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Reddit comments are excellent, and I think that while having a buzzing community creates a lot more noise, there is also a lot more great content. Initiatives l

by varaon 16y ago

Reddit comments are excellent, and I think that while having a buzzing community creates a lot more noise, there is also a lot more great content. Initiatives like $180,000 for Haiti, or the secret santa wouldn't have been the same 5 years ago.

DrSprout 16y ago
Yes and no. I just made the mistake of looking at /r/pics, and it's a sty. That said, there are a variety of good communities on Reddit.
- fizx 16y ago
  I like /pics. Different strokes for different folks.
aquateen 16y ago
Not sure what tilts me more, reading reddit comments or reading that reddit comments are supposed to be excellent. That place has been a sewer for years and I hate that it was ruined.
- Silhouette 16y ago
  > That place has been a sewer for years and I hate that it was ruined. That's a bit like saying Usenet is a waste of space or IRC is full of trolls. Reddit, like Usenet and IRC, is more of an enabling technology than a single community. In each case, there are some really great communities where you can find a good signal to noise ratio. There are also some fairly pointless ones that are just rants or FUD or whatever. Fortunately, no-one makes you read every sub-reddit, any more than you are forced to read every Usenet group or follow every IRC channel. Just sign up to the ones that have discussions you find interesting and ignore the rest.
  - aquateen 16y ago
    I'm guessing you weren't there the first few years.
    - Silhouette 16y ago
      Where? I've been on Usenet for well over a decade, and I was lurking on Reddit within months of its birth. The main reddit has always been overrun with a whole bunch of stuff of varying quality, and the best material and most interesting discussions have been in the specialist subreddits for several years.
- varaon 16y ago
  I'll clarify a bit - yes, there is a lot of crap too, but reading the comments is just as big a deal for me as the submissions themselves.

by varaon 16y ago

DrSprout 16y ago

Yes and no. I just made the mistake of looking at /r/pics, and it's a sty. That said, there are a variety of good communities on Reddit.

fizx 16y ago
I like /pics. Different strokes for different folks.

aquateen 16y ago

Not sure what tilts me more, reading reddit comments or reading that reddit comments are supposed to be excellent. That place has been a sewer for years and I hate that it was ruined.

Silhouette 16y ago
> That place has been a sewer for years and I hate that it was ruined. That's a bit like saying Usenet is a waste of space or IRC is full of trolls. Reddit, like Usenet and IRC, is more of an enabling technology than a single community. In each case, there are some really great communities where you can find a good signal to noise ratio. There are also some fairly pointless ones that are just rants or FUD or whatever. Fortunately, no-one makes you read every sub-reddit, any more than you are forced to read every Usenet group or follow every IRC channel. Just sign up to the ones that have discussions you find interesting and ignore the rest.
- aquateen 16y ago
  I'm guessing you weren't there the first few years.
  - Silhouette 16y ago
    Where? I've been on Usenet for well over a decade, and I was lurking on Reddit within months of its birth. The main reddit has always been overrun with a whole bunch of stuff of varying quality, and the best material and most interesting discussions have been in the specialist subreddits for several years.
varaon 16y ago
I'll clarify a bit - yes, there is a lot of crap too, but reading the comments is just as big a deal for me as the submissions themselves.