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>The Reddit for podcast episodes is Reddit. Yes and this is the problem, reddit is reddit and the comment-quality is terribly low, often toxic and dominated by

>The Reddit for podcast episodes is Reddit. Yes and this is the problem, reddit is reddit and the comment-quality is terribly low, often toxic and dominated by a certain ideology that is particularly dominant and vocal on reddit in particular. I think this has potential if they manage to keep the comment quality higher, somehow.

Sakos 4y ago
This is highly dependent on the moderators. If you have good moderators, you can have a subreddit with quality posts and comments rivaling HN. If you have bad ones, it can (and will) devolve into toxicity and ideological bubbling. I've seen both and I've seen ones in between. That said, maybe I'm just not in the loop, but I'm not aware of any subreddit dedicated to reviewing podcast episodes. Also, I'm not sure the Reddit format lends itself to creating a database of user reviews for certain episodes without heavy moderation and a heavy-handed approach to posting (for example, to avoid duplicates). A lot of this needs to be formulated into an automated system that only a custom-made site can offer.
- bin_bash 4y ago
  I was a heavy user of Reddit since it came out until about a year ago. I left precisely because it felt like every single subreddit I was talking to children.
irrational 4y ago
It sounds to me like you only visit the larger toxic subreddits. There are many hobby subreddits where the tone is positive and uplifting. It’s not Reddit as a whole that is the problem, but what subreddits you are visiting. Here is a hint, any subreddit that makes it to r/popular should never be visited.
- TameAntelope 4y ago
  There are also many hobby subreddits where the moderators are jerks and have zero clue how to manage or grow a community. There may be some "goldilocks" subreddit size, but IMO there are approaching zero Reddit communities that are "healthily" run, probably because most of the people involved (users, mods) are literal, actual children.
  - irrational 4y ago
    That hasn't been my experience. I've been pleased, for the most part, with how r/woodworking, r/boardgames, r/cooking, r/18xx, r/cooking, r/gardening, r/boardgamedeals, r/visitingiceland, etc. are run. I've run into very few toxic subreddits.
    - TameAntelope 4y ago
      You’ve probably never disagreed with a moderator, then.

Sakos 4y ago

This is highly dependent on the moderators. If you have good moderators, you can have a subreddit with quality posts and comments rivaling HN. If you have bad ones, it can (and will) devolve into toxicity and ideological bubbling. I've seen both and I've seen ones in between. That said, maybe I'm just not in the loop, but I'm not aware of any subreddit dedicated to reviewing podcast episodes. Also, I'm not sure the Reddit format lends itself to creating a database of user reviews for certain episodes without heavy moderation and a heavy-handed approach to posting (for example, to avoid duplicates). A lot of this needs to be formulated into an automated system that only a custom-made site can offer.

bin_bash 4y ago
I was a heavy user of Reddit since it came out until about a year ago. I left precisely because it felt like every single subreddit I was talking to children.

irrational 4y ago

It sounds to me like you only visit the larger toxic subreddits. There are many hobby subreddits where the tone is positive and uplifting. It’s not Reddit as a whole that is the problem, but what subreddits you are visiting. Here is a hint, any subreddit that makes it to r/popular should never be visited.

TameAntelope 4y ago
There are also many hobby subreddits where the moderators are jerks and have zero clue how to manage or grow a community. There may be some "goldilocks" subreddit size, but IMO there are approaching zero Reddit communities that are "healthily" run, probably because most of the people involved (users, mods) are literal, actual children.
- irrational 4y ago
  That hasn't been my experience. I've been pleased, for the most part, with how r/woodworking, r/boardgames, r/cooking, r/18xx, r/cooking, r/gardening, r/boardgamedeals, r/visitingiceland, etc. are run. I've run into very few toxic subreddits.
  - TameAntelope 4y ago
    You’ve probably never disagreed with a moderator, then.