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no way. /r/all is terrible the defaults are important because they let people use the site before they decide they want to sign up

• unethical_ban 11y ago
  I think defaults are necessary when someone is not logged in. When an account is created, suggestions are given based on interest, such as it is with meetup.com - News, politics, sports, local, tech, animals, humor, etc. are recommended in their own categories, and people sub as desired.
  • basch 11y ago
    I HATE it when I sign up for a newsreading service and the first thing it asks me is to pick topics I like. I just want to try out the product / interface. Don't road block me with some set of tiles and vague "business, technology, fashion, music" screen. Reddit has it right that a new account should have some baseline. Their discovery tools however are not intuitive, if you can even call them tools.
    • unethical_ban 11y ago
      The designation of a sub as a default on reddit dooms it to be trashy and political, and reddit admins would never come out and say "avoid these awful communities, go find your local reddits!". So it goes.
      • basch 11y ago
        it's a catch 22 have defaults with strict moderation, and alienate newcomers have defaults with loose moderation, and the voting algorithm will favor the most superficial, bitsized posts.