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You're conflating two things. Reddit doesn't often break news, Twitter does that more in real time with its immediacy and reach. Just like Hacker News is/was t
by alaskamiller 14y ago
You're conflating two things. Reddit doesn't often break news, Twitter does that more in real time with its immediacy and reach.
Just like Hacker News is/was to TechCrunch, Reddit generates a news cycle, as in right now across the world there are cadres of journalists and bloggers using Reddit to source and/or get ideas on what to write and feed into the long tail.
- justincormack 14y agoNo thats not the case. Reddit is not that important. But Digg is dead.
- alaskamiller 14y agoReddit is a newer version of big board community. Have you participated in an online community? To a segment of people, http://www.big-boards.com/ http://www.big-boards.com/, it is their life.
- GFischer 14y agoAny kind of community can become very addictive, especially to people that are going through a lonely period with a lot of free time. I know of somebody that's deeply engrossed with Skyscraper City even though she isn't an architect, just because it has an encouraging community and she has a 4 hour commute and works in multiple cities (which makes it very hard to get into an offline community)
- drivebyacct2 14y agoIt kills me to see the reddit-hate here cloud obvious facts. There are a number of things that reddit has gotten good worldwide publicity for or has had a hand in shaping. That's not true for a large number of sites. In terms of what reddit is, it is important.