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

Post by collyw » Thu, May 31, 2018, 8:48 AM UTC

Fnoord wrote: post #374

braindongle wrote: post #360

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IMO, groupthink is worse here than on Reddit, or at least the subs I visit. Divergent thinking is often celebrated. Here it's more about convergence to the most defensibly informed perspective. I may be wrong, and these differences are subtle in any event. Regardless, any discussion of groupthink on HN should include some critical self-reflection. Please downvote me!

Everyone has a different perception on that. Sure, HN is big. Reddit is huge though, with tons upon tons of subreddits. What you perceived based on subreddit X or Y someone else felt different, or they also went to subreddit Z, or solely subreddit Z. HN serves a rather specific goal, it is basically PG/YC's playground. This community will never be allowed to deviate much from their interests. That's a given you know…

Post by baud147258 » Thu, May 31, 2018, 8:56 AM UTC

beedogs wrote: post #486

steveeq1 wrote: post #485

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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…

Post by detaro » Thu, May 31, 2018, 9:11 AM UTC

bradlys wrote: post #195

Shank wrote: post #94

The biggest value gain from Reddit, to me, is the ability to centralize effectively around different hobbies and activities. In the past, if you wanted to find an online community for a movie or a game, you had to find a forum for that community. Finding forums that are well managed and capture a good segment of the community is hard -- and Reddit just becomes a default place to look now. Let's say a new TV show star…

I think it's okay to some extent but I find that forums definitely are a much better resource and controversial threads or posts in forums don't get buried or hidden by a downvote. Some of the most humorous threads you'll read would have had a -inf rating and thus never seen on reddit. To me, reddit seems a great way for a community to reinforce groupthink. Instances I can think of are forums for motorcycles, cars, p…

Post by igravious » Thu, May 31, 2018, 9:22 AM UTC

tenryuu wrote: post #16

tammer wrote: post #5

I've recently been thinking that Reddit holds a lot of potential that has yet to be tapped or expired. The recent pivots post CEO change (mobile app, redesign, crackdown on garbage) speak to a future where currently fractured private communities such as those on Discourse or Slack can find a more publicly accessible presence. Facebook Groups, while immensely popular, currently falls into the same opt-in, zero-discove…

Facebook also tending to restrict access to information behind a login. Compared to reddit, which most of its content is publicly visible. They are built on two very ideas though. The amount of times I have to ask someone on Facebook to get information for me is upsetting. To clarify, I'm banned from Facebook, not for being a dickhead though

Post by rakamotog » Thu, May 31, 2018, 10:20 AM UTC