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G+ is still in an early phase, so if you're in tech it can be a great source — but perhaps not for a New York Times. Facebook can be good, but you have to reall

G+ is still in an early phase, so if you're in tech it can be a great source — but perhaps not for a New York Times. Facebook can be good, but you have to really build up your page and work it right -- and the same goes with playing Twitter. As for reddit it's very hostile to linking outside, the entire front page is a Gen Y confessional booth combined with a ton of links to imgur. And as much as I love Digg, it's a shadow of what it was even two years ago...

dotcoma 15y ago
Thanks, but I'm pretty much in the know (I work in this field) and a big reddit fan in spite of being twice the age of Gen Y. What I was looking for was numbers. I know reddit is now a more important source of links than Digg (even though I can't find the data right now) but I was wondering how it plays out with the rest, in particular vs. Twitter. Thanks again for any help :)
- michaelpinto 15y ago
  Actually everyone I use to know from Digg (the front page makers) are mostly into StumbleUpon rather than Reddit. I also have another friend from my Digg days who built up his Facebook page via ads and that gives his blog quite a few page views. But i don't really see many folks trying to push content on reddit — the front page is off limits so you're stuck with the sub-reddits (which can be good but they can also be a waste of time). I don't have any good numbers on reddit or Twitter because I haven't really pushed stuff there for quite some time (so sorry if this didn't help you much).
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  - dotcoma 15y ago
    Thanks, but I'm not interested in "pushing" anything, really (I call that spam). I'm just trying to position Twitter where it belongs amongst the "link sharing" websites (yes, you're right, I should also take StumbleUpon into consideration): how big is it really, how over-hyped, how over-valued etc.

dotcoma 15y ago

Thanks, but I'm pretty much in the know (I work in this field) and a big reddit fan in spite of being twice the age of Gen Y. What I was looking for was numbers. I know reddit is now a more important source of links than Digg (even though I can't find the data right now) but I was wondering how it plays out with the rest, in particular vs. Twitter. Thanks again for any help :)

michaelpinto 15y ago
Actually everyone I use to know from Digg (the front page makers) are mostly into StumbleUpon rather than Reddit. I also have another friend from my Digg days who built up his Facebook page via ads and that gives his blog quite a few page views. But i don't really see many folks trying to push content on reddit — the front page is off limits so you're stuck with the sub-reddits (which can be good but they can also be a waste of time). I don't have any good numbers on reddit or Twitter because I haven't really pushed stuff there for quite some time (so sorry if this didn't help you much).
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- dotcoma 15y ago
  Thanks, but I'm not interested in "pushing" anything, really (I call that spam). I'm just trying to position Twitter where it belongs amongst the "link sharing" websites (yes, you're right, I should also take StumbleUpon into consideration): how big is it really, how over-hyped, how over-valued etc.