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Any deep topic. For example advancedrunning has pro level runners and coaches. Many very niche rabbit holes there..

jessriedel 10y ago
A random niche topic is less terrible than r/all, but it is not close to the quality of r/spacex. What specific subreddit reach this level of quality?
- brianwawok 10y ago
  What are you using to judge the quality of the sub? I can name many subs that attract some of the top members in the world in that field. If you are fascinated by rocketry, then yes /r/spacex is going to really impress you. There are knitting subs attended by the top knitters in the world that write the knitting books everyone else uses. But I think it less likely to impress you if you don't value knitting as a skill, like you value rocketships.
  - jessriedel 10y ago
    I judge the quality of the subreddit by the signal-to-noise ratio for posts, by the insight and intelligence of the comments, and by the extent to which is provides content that cannot be found through simple googling. Most knitting subreddits do not have this. Again, do you have specific examples? I don't know why you think my opinion of r/SpaceX is driven by some obsession with rocketry. I am much less interested in SpaceX than in a dozen other hobby topics, but that subreddit stands out in the objective quality of the moderation and community. Likewise, HackerNews is one of the higher quality places for discussion on the internet even though I do very little programing.
fennecfoxen 10y ago
The deeper, the better. For instance, post-2011 magical girl anime subreddits like https://reddit.com/r/madokamagica https://reddit.com/r/madokamagica have nothing on post-2011 magical girl anime's far-future transhumanist scifi fanfiction subreddits like https://reddit.com/r/tothestars https://reddit.com/r/tothestars (though the traffic levels suffer) (and now you know those are both things)

A random niche topic is less terrible than r/all, but it is not close to the quality of r/spacex. What specific subreddit reach this level of quality?

brianwawok 10y ago
What are you using to judge the quality of the sub? I can name many subs that attract some of the top members in the world in that field. If you are fascinated by rocketry, then yes /r/spacex is going to really impress you. There are knitting subs attended by the top knitters in the world that write the knitting books everyone else uses. But I think it less likely to impress you if you don't value knitting as a skill, like you value rocketships.
- jessriedel 10y ago
  I judge the quality of the subreddit by the signal-to-noise ratio for posts, by the insight and intelligence of the comments, and by the extent to which is provides content that cannot be found through simple googling. Most knitting subreddits do not have this. Again, do you have specific examples? I don't know why you think my opinion of r/SpaceX is driven by some obsession with rocketry. I am much less interested in SpaceX than in a dozen other hobby topics, but that subreddit stands out in the objective quality of the moderation and community. Likewise, HackerNews is one of the higher quality places for discussion on the internet even though I do very little programing.

fennecfoxen 10y ago

The deeper, the better. For instance, post-2011 magical girl anime subreddits like https://reddit.com/r/madokamagica https://reddit.com/r/madokamagica have nothing on post-2011 magical girl anime's far-future transhumanist scifi fanfiction subreddits like https://reddit.com/r/tothestars https://reddit.com/r/tothestars (though the traffic levels suffer) (and now you know those are both things)