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I think the growth was more at Reddit's expense. There was a drastic downturn in the quality of material hitting the front page in 2010. The comment quality has
by getsat 16y ago
I think the growth was more at Reddit's expense. There was a drastic downturn in the quality of material hitting the front page in 2010. The comment quality has gone down significantly, too.
(Yes, I know you can decide which subreddits appear on the front page when you are logged in).
- redthrowaway 16y agoYeah, I'd say the overall quality has dropped, and has been dropping with increased traffic for a long time. Still, there's been some absolute gold on there. Check out the Best of 2010 for some examples: http://www.reddit.com/r/blog/comments/f12id/its_time_to_choose_the_winners_in_reddits_best_of/ http://www.reddit.com/r/blog/comments/f12id/its_time_to_choo...
- getsat 16y agoYeah, like I mentioned in a reply below, I've started filtering the subreddits shown and it's helped the signal/noise ratio a lot.
- guywithabike 16y agoThe biggest win has been for smaller niche subreddits that now have enough of a readership to feel like communities now. Reddit's strong suit has always been in the discussions.
- getsat 16y agoI agree. I've been filtering certain default subreddits (e.g., AskReddit) from the front page because the signal/noise ratio is terrible. As an example, I like the fact that /r/coding was spawned from the fact that 90% of the articles in /r/programming are not related to programming.