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I’ve never spent time on r popular or the main page. If you only spend time in subs Reddit is very well designed and I think less exploitative than other social

I’ve never spent time on r popular or the main page. If you only spend time in subs Reddit is very well designed and I think less exploitative than other social media

frakkingcylons 6y ago
My issue is that you can’t serendipitously stumble upon random interesting subreddits without using the front page.
- omegabravo 6y ago
  recommendations work well, but that's practically the only method.
- hobofan 6y ago
  > serendipitously You could subscribe to /r/Serendipity which posts a few posts from random subs a day.
  - howenterprisey 6y ago
    I browsed that just now. It was very... Reddit. I don't know why I was hoping for some nice, small subs on topics I'm interested in.
- patrickk 6y ago
  Search a topic through multireddit and you’ll often find users collection of related subreddits on a given topic, e.g. DIY https://old.reddit.com/user/patrick_k/m/diy/ https://old.reddit.com/user/patrick_k/m/diy/
  - DoingIsLearning 6y ago
    It's a great feeling when you find out something new that you really like! I did not know this was a feature and it is pretty damn cool!
    - patrickk 6y ago
      Glad you like it :) It's a great way to keep an overview on an array of topics. I set them up for a large array of interests of mine, e.g. business (slavelabor, juststart and others), cool PC setups (battestations and unixp0rn), DIY, development, passive income, indoor gardening, cooking, ebikes, streaming tv (Plex, PlexACD, TiviMate)..... If you ever want to see the best ideas in a niche, just sort by > top > this year or all time, and you'll get great ideas and inspiration. I just laugh when people say Reddit is rubbish, they just don't know how to curate and look properly for the gold on there. You can also browse multireddits set up by others: https://old.reddit.com/r/multihub/ https://old.reddit.com/r/multihub/
  - tomcam 6y ago
    I get a page not found error from reddit
    - patrickk 6y ago
      Ah, I've set it to private. A better way is to look through a list of public multireddits: https://old.reddit.com/r/multihub/ https://old.reddit.com/r/multihub/ Start with a topic that interests you and work from there.
- joker99 6y ago
  Really? To me, the journey has been the other way around. Almost all of the subreddits I am subscribed to, I've stumbled upon by pure luck and coincidence. And more importantly: organically. I personally don't want recommendations, most algos are really bad
- OscarCunningham 6y ago
  https://old.reddit.com/r/random/ https://old.reddit.com/r/random/
- optimalsolver 6y ago
  Find subreddits by similarity: https://trevor.shinyapps.io/subalgebra/ https://trevor.shinyapps.io/subalgebra/

I’ve never spent time on r popular or the main page. If you only spend time in subs Reddit is very well designed and I think less exploitative than other social media

frakkingcylons 6y ago

My issue is that you can’t serendipitously stumble upon random interesting subreddits without using the front page.

omegabravo 6y ago
recommendations work well, but that's practically the only method.
hobofan 6y ago
> serendipitously You could subscribe to /r/Serendipity which posts a few posts from random subs a day.
- howenterprisey 6y ago
  I browsed that just now. It was very... Reddit. I don't know why I was hoping for some nice, small subs on topics I'm interested in.
patrickk 6y ago
Search a topic through multireddit and you’ll often find users collection of related subreddits on a given topic, e.g. DIY https://old.reddit.com/user/patrick_k/m/diy/ https://old.reddit.com/user/patrick_k/m/diy/
- DoingIsLearning 6y ago
  It's a great feeling when you find out something new that you really like! I did not know this was a feature and it is pretty damn cool!
  - patrickk 6y ago
    Glad you like it :) It's a great way to keep an overview on an array of topics. I set them up for a large array of interests of mine, e.g. business (slavelabor, juststart and others), cool PC setups (battestations and unixp0rn), DIY, development, passive income, indoor gardening, cooking, ebikes, streaming tv (Plex, PlexACD, TiviMate)..... If you ever want to see the best ideas in a niche, just sort by > top > this year or all time, and you'll get great ideas and inspiration. I just laugh when people say Reddit is rubbish, they just don't know how to curate and look properly for the gold on there. You can also browse multireddits set up by others: https://old.reddit.com/r/multihub/ https://old.reddit.com/r/multihub/
- tomcam 6y ago
  I get a page not found error from reddit
  - patrickk 6y ago
    Ah, I've set it to private. A better way is to look through a list of public multireddits: https://old.reddit.com/r/multihub/ https://old.reddit.com/r/multihub/ Start with a topic that interests you and work from there.
joker99 6y ago
Really? To me, the journey has been the other way around. Almost all of the subreddits I am subscribed to, I've stumbled upon by pure luck and coincidence. And more importantly: organically. I personally don't want recommendations, most algos are really bad
OscarCunningham 6y ago
https://old.reddit.com/r/random/ https://old.reddit.com/r/random/
optimalsolver 6y ago
Find subreddits by similarity: https://trevor.shinyapps.io/subalgebra/ https://trevor.shinyapps.io/subalgebra/