4 ms·
the difference is that proggit is opt in, while reddit.com is optout....so it's selection bias for quality
by 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 agoProggit'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 agoJust 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 agoI guess, despite its size, they consider proggit to be niche enough that most new users won't want to frontpage it.
- starwed 15y agoI 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.