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Sub-reddit quality on Reddit has a high correlation with how actively the sub-reddit is moderated.

• jcims 7y ago
  And the quality of that moderation. Any experience with heavy-handed moderation is incredibly frustrating. While I wouldn't call it a predictor because there are many many counter-examples, my favorite subreddits are generally between 10k and 100k subs. Much less and they are a ghost town, much more and you start getting too many drive-by assholes.
  • snowwrestler 7y ago
    /r/askscience is a good example of where pretty heavy moderation has protected the high quality of the comments.
    • jcims 7y ago
      Funny you mention that. Its sister subreddit /r/science is my example of something that has frustrated me greatly in the past. Most of the stories are something I'm trying to learn about, not an expert in, and I've found it very frustrating to try to engage. So if i see anything interesting there, i'll find somewhere else to talk about it.