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Say I spend time on r/digg, then I find out about r/hackernews. I can start browsing there without creating a new account immediately. That lack of friction bet

Say I spend time on r/digg, then I find out about r/hackernews. I can start browsing there without creating a new account immediately. That lack of friction between communities is probably Reddit's biggest strength. I can't even imagine how many PHP forums have leaked my email address over the decades.

zeroonetwothree 3y ago
This doesn’t seem like that big a deal, you can still have shared logins (Google etc)
- delecti 3y ago
  Then you have the problem of "wait, which site did I sign up for this random forum for, google, facebook, or twitter?" and still keeps the problem of needing to establish the account, things like a profile picture, signature, email preferences, learning that forum's etiquette, the forum's organization (where's "general"?), and then only after a non-trivial investment might you find out that the mods are actually dicks so it's not worth the effort. On reddit, I can click the "random" button and immediately discover a community that I can already post in. Do I want to talk on r/entrepreneur, or r/galaxytab (the actual two first subreddits that "random" took me to just now)? I can do that right now, and while there I also see the orangered envelope telling me I got replies to comments I made on r/zelda (also a true story of what happened when I just clicked "random").
- Forgeties79 3y ago
  I don’t know man. I feel like it’s pretty self evident why folks would not want to have 20 different logins for 20 different websites so that they can get information for all of their hobbies, professional questions, travel, etc. As someone in the film industry, I lean very heavily DVXuser, Cinema5D, and Gear Source. Three different sites with three different cultures and ways of doing things. I really like them and they are great resources, but frankly, I find myself on Reddit most of the time anyway because it’s just easier to get the information I need from a variety of communities all in one spot.
- gnulinux 3y ago
  > This doesn’t seem like that big a deal This is not a big deal for you, it's the biggest deal for me. I refuse to make any other registrations unless absolutely necessary (healthcare/hospital website etc). If your website asks me for a password, I don't care enough to register.

zeroonetwothree 3y ago

This doesn’t seem like that big a deal, you can still have shared logins (Google etc)

delecti 3y ago
Then you have the problem of "wait, which site did I sign up for this random forum for, google, facebook, or twitter?" and still keeps the problem of needing to establish the account, things like a profile picture, signature, email preferences, learning that forum's etiquette, the forum's organization (where's "general"?), and then only after a non-trivial investment might you find out that the mods are actually dicks so it's not worth the effort. On reddit, I can click the "random" button and immediately discover a community that I can already post in. Do I want to talk on r/entrepreneur, or r/galaxytab (the actual two first subreddits that "random" took me to just now)? I can do that right now, and while there I also see the orangered envelope telling me I got replies to comments I made on r/zelda (also a true story of what happened when I just clicked "random").
Forgeties79 3y ago
I don’t know man. I feel like it’s pretty self evident why folks would not want to have 20 different logins for 20 different websites so that they can get information for all of their hobbies, professional questions, travel, etc. As someone in the film industry, I lean very heavily DVXuser, Cinema5D, and Gear Source. Three different sites with three different cultures and ways of doing things. I really like them and they are great resources, but frankly, I find myself on Reddit most of the time anyway because it’s just easier to get the information I need from a variety of communities all in one spot.
gnulinux 3y ago
> This doesn’t seem like that big a deal This is not a big deal for you, it's the biggest deal for me. I refuse to make any other registrations unless absolutely necessary (healthcare/hospital website etc). If your website asks me for a password, I don't care enough to register.