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Strangely, this growth happens in the exact same time I ponder leaving reddit because of its degradation.

by daedhel 15y ago

mindblink 15y ago
I observed that also. I wonder if it's a flat cyclical fluctuation that popular public social news sites go through, or if it's a sloped cyclical movement (usually downward).
- brown9-2 15y ago
  I believe it's just a function of how long you've been a member of the site - it's easy to fantasize about the "way things used to be", much harder to objectively rank the quality of a site and also keep track of that in your mind over time.
blhack 15y ago
Check these: http://www.reddit.com/r/truereddit http://www.reddit.com/r/truereddit http://www.reddit.com/r/indepthstories http://www.reddit.com/r/indepthstories http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience http://www.reddit.com/r/earthporn http://www.reddit.com/r/earthporn
- cowkingdeluxe 15y ago
  reddit.com/r/frugal has also been good for me.
  - blhack 15y ago
    /r/frugal can get a little crazy at times, but yes, I subscribe as well :) also: http://reddit.com/r/bicycling http://reddit.com/r/bicycling http://reddit.com/r/linguistics http://reddit.com/r/linguistics http://reddit.com/r/beer http://reddit.com/r/beer http://reddit.com/r/homebrewing http://reddit.com/r/homebrewing reddit is a fantastic site for communities. The defaults are way too crowded, but the smaller subs are awesome.
noarchy 15y ago
I've seen plenty of folks threaten to do the same with HN, since it isn't exclusive enough for them anymore, either. Both sites will do fine, I think.
tsumnia 15y ago
When I joined reddit some 3 years ago, I was a Digg user that wanted fresher content. Eventually reddit's minimalist style converted me, since all the Digg content was showing up on reddit. Coincidentally, I'm seeing myself frequenting HN more often to read actual content, instead of sifting through tons of memes and pictures. HN is also starting to display content faster, which doesn't really mean anything unless you like shouting 'First' in comment pages (even more so now that I'm working, so by the time I visit both sites, the stories are posted). The community of reddit is nice, doubly appealing when you are having fellow celebrities among your members; however, with the influx of people, it becomes difficult to feel like you are actually contributing.
notJim 15y ago
Honestly every community comes with its foibles. (Metafilter: kind of ridiculously liberal at times, overly anti-business, HN: not very good with racism/sexism (IMO), Reddit: kind of immature, dangerous libertarian streak) These are all awesome communities though (with reddit, the unit of community is the subreddit, rather than the whole site, and you do have to pick the right subreddits.)
- theclay 15y ago
  This isn't just a problem with online communities either. True communities are a mess.

Strangely, this growth happens in the exact same time I ponder leaving reddit because of its degradation.

by daedhel 15y ago

Strangely, this growth happens in the exact same time I ponder leaving reddit because of its degradation.

I observed that also. I wonder if it's a flat cyclical fluctuation that popular public social news sites go through, or if it's a sloped cyclical movement (usually downward).

brown9-2 15y ago
I believe it's just a function of how long you've been a member of the site - it's easy to fantasize about the "way things used to be", much harder to objectively rank the quality of a site and also keep track of that in your mind over time.

blhack 15y ago

Check these: http://www.reddit.com/r/truereddit http://www.reddit.com/r/truereddit http://www.reddit.com/r/indepthstories http://www.reddit.com/r/indepthstories http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience http://www.reddit.com/r/earthporn http://www.reddit.com/r/earthporn

cowkingdeluxe 15y ago
reddit.com/r/frugal has also been good for me.
- blhack 15y ago
  /r/frugal can get a little crazy at times, but yes, I subscribe as well :) also: http://reddit.com/r/bicycling http://reddit.com/r/bicycling http://reddit.com/r/linguistics http://reddit.com/r/linguistics http://reddit.com/r/beer http://reddit.com/r/beer http://reddit.com/r/homebrewing http://reddit.com/r/homebrewing reddit is a fantastic site for communities. The defaults are way too crowded, but the smaller subs are awesome.

noarchy 15y ago

I've seen plenty of folks threaten to do the same with HN, since it isn't exclusive enough for them anymore, either. Both sites will do fine, I think.

tsumnia 15y ago

When I joined reddit some 3 years ago, I was a Digg user that wanted fresher content. Eventually reddit's minimalist style converted me, since all the Digg content was showing up on reddit. Coincidentally, I'm seeing myself frequenting HN more often to read actual content, instead of sifting through tons of memes and pictures. HN is also starting to display content faster, which doesn't really mean anything unless you like shouting 'First' in comment pages (even more so now that I'm working, so by the time I visit both sites, the stories are posted). The community of reddit is nice, doubly appealing when you are having fellow celebrities among your members; however, with the influx of people, it becomes difficult to feel like you are actually contributing.

notJim 15y ago

Honestly every community comes with its foibles. (Metafilter: kind of ridiculously liberal at times, overly anti-business, HN: not very good with racism/sexism (IMO), Reddit: kind of immature, dangerous libertarian streak) These are all awesome communities though (with reddit, the unit of community is the subreddit, rather than the whole site, and you do have to pick the right subreddits.)

theclay 15y ago
This isn't just a problem with online communities either. True communities are a mess.