Old reddit was at least a bit more tech and intellectual adjacent than new reddit. The "mainstreamification" of Reddit came largely with the UI change and mobil

Old reddit was at least a bit more tech and intellectual adjacent than new reddit. The "mainstreamification" of Reddit came largely with the UI change and mobile app. Even with old Reddit it was more mainstream because of UI aspects YC doesn't have (social media sharing, video embedding, custom subreddit CSS)