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major subreddits keeping reddit alive basically: r/politics r/worldnews r/movies r/tech r/television r/news r/technology r/gadgets r/sports minor ones

major subreddits keeping reddit alive basically: r/politics r/worldnews r/movies r/tech r/television r/news r/technology r/gadgets r/sports minor ones i've noticed: r/indieheads r/boxing It's a pretty serious blackout, but it'd be even more serious if those went dark too (and stayed dark).

ahahahahah 3y ago
The "major" subreddits you listed are ranked #74, #76, #77, #4020, #946, #165, #875, #2324, and #1584 by posts per day. The claim that they are "keeping reddit alive basically" is rather generous.
- MuffinFlavored 3y ago
  How can I see those stats?
  - MuffinFlavored 3y ago
    https://subredditstats.com/ https://subredditstats.com/ I found this
    - ahahahahah 3y ago
      Yeah that's where I took the stats from. I spot checked them a bit to see if that metric seemed like it was affected by the recent blackout, but it looked like it wasn't (maybe they lag by some number of days). You could take the #users instead which shouldn't be affected by the blackout, but I thought posts better reflected how much activity they were producing (the first couple listed were really low on users but much higher on posts), but really I think for any of the metrics you pick will make the "keeping reddit alive" claim look rather questionable.
- smbullet 3y ago
  Subreddit posts per day is really not a great metric to track engagement. You probably want comments or votes per day.
  - RoyGBivCap 3y ago
    Isn't the rule of thumb 1/9/99 where 1% post, 9% comment, 99% lurk? Or something like that.
elxr 3y ago
r/sports isn't as active as a lot of the major sports subreddits IMO. Any serious sports discussions would be on sport-specific subs. r/nba r/nfl r/formula1 r/mma Those are some major ones still private. Quite disappointing that r/soccer decided to re-open though. Would've made a significant impact.
- monnok 3y ago
  I can’t figure out r/sports’s moderation rules. Every now and then I will accidentally reply there because something bubbles up to my front page. I discovered 90% of my comments there get deleted without explanation.
local_crmdgeon 3y ago
r/politics won't go dark because the mods are paid to spam posts

ahahahahah 3y ago

The "major" subreddits you listed are ranked #74, #76, #77, #4020, #946, #165, #875, #2324, and #1584 by posts per day. The claim that they are "keeping reddit alive basically" is rather generous.

MuffinFlavored 3y ago
How can I see those stats?
- MuffinFlavored 3y ago
  https://subredditstats.com/ https://subredditstats.com/ I found this
  - ahahahahah 3y ago
    Yeah that's where I took the stats from. I spot checked them a bit to see if that metric seemed like it was affected by the recent blackout, but it looked like it wasn't (maybe they lag by some number of days). You could take the #users instead which shouldn't be affected by the blackout, but I thought posts better reflected how much activity they were producing (the first couple listed were really low on users but much higher on posts), but really I think for any of the metrics you pick will make the "keeping reddit alive" claim look rather questionable.
smbullet 3y ago
Subreddit posts per day is really not a great metric to track engagement. You probably want comments or votes per day.
- RoyGBivCap 3y ago
  Isn't the rule of thumb 1/9/99 where 1% post, 9% comment, 99% lurk? Or something like that.

elxr 3y ago

r/sports isn't as active as a lot of the major sports subreddits IMO. Any serious sports discussions would be on sport-specific subs. r/nba r/nfl r/formula1 r/mma Those are some major ones still private. Quite disappointing that r/soccer decided to re-open though. Would've made a significant impact.

monnok 3y ago
I can’t figure out r/sports’s moderation rules. Every now and then I will accidentally reply there because something bubbles up to my front page. I discovered 90% of my comments there get deleted without explanation.

local_crmdgeon 3y ago

r/politics won't go dark because the mods are paid to spam posts