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Re: The Growth of Reddit

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Post by netsharc » Mon, Oct 29, 2018, 10:29 PM UTC

matt4077 wrote: post #44

dmode wrote: post #8

It is interesting that the #1 story in HN is decline in FB and the #3 is growth in Reddit. Personal anecdote, I have shifted all my FB screen time to Reddit. Not out of any agenda, but perhaps to interact with a more diverse group of people. Bold prediction: FB will try to acquire Reddit soon

Facebook and Reddit serve far too different purposes in my life to make sense of a comparison. I might just have grown too old, but the talk of Reddit (or instagram etc.) replacing FB don't seem to make very much sense, as long as FB is the go-to platform for connecting with real-world acquaintances. I literally have no connections on FB to people I haven't met in person, and don't know a single friend's reddit accou…

FB also has pages that post memes/pics/news/Russian propaganda, and thousands and thousands of people commenting underneath them (tragically mostly to make their friends aware of the content by mentioning their names), so that's their reddit/forums competition.

But unlike forums, most of the conversation on Facebook is 20 comments at a time and you can't just link to page X of some conversation...

Re: The Growth of Reddit

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Post by spookthesunset » Mon, Oct 29, 2018, 10:30 PM UTC

dunmalg wrote: post #55

rolleiflex wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.)

Not signing in to reddit is the surest way to experience the online equivalent of a table next to the bathroom.

"table next to the bathroom"

This is a phrase I'm not familiar with. What do you mean?

Re: The Growth of Reddit

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Post by iblaine » Mon, Oct 29, 2018, 10:33 PM UTC

Over the past few years, both Twitter and Reddit have seen a huge growth of bot accounts. I'd put an asterisk next to any growth* figure by either company.

Re: The Growth of Reddit

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Post by michaelleslie » Mon, Oct 29, 2018, 10:37 PM UTC

ThomPete wrote: post #34

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…

Agree The obvious way out of that is to join bubbles that are aligned with your interests rather than political views. If your interest is politics then find a better interest :)

That's a remarkably privileged and blasé take, denying the importance of civic engagement.

Re: The Growth of Reddit

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Post by bhandziuk » Mon, Oct 29, 2018, 10:39 PM UTC

ben_jones wrote: post #46

I use reddit on my mobile browser without logging into to an account. Recently when clicking links or images in the mobile view a pop-under will appear freezing the site until I select the prominent first option (to download the Reddit mobile app) or the second option to continue using my mobile browser. Because I am unauthenticated this preference does not carry over to page reloads for things like jumping to a diff…

login in solves a lot of problems. I know It's no longer anonymous but you can at least use a fake name. If you log in you can disable that infuriating popup. Also, you don't have to look at only the default list of garbage subreddits.

Reddit not logged in is like watching that garbage truck full of memes crash into on-coming traffic.

Re: The Growth of Reddit

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Post by beeneuf » Mon, Oct 29, 2018, 10:39 PM UTC

rolleiflex wrote: post #51

mhink wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.)

You do not need to sign in the disable the new design, you can just use old.reddit.com.

Re: The Growth of Reddit

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Post by ObsoleteNerd » Mon, Oct 29, 2018, 10:41 PM UTC

rolleiflex wrote: post #50

rigged-system wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When it's gone, the "old internet" will be gone

There are still some of us that are trying to keep the old internet alive. (Shameless plug: https://beta.getaether.net )

All I see is big "Download" links everywhere, that just go to a JS alert popup saying it's not out yet.

It looks interesting but with no way to preview the current communities or content before downloading, I'm hesitant to go through downloading, installing, and signing up to a new service, only to find out it's another Voat.

Re: The Growth of Reddit

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Post by beatgammit » Mon, Oct 29, 2018, 10:42 PM UTC

ProAm wrote: post #17

dmode wrote: post #8

It is interesting that the #1 story in HN is decline in FB and the #3 is growth in Reddit. Personal anecdote, I have shifted all my FB screen time to Reddit. Not out of any agenda, but perhaps to interact with a more diverse group of people. Bold prediction: FB will try to acquire Reddit soon

For me I've moved from Reddit back to Digg, Reddit seems to be the worst parts of Facebook combined with the worst parts of Twitter. The redesign is horrendously busy, the comments are trite or vicious, and the v.reddit videos either autoplay or never play when you click on them.

I'm in the same boat, but I didn't go to digging, but came back here. The new redesign, coupled with the realization that I spent far too much time with the same arguments showed me that Reddit is broken now.

Why can't I just have a nice link aggregator with decent discussion? HN is great, but it doesn't have as much content as other platforms. I just want to discuss politics, hobbies, and lifestyles with the same level of discussion we have here, why is that too much to ask?

Re: The Growth of Reddit

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Post by Zarath » Mon, Oct 29, 2018, 10:43 PM UTC

spookthesunset wrote: post #62

dunmalg wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not signing in to reddit is the surest way to experience the online equivalent of a table next to the bathroom.

"table next to the bathroom" This is a phrase I'm not familiar with. What do you mean?

Was trying to understand this myself. I guess the table next to the bathroom is the most undesirable location for a table since there are smells/foot traffic/noise? Whether parent meant reddit is the bathroom, or the restaurant, I'm not sure.

Re: The Growth of Reddit

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Post by russh » Mon, Oct 29, 2018, 10:45 PM UTC

spookthesunset wrote: post #62

dunmalg wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not signing in to reddit is the surest way to experience the online equivalent of a table next to the bathroom.

"table next to the bathroom" This is a phrase I'm not familiar with. What do you mean?

I'm guessing it's like getting the table next to the bathroom at a restaurant; A second class experience.