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

Post by stevewillows » Thu, May 31, 2018, 4:15 PM UTC

chasontherobot wrote: post #438

systematical wrote: post #434

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I had to stop going to any thing political related on reddit, between russian trolls and hyper-liberals downvoting reasonable opinions it got to be to much. I installed the Reddit Enhancement Suite plugin to hide /r/politics and /r/the_donald from my home page. If I do read something political on there its from /r/NeutralPolitics which requires anything you post to be cited with evidence. For everything else reddit i…

Why are they showing up on your home page at all? Are you subbed to them?

Post by tripzilch » Thu, May 31, 2018, 4:43 PM UTC

babuskov wrote: post #495

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They still allow anonymous sign-up without an email address, but I've noticed a few dark UI patterns hiding that feature with recent redesigns. I delete and create accounts all the time to improve anonymity and prevent karma-lust. A few months ago I almost swore off Reddit because it seemed not providing an email was no longer an option during sign up. Now you just have to hit "Next" with an empty email field, it use…

> didn't want to scare me into giving up my email address using "account recovery" FUD It's not FUD. I run a small website (about 10k daily visits) where you can log in and play some games and don't have the "reset password via e-mail" mechanism. You won't believe the amount of "I forgot my password, please reset it" requests I get from people. Majority of people give more value to being allowed to be lazy and forget…

Post by alien_at_work » Thu, May 31, 2018, 5:18 PM UTC

eitally wrote: post #208

Florin_Andrei wrote: post #135

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Sure, but the specialized subreddits are a little too "baseline". For my hobbies, I still go on the actual forums when I need to speak with someone about issues beyond entry level.

Me, too. the one place I see Reddit shining is in the self-help type subs, like r/personalfinance, for example. But for topics that require significant specialization, or a specialized, knowledgeable audience (like anything research, repair or creation), forums are undoubtedly superior.

Post by doctorsher » Thu, May 31, 2018, 5:42 PM UTC

dageshi wrote: post #160

to_bpr wrote: post #58

As a long, long time user of Reddit, it has been quite saddening to see its descent into the shallow, ultra-toxic husk of a corporate entity that it is today. I'm not surprised by its popularity; it's a headline-surfers paradise, one in which you get feel good points for displays of virtue or shitposting easily digested content in an era of unparalleled narcissism and shortened attention spans. All is not lost though…

I am also a long time reddit user, 10 or so years at this point. It's not obvious to me that reddit is particularly different than it was in the past. There's just more of it now.

Post by microcolonel » Thu, May 31, 2018, 7:41 PM UTC