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The great irony here, is that Reddit is making the same foolish mistake Digg did with a redesign, costing them their entire userbase, and propelling Reddit.

ProAm 8y ago
I always say Reddit is a combination of terrible content from Facebook, the comments from Twitter and the redesigns from Snap and Digg. I've actually gone back to Digg for interesting stuff on the web. Interesting content, no comments and it usually has about 20-40 articles a day so I dont feel the need to check it every 5 minutes.
- jplayer01 8y ago
  > combination of terrible content from Facebook, the comments from Twitter This just shows how little you actually use or understand Reddit. I'm not sure what I'd do without subs like r/economics, r/badeconomics, r/math, r/learnmath, r/programming, r/<insert programming language here>, any number of friendly and welcoming fetish communities (that aren't just about posting porn), r/fitness, r/keto, r/running, r/weightlifting, etc. Reddit is just an unrivaled, incredible place where information is gathered and opinions can be shared and support given.
  - nickthemagicman 8y ago
    Agreed. I've learned incredible amount from both Reddit and Hacker News. It's all about proper content selection.
    - overcast 8y ago
      Was that from actually using Reddit daily though? Or just Googling, and using Reddit as a result?
      - jplayer01 8y ago
        How does that matter? If the information is gathered on Reddit in an accessible, helpful and easy to understand way, it doesn't matter whether you get there from hacker news, SO, google, bing or through browsing Reddit. It's still on Reddit.
DerfNet 8y ago
The difference, though, is Reddit has no peers. The closest I'm aware of is Voat, which is basically the Isle of Misfit Toys for Reddit's banned hate speech subs.
- overcast 8y ago
  Spinning up another Reddit clone, with some nice new features is trivial at this point. You provide a reason for someone to spend time filling a void, and they will.
  - gnulinux 8y ago
    Very tricky. Reddit is an awesome website not because of any technical reasons. There are both HUGE and very niche communities in reddit. It's really hard to get them. This is not a CS problem, this is a sociology problem.
- Sileni 8y ago
  Eh, I didnt really need a "peer" to replace reddit. After the redesign I just stopped going for the most part; I'm here or on google news if I'm just killing time. I'll still search reddit if I want to see a discussion about a specific subject, but even then I'm mostly looking at 1-2 year old threads. I feel like the content is in a feedback loop with the redesign, and they're both killing the host.
  - overcast 8y ago
    Not sure your age, but I think a lot of us are just growing up, and we're seeking more stable, intelligent news sources. I stopped using Reddit a couple years prior to the redesign. HN and Google News satisfy my news niche as well.
    - vaughnegut 8y ago
      Out of curiosity, why Google News specifically? I stopped going on Reddit and mostly come here or glance at Twitter for social media. If I want news I normally go to a specific outlet's website.

ProAm 8y ago

I always say Reddit is a combination of terrible content from Facebook, the comments from Twitter and the redesigns from Snap and Digg. I've actually gone back to Digg for interesting stuff on the web. Interesting content, no comments and it usually has about 20-40 articles a day so I dont feel the need to check it every 5 minutes.

jplayer01 8y ago
> combination of terrible content from Facebook, the comments from Twitter This just shows how little you actually use or understand Reddit. I'm not sure what I'd do without subs like r/economics, r/badeconomics, r/math, r/learnmath, r/programming, r/<insert programming language here>, any number of friendly and welcoming fetish communities (that aren't just about posting porn), r/fitness, r/keto, r/running, r/weightlifting, etc. Reddit is just an unrivaled, incredible place where information is gathered and opinions can be shared and support given.
- nickthemagicman 8y ago
  Agreed. I've learned incredible amount from both Reddit and Hacker News. It's all about proper content selection.
  - overcast 8y ago
    Was that from actually using Reddit daily though? Or just Googling, and using Reddit as a result?
    - jplayer01 8y ago
      How does that matter? If the information is gathered on Reddit in an accessible, helpful and easy to understand way, it doesn't matter whether you get there from hacker news, SO, google, bing or through browsing Reddit. It's still on Reddit.

DerfNet 8y ago

The difference, though, is Reddit has no peers. The closest I'm aware of is Voat, which is basically the Isle of Misfit Toys for Reddit's banned hate speech subs.

overcast 8y ago
Spinning up another Reddit clone, with some nice new features is trivial at this point. You provide a reason for someone to spend time filling a void, and they will.
- gnulinux 8y ago
  Very tricky. Reddit is an awesome website not because of any technical reasons. There are both HUGE and very niche communities in reddit. It's really hard to get them. This is not a CS problem, this is a sociology problem.
Sileni 8y ago
Eh, I didnt really need a "peer" to replace reddit. After the redesign I just stopped going for the most part; I'm here or on google news if I'm just killing time. I'll still search reddit if I want to see a discussion about a specific subject, but even then I'm mostly looking at 1-2 year old threads. I feel like the content is in a feedback loop with the redesign, and they're both killing the host.
- overcast 8y ago
  Not sure your age, but I think a lot of us are just growing up, and we're seeking more stable, intelligent news sources. I stopped using Reddit a couple years prior to the redesign. HN and Google News satisfy my news niche as well.
  - vaughnegut 8y ago
    Out of curiosity, why Google News specifically? I stopped going on Reddit and mostly come here or glance at Twitter for social media. If I want news I normally go to a specific outlet's website.