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> He suggested that the service works best as an “interest-based network,” where you log in and see content relevant to your interests, no matter who posted it

> He suggested that the service works best as an “interest-based network,” where you log in and see content relevant to your interests, no matter who posted it So reddit. If you stick to smaller, interested based subs, reddit is a far superior product because it has human moderators and threading. The "breaking news" aspect of Twitter is extremely oversold imo, but people post things just as quickly on reddit.

riffic 7y ago
I always tell people if they sign up for reddit, to immediately unsubscribe from the defaults and to specifically search for and subscribe to communities they may be interested in such as a subreddit for the city/state they live in or for any career interest or hobbies they have.
- SlowRobotAhead 7y ago
  The defaults are the WORST! Between the censorship on /news and /worldnews who argue "no US politics... unless it's an anti-Trump circlejerk", the straight up lunatics on /politics. The unfunny on /funny. The boobs on /gaming... which I'm not actually complaining about. Everything photoshopped to hell on /pics. Unbashed propoganda on /science. Gullible fools on /futurology. /television /movies /music falling for every PR created "news" put out... No Thank You. /ECE /ReverseEngineering /gundeals /programming are OK though.
pluma 7y ago
FWIW if something "world news" level happens, first thing I do is check twitter hashtags. TV news and online news sites usually lag behind and rarely fact-check the "breaking news" so they're generally only worth paying attention days or weeks later when all the fact checking is done. If they're up to date, they're mostly recycling other people's content from social media without attributing any sources or real fact checking. If they're not recycling social media they're generally so vague and non-committal that they basically tell you nothing. When the Notre Dame fire broke out the only thing I saw on TV was a short matter-of-fact notice in the evening news. Social media had live streams and people linking to articles about the renovations etc.

riffic 7y ago

I always tell people if they sign up for reddit, to immediately unsubscribe from the defaults and to specifically search for and subscribe to communities they may be interested in such as a subreddit for the city/state they live in or for any career interest or hobbies they have.

SlowRobotAhead 7y ago
The defaults are the WORST! Between the censorship on /news and /worldnews who argue "no US politics... unless it's an anti-Trump circlejerk", the straight up lunatics on /politics. The unfunny on /funny. The boobs on /gaming... which I'm not actually complaining about. Everything photoshopped to hell on /pics. Unbashed propoganda on /science. Gullible fools on /futurology. /television /movies /music falling for every PR created "news" put out... No Thank You. /ECE /ReverseEngineering /gundeals /programming are OK though.

pluma 7y ago

FWIW if something "world news" level happens, first thing I do is check twitter hashtags. TV news and online news sites usually lag behind and rarely fact-check the "breaking news" so they're generally only worth paying attention days or weeks later when all the fact checking is done. If they're up to date, they're mostly recycling other people's content from social media without attributing any sources or real fact checking. If they're not recycling social media they're generally so vague and non-committal that they basically tell you nothing. When the Notre Dame fire broke out the only thing I saw on TV was a short matter-of-fact notice in the evening news. Social media had live streams and people linking to articles about the renovations etc.