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Reddit isn't really used as "defacto source of breaking news". I mean, local subreddits and other things stiff get prompt information, but it doesn't get as muc
by kredd 4y ago
Reddit isn't really used as "defacto source of breaking news". I mean, local subreddits and other things stiff get prompt information, but it doesn't get as much wide coverage as Twitter.
- RosanaAnaDana 4y agoWell it was for a while. Then they got someone killed during the whole Boston thing. So you know, theres that..
- Mojave3 4y agoWhat? They didn't get anyone killed.
- wlonkly 4y agoSunil Tripathi committed suicide, and while missing was named as one of the Boston bombers by a bunch of Reddit detectives leading to harrassment of his family, but I don't think the suicide was a result of being misidentified. I think that's where the GP's mistake originated, though, since there was a public misidentification of someone who committed suicide. https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Suicide_of_Sunil_Tripathi https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Suicide_of_Sunil_Tripathi
- marcellus23 4y agoReddit was never on the level of Twitter in terms of real-time news relevancy. Tweets are broadcast on television and used as sources for news stories constantly.
- midoridensha 4y agoWould the world care if HN died suddenly? Almost no one would even notice. Reddit is really little different from HN; it's just bigger.
- tshaddox 4y agoReddit also wasn’t just the subject of a ton of understandable attention and skepticism about how the site would continue to operate.