That sounds absolutely amazing. I will reconsider creating a new account and using Reddit again after walking away about a decade ago.
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r/programming bans all discussion of LLM programming
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#22Maybe this was a genius move made precisely to be ambiguous on whether it was April Fools or not... so that the author can later read the room and clarify whether it was or was not April Fools, without much repercussion either way.
Nope:
> Timing just worked out this way. New month, ideal timing for testing a new rule.
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#23HN should also limit all these self-promoting AI posts.
I've been hiding them all. Makes the front page look a lot better.
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#24People still use Reddit?
Ignorance isn't bliss. They never had a downturn yoy in their userbase yet.
But hasnt it gone down in quality with broader mainstream appeal, more ai slop, and just general self promotion? I feel like a lot of niche communities have also lost their core or original user bases that are not as active any more or it could just be me? For example off the top of my head not digging too deep, r/juststart used to be very high signal and strongly moderated but now not so much. But, on the other hand, i did discover r/laundry recently with some awesome content around “spa day” but again thats mainly one user responsible. I guess another big gripe is having to use the reddit mobile app after they closed their api’s and shutting down third party apps because now i cant browse its more feed-like. Sorry for the ramble not sure what my point is but hoping others can share their experiences and any advice too i guess
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#25There can't be any interesting discussion about AI programming. Every conversation boils down to what skill files you use, or how Opus 4.6 compares to Codex, or how well you can manage 16 parallel agents.
I disagree and you could reduce basically anything to this: 'there can‘t be any interesting discussion about React. Every conversation boils down to which framework you use or how you manage state or whether you use typescript or javascript‘
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#26People still use Reddit?
What do you recommend instead? Reddit is like reading YouTube comments nowadays, I miss when discussions were literate and informed.
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#27There’s something off about Reddit. Either I grew up or it became hollow from within. Just angry people scolding each other all the time.
There are some true gems however but usually in smaller focused subreddits.
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#28There can't be any interesting discussion about AI programming. Every conversation boils down to what skill files you use, or how Opus 4.6 compares to Codex, or how well you can manage 16 parallel agents.
My pet peeve with all LLM discourse is whenever someone mentions any problem they experience with LLMs or any mistake they make, someone comments that humans make the same mistake.
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#29HN should also limit all these self-promoting AI posts.
See dang’s comments on https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47340079 . (That link itself is a submission about HN’s recent guidelines changes to include “Don't post generated comments or AI-edited comments. HN is for conversation between humans.”)
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#30Not being able to discuss the biggest change to our job in living memory is such a reddit thing to do, just sticking their heads in the sand.