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Reddit replies 10 years ago used to feel like an exciting thing. Nowadays, I just feel dread.

• JoshTriplett 6y ago
  Depends on which Reddit communities you're a part of.
  • vmception 6y ago
    which really means unsubscribe from everything on all
    • jcims 6y ago
      Reddit Pro Tip #1: After unsubscribing from all of your original subreddits, only subscribe to those with less than ~100k users (YMMV). If there's a popular sub you like, there's probably an unpopular one for a similar topic. Reddit Pro Tip #2: On the 'old' site layout, adding /comments to your front page or any slow subreddit will surface all of the comments instead of the submissions. This is a super handy way to see where the conversation is happening when the list of posts hasn't changed much in the past day or two. E.g. https://old.reddit.com/r/hackernews/comments https://old.reddit.com/r/hackernews/comments
  • throwaway0a5e 6y ago
    Even the niche subs all go to crap as they grow. I've left dozens of niche subs because they've become inundated with amateurs who think that some blog-spam article they read just before replying is an authoritative source and when they can't do that they just virtue signal (in the technical "look I believe what you believe" sense, not in the politically loaded sense of the word). I would just write this off as becoming old and bitter but I can see formerly dead subs in the same niche get activity from the good content creators as this happens to the popular sub (i.e. people are migrating) so it's clearly not just me.
• sillysaurusx 6y ago
  I had the same feeling, so I stopped checking reddit replies and started using reddit like HN: just look at your profile to see any replies to you. It massively upgraded my reddit experience. And I have over 6k unread replies, which seems like some sort of high score. :)