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This wasn't posted in /r/programming, though; it's /r/reddit.com, a general purpose subreddit that new users are subscribed to by default, and that has double t

This wasn't posted in /r/programming, though; it's /r/reddit.com, a general purpose subreddit that new users are subscribed to by default, and that has double the subscribers compared to proggit. I imagine lots of new users unsubscribe from proggit but not from /r/reddit.com; anecdotally speaking, reddit's becoming very popular among my non-programmer but internet-familiar friends who like pictures of cats and rage comics. That isn't to say to that proggit isn't pretty different to HN; going on there now (having not visited it in a while) only a handful of links show as having been visited due to my seeing them on HN. The content there is different and the level of discourse is acceptable, so I like it.

vaksel 15y ago
the difference is that proggit is opt in, while reddit.com is optout....so it's selection bias for quality
- redthrowaway 15y ago
  Proggit's in the top 10, so I'm pretty sure it's opt-out, unless they treat it like r/atheism and display it in r/all but not on the default frontpage.
  - ghiculescu 15y ago
    Just checked; it's actually opt-in. I made a new throwaway and visited proggit and was greeted with the option to add it to my frontpage.
    - redthrowaway 15y ago
      I guess, despite its size, they consider proggit to be niche enough that most new users won't want to frontpage it.
    - starwed 15y ago
      I think r/programming used to be opt-out. (Wasn't it the first subreddit?) Might be wrong, though. But yeah, I only use reddit for particular subreddits these days.
shii 15y ago
Proggit is almost exactly like news.yc linkwise and pretty much always has been since HN branched off. The comments are a little more relaxed though. There's people who hunt for new popular links on each which haven't reached the other and act something like arbitrage systems and quickly post it up on the lacking board. It's fun to watch, someone should make a realtime diff site between the two, something like that ervqhgg thing from awhile ago.

vaksel 15y ago

the difference is that proggit is opt in, while reddit.com is optout....so it's selection bias for quality

redthrowaway 15y ago
Proggit's in the top 10, so I'm pretty sure it's opt-out, unless they treat it like r/atheism and display it in r/all but not on the default frontpage.
- ghiculescu 15y ago
  Just checked; it's actually opt-in. I made a new throwaway and visited proggit and was greeted with the option to add it to my frontpage.
  - redthrowaway 15y ago
    I guess, despite its size, they consider proggit to be niche enough that most new users won't want to frontpage it.
  - starwed 15y ago
    I think r/programming used to be opt-out. (Wasn't it the first subreddit?) Might be wrong, though. But yeah, I only use reddit for particular subreddits these days.

shii 15y ago

Proggit is almost exactly like news.yc linkwise and pretty much always has been since HN branched off. The comments are a little more relaxed though. There's people who hunt for new popular links on each which haven't reached the other and act something like arbitrage systems and quickly post it up on the lacking board. It's fun to watch, someone should make a realtime diff site between the two, something like that ervqhgg thing from awhile ago.