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Reddit just passed Facebook as #3 most popular website in US

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Re: Reddit just passed Facebook as #3 most popular website in US

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Post by ConcernedCoder »

city41 wrote: post #194
exelius wrote: post #15

Reddit works because it’s anonymous, information-dense and relatively ad-free. Change any one of those three and the user base will abandon you. It’s been Reddit’s dilemma since the beginning: you can’t monetize a toxic user base that has total freedom. Sure you can try to drive away the toxic users, but it turns out that those toxic users are also pretty influential in non-toxic aspects. I’m still skeptical of Reddi…

> and relatively ad-free The redesign that's currently in beta seems to mostly be driven by the desire to embed more ads. Instead of just one ad at the top of the page, there's new several spread throughout the feed, very similar to Twitter's promoted tweets.

I think the uptick in visits is just people clicking "back to old reddit" on every page... why isn't there a global setting to disable this "new" reddit abomination...?

Re: Reddit just passed Facebook as #3 most popular website in US

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Post by thirdsun »

AlexandrB wrote: post #129
emn13 wrote: post #51

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I can't say I'm enthused by reddit-on-mobile. I stick to the desktop version. No idea if I'm alone in that...

Narwhal on iOS is pretty great. First-party reddit app is quite bad. Ironically reddit heavily pushes their official mobile app if you visit on mobile Safari.

These days Apollo seems to be the best reddit client on iOS: https://apolloapp.io/

Re: Reddit just passed Facebook as #3 most popular website in US

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Post by modernerd »

lordvigm wrote: post #447
xxorlak wrote: post #399

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Nobody uses the official reddit apps. I've been using third party reddit apps (which are amazing) since 2010 (Galaxy S1).

Well I use the official app. I tried redditisfun but it was pretty much the same. Do you suggest any other app?

Apollo is brilliant for iOS users.

https://apolloapp.io/

Been using it since release and I don't use the Reddit website directly now except to give gold.

Re: Reddit just passed Facebook as #3 most popular website in US

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Post by retsibsi »

christoph wrote: post #352
pmarreck wrote: post #341

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> To me, reddit seems a great way for a community to reinforce groupthink. I think this is due to its utterly basic up/downvoting as well as its completely-unenforced TOS which state you should not downvote simply for disagreeing. When you downvote, you should have to specify a reason (such as "offtopic") and one of the reasons should not remotely be "I disagree"

Some of the politics subreddits are the worst places for this. Anything that questions, disagrees or even states facts that go against the common grain, can quickly be downvoted into oblivion.

And the other side of that coin is possibly even more annoying: plenty of obviously dumb comments rise to the top, presumably because a lot of people agree with the sentiments they express. I think two-axis voting (see my other comment in this thread) might fail to save subreddits that have already sunk into all-consuming tribalism, but it could help others to avoid that fate.

Re: Reddit just passed Facebook as #3 most popular website in US

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Post by steveeq1 »

beedogs wrote: post #468
steveeq1 wrote: post #445

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You're equally hard on thug-rap subreddits, right?

what the hell does that even mean? You've used that term ("thug-rap subreddits") twice here in this discussion, and I'm pretty sure you're just trying to bait, because not only do they simply not exist, but even if one did, it would be about 1/100000th the size of a toxic waste dump like The_Donald or any of the MRA swamps that plague Reddit.

rap music, but done by thugs is what I mean. And the lyrics of these rap songs spew out hate speech all the time.

You've never heard rap music before?

Re: Reddit just passed Facebook as #3 most popular website in US

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Post by beedogs »

steveeq1 wrote: post #485
beedogs wrote: post #468

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what the hell does that even mean? You've used that term ("thug-rap subreddits") twice here in this discussion, and I'm pretty sure you're just trying to bait, because not only do they simply not exist, but even if one did, it would be about 1/100000th the size of a toxic waste dump like The_Donald or any of the MRA swamps that plague Reddit.

rap music, but done by thugs is what I mean. And the lyrics of these rap songs spew out hate speech all the time . You've never heard rap music before?

I've heard plenty of rap music, mate, and all I can conclude is you're racist as hell.

Also, wow, you've been pushing this "rap music is racist" nonsense for almost a year:

> Would you hold that same opinion if the thing said were, say, violent american black rap lyrics?

> I can just as easily say "walking in any major US city, you can find young male black thugs. . ." And then use that as a justification to ban many rap lyrics on the basis of "hate speech".

> Yes, I agree. We can easily apply the same logic and apply the ban to, say, gangsta rap, as many of lyrics are hate speech. But I'm willing to bet most people would be against this.

And you've just been flat-out racist here for even longer:

> How about: Blacks contribute over 50% of violent crimes, homicides and rapes. It is ok to consider dealing with ghetto black types as a "high risk activity"

> I think culture also plays a role in explaining crime stats, not just poverty. Low income asian areas experience far fewer crime levels than corresponding low income black areas.

I did find this one ironic, though:

> Saying people in overwhelmingly white suburbs are racist is racist in and of itself. You shouldn't generalize people's behavior based on the color of one's skin!

Re: Reddit just passed Facebook as #3 most popular website in US

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Post by mastrsushi »

The initial idea of Facebook is great. I can't exactly knock it when this site is heavily influenced. But the problem with having specific boards that satisfy every little interest is that an echo chamber effect often occurs. My karma on that site is so low, not because of trolling, but speaking my own opposing views. I'll never be able to post on a FreeBSD subreddit, claiming a specific case where I find Linux better suited. Or when I read the OpenBSD mailing list and post that Theo De Raadt needs to get a grip, when he rejects Rust because no core utilities have been implemented. Making points that radical are just asking for trouble.

It's a great way to collaborate with people within the same niche, but it's a clique. They only want to hear themselves talk. Believe it or not, despite 4chan's well known toxicity, boards like /g/, /adv/, and /mu/ are perfect examples of true anomity. Where specific interests are shared within threads of each board. They may come off harsh to the light hearted, but they're not afraid of opinions.

Re: Reddit just passed Facebook as #3 most popular website in US

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Post by TekMol »

I wonder how much traction a lightweight Reddit with a nice clean html interface would get.

Something like HN but with unlimited categories, not just all/show/ask.

I would love such a thing. For me, Reddit already was on the edge of being too bloated before the redesign. Now I barely use it anymore. Before the redesign, I was on HN like 10 times a day and on Reddit 5 times a day or so. Now I use Reddit maybe once a day. And I always have this 'Uh oh this is going to be annoying. Do I really want to check it?' feeling.

Re: Reddit just passed Facebook as #3 most popular website in US

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Post by newman8r »

TekMol wrote: post #488

I wonder how much traction a lightweight Reddit with a nice clean html interface would get. Something like HN but with unlimited categories, not just all/show/ask. I would love such a thing. For me, Reddit already was on the edge of being too bloated before the redesign. Now I barely use it anymore. Before the redesign, I was on HN like 10 times a day and on Reddit 5 times a day or so. Now I use Reddit maybe once a d…

I think you need a pretty significant community size to make the 'subreddit' model work. It's kind of a 'chicken or the egg' problem. I believe reddit didn't even offer subreddits initially.

Re: Reddit just passed Facebook as #3 most popular website in US

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Post by TekMol »

newman8r wrote: post #489
TekMol wrote: post #488

I wonder how much traction a lightweight Reddit with a nice clean html interface would get. Something like HN but with unlimited categories, not just all/show/ask. I would love such a thing. For me, Reddit already was on the edge of being too bloated before the redesign. Now I barely use it anymore. Before the redesign, I was on HN like 10 times a day and on Reddit 5 times a day or so. Now I use Reddit maybe once a d…

I think you need a pretty significant community size to make the 'subreddit' model work. It's kind of a 'chicken or the egg' problem. I believe reddit didn't even offer subreddits initially.

Maybe. Then starting with just a few categories and slowly adding more might be a good approach.
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