazy. (4chan is a bit too eccentric for my tastes) I frequent the soccer, manga, headphones, metal, male fashion, thrifting, cooking and fitness subreddits. No other forum let's me feel like a part of suc…

> Interestingly enough, I almost completely ignore the gamer side of reddit.

Same. I'm a frequent reddit user and have almost no exposure to the "gamer" bits. Reddit, in my experience, is exactly what you make of it. For me, it's a DIY and craft forum.

Re: The Growth of Reddit

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Post by [deleted] »

ThomPete wrote: post #172
spookthesunset wrote: post #154

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> Not sure what violence in Seattle have to do with whether you need to get politically involved. Because that violence, like most issues in life, is rooted in politics. You cannot escape politics no matter how much you dislike it. The fact that you want to escape, or even can escape politics is in itself political. The fact that HN for whatever reason discourages politics is also politically driven. Politics is life…

It's a nice conspiracy theory it just doesn't have much to do with reality. You don't win people over politically on the internet, especially not by force-feeding identity politics into everything.

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Re: The Growth of Reddit

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Post by jplayer01 »

naravara wrote: post #75
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…

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…

I feel charts like this completely miss the point or the magic of Reddit. I have dozens of subreddits in my metasubreddits. There's a subreddit for everything and so many of them are so filled with helpful people and useful information. It's the best resource I have for all kinds of topics, far better than a Google search could ever provide. Even if these subreddits are nowhere as big as r/games, they're still a core part of what makes Reddit special (and something Apple has traditionally understood as a critical part of their success with the App Store - the long tail).

Re: The Growth of Reddit

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Post by jplayer01 »

O-Malley wrote: post #185
screye wrote: post #161

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Interestingly enough, I almost completely ignore the gamer side of reddit.(DotA being the exception) To me, Reddit's the last bastion to find good conversation for people with many niche interests without going too crazy. (4chan is a bit too eccentric for my tastes) I frequent the soccer, manga, headphones, metal, male fashion, thrifting, cooking and fitness subreddits. No other forum let's me feel like a part of suc…

> Reddit's forced UI change To be fair, it isn't really a "forced" UI change, as you may disable it in the settings or use "old.reddit.com" as URL.

For now.

Re: The Growth of Reddit

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Post by jplayer01 »

naravara wrote: post #180
doublepg23 wrote: post #132

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this is a very weird take. I've been on Reddit for 6+ years and if anything it's gotten way way more diverse than just "gaming".

I’m taking about volume of users in the aggregate based on that chart. Not any individual’s curated feed.

Yes, but charts like this are proof of how misleading data can be. While the volume of users interested in gaming is large, the vast selection of different subreddits in every possible topic is what makes Reddit special.
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