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Well, I'm not a Redditor, but I've seen some of the most controversial topics make it to the top page. Heck, even the whole SOPA debate, which hardly got any tr
by firefoxman1 15y ago
Well, I'm not a Redditor, but I've seen some of the most controversial topics make it to the top page. Heck, even the whole SOPA debate, which hardly got any traditional media coverage, was king of HN and Reddit these past few weeks. And yesterday I read a great AMA from a former prostitute. Let's see that subject get any traditional media time.
- baddox 15y agoThe SOPA thing is certainly an instance of "hive mind" behavior, albeit toward a worthy end.
- GuiA 15y agoThe SOPA debate was hardly a controversial topic for HN/Reddit. Websites like Reddit definitely have great content, but as parent commenter pointed out, this content is necessarily the kind of content that appeals to the average user, and there is no room for outliers.
- firefoxman1 15y agoI suppose that's true, but they have liberated topics that would have otherwise been ignored by larger media companies. I think the Amazon model for deciding is still a better sample of an audience than a bunch of grey-haired men sitting around a board-room table whose first question is "will this be profitable?"
- TylerE 15y agoDoesn't have to be. Hint: Unsubscribe from any sub-reddit that new users default to being subscribed to...