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As an immigrant with no family to rely on in the US, I always give credit to Reddit for helping me learn so many things from buying old/used car, applying to gr

As an immigrant with no family to rely on in the US, I always give credit to Reddit for helping me learn so many things from buying old/used car, applying to grad school, to looking for an apartment. Just like you said, its diverse user base means it has almost all the information one needs. I hope it never changes (although with the recent re-design, I'm afraid it might have unintended repercussions...)

tyrust 8y ago
As a native-born American with all of my family in the US, I use Reddit for the same category of things too :)
- xarball 8y ago
  As a dead animal carcass whos insides are torn out and spewed out along the side of the road, I wish I could use reddit for similar, yet somewhat more distant categories too ^.^
  - exelius 8y ago
    That’s a strange fursona...
  - silentsea90 8y ago
    This made me lol at work. Don't know why this is getting downvoted
    - icebraining 8y ago
      Your first phrase answers the second. Humor is only upvoted in HN if it provokes a wry smile.
      - jacquesm 8y ago
        Too busy changing the world for the better to smile.
        exelius 8y ago
        s/changing the world for the better/chasing those sweet adtech dollars/g Is anyone else cynical about this phrase?
        LoonyBalloony 8y ago
        Changing the world inside the box of the status quo. How many stars do I have to give my Uber driver till they get paid sick days, paid vacation, healthcare and a pension?
        jacquesm 8y ago
        > How many stars do I have to give my Uber driver till they get paid sick days, paid vacation, healthcare and a pension? I don't think there's a checkbox for that. It will need some -shudder- regulation to take care of that one.
DaveWalk 8y ago
I often use reddit as a search engine for answers with a "human touch" for lack of a better word. I once did this with del.icio.us back in the "social bookmarking" days. I'm curious if this is a big use case for Reddit users do this too? Maybe not based on the low quality of their search engine...
- xur17 8y ago
  I frequently do the same with "site:reddit.com" searches on Google for "human touch" answers. I do the same thing with Hacker News for technical topics.
  - chairmanwow 8y ago
    I just learned a powerful searching tactic! Thanks for the tip!
- sudshekhar 8y ago
  Indeed, I use reddit whenever I a) Plan to learn/read something new b) Just finished a book/tv series and want to connect with others around it. c) Looking for recommendations in various genres Daily news/connecting with people/cat videos are very far away from my use case. Just append "reddit" to qoogle search query and 9 times out of 10, I am golden.

tyrust 8y ago

As a native-born American with all of my family in the US, I use Reddit for the same category of things too :)

xarball 8y ago
As a dead animal carcass whos insides are torn out and spewed out along the side of the road, I wish I could use reddit for similar, yet somewhat more distant categories too ^.^
- exelius 8y ago
  That’s a strange fursona...
- silentsea90 8y ago
  This made me lol at work. Don't know why this is getting downvoted
  - icebraining 8y ago
    Your first phrase answers the second. Humor is only upvoted in HN if it provokes a wry smile.
    - jacquesm 8y ago
      Too busy changing the world for the better to smile.
      - exelius 8y ago
        s/changing the world for the better/chasing those sweet adtech dollars/g Is anyone else cynical about this phrase?
      - LoonyBalloony 8y ago
        Changing the world inside the box of the status quo. How many stars do I have to give my Uber driver till they get paid sick days, paid vacation, healthcare and a pension?
        jacquesm 8y ago
        > How many stars do I have to give my Uber driver till they get paid sick days, paid vacation, healthcare and a pension? I don't think there's a checkbox for that. It will need some -shudder- regulation to take care of that one.

DaveWalk 8y ago

I often use reddit as a search engine for answers with a "human touch" for lack of a better word. I once did this with del.icio.us back in the "social bookmarking" days. I'm curious if this is a big use case for Reddit users do this too? Maybe not based on the low quality of their search engine...

xur17 8y ago
I frequently do the same with "site:reddit.com" searches on Google for "human touch" answers. I do the same thing with Hacker News for technical topics.
- chairmanwow 8y ago
  I just learned a powerful searching tactic! Thanks for the tip!
sudshekhar 8y ago
Indeed, I use reddit whenever I a) Plan to learn/read something new b) Just finished a book/tv series and want to connect with others around it. c) Looking for recommendations in various genres Daily news/connecting with people/cat videos are very far away from my use case. Just append "reddit" to qoogle search query and 9 times out of 10, I am golden.