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Less people would use each. On Reddit the topmost posts have around 10k~ upvotes (not karma), a lot of people see them and vote them. But if we then go to see

Less people would use each. On Reddit the topmost posts have around 10k~ upvotes (not karma), a lot of people see them and vote them. But if we then go to see the single subreddits, the ammount of upvotes needed to reach the 2th/3th place can drastically decrease, and so do the users that see that subreddit. And this is for subs that are on the frontpage, if we go to look all the other subs there are some who get just a bunch of posts each day and therefore are harder to sort, you get the same content for days on their frontpage. Now let's consider HN. The current top post has 317~ points and apart from the posts about Steve Job's death and an earthquake(I don't remember which) you usually have a GREAT post if it reaches 500 votes. And we don't have downvotes (or at least not everyone I think). So, splitting this posts in subs will create a unnecessary fragmentation that I can see will only hurt the community. But I agree we could have something to sort, but I don't see it as a needed thing, therefore I don't see it happening.

ScottWhigham 14y ago
Your post makes it seem as though you think that, because a subreddit's top posts do not have high karma/votes, that the idea of subreddits is somehow not working or flawed. I disagree - the whole idea of a subreddit is to take something out of the mainstream and put it in a smaller niche. It's of course going to have lower votes because a smaller audience seeks it out. The positive thing though is that, because the audience sought out that source, they are likely to be much more engaged than if they were reading a 10k+ post. There's a lot to be said for the "noise factor" that large posts get (in terms of comments/replies/snark). Smaller, more engaged audiences are not worse; they are just different. Besides, the subreddits on reddit are of the "Anyone can create a subreddit" variety which, I would assume, is very different from what OP is asking about/for with respect to HN.

ScottWhigham 14y ago

Your post makes it seem as though you think that, because a subreddit's top posts do not have high karma/votes, that the idea of subreddits is somehow not working or flawed. I disagree - the whole idea of a subreddit is to take something out of the mainstream and put it in a smaller niche. It's of course going to have lower votes because a smaller audience seeks it out. The positive thing though is that, because the audience sought out that source, they are likely to be much more engaged than if they were reading a 10k+ post. There's a lot to be said for the "noise factor" that large posts get (in terms of comments/replies/snark). Smaller, more engaged audiences are not worse; they are just different. Besides, the subreddits on reddit are of the "Anyone can create a subreddit" variety which, I would assume, is very different from what OP is asking about/for with respect to HN.