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I wonder what % of their traffic is something other than /r/gonewild and /r/atheism?

by jiggy2011 14y ago

TillE 14y ago
I think their top ten posts of the year capture the essence of Reddit fairly well: http://blog.reddit.com/2012/12/top-posts-of-year-and-best-of-2012.html http://blog.reddit.com/2012/12/top-posts-of-year-and-best-of... Celebrity interviews, a lot of pointless crap, some navel-gazing, and one mildly interesting thing about a videogame. The celebrity AMAs are a new thing and a pretty big deal. Obama on Reddit was very similar to Clinton going on MTV and taking audience questions. And like MTV, like so many user-driven websites of the past, I wouldn't be surprised if Reddit quickly fades out of cultural relevance when the next thing comes along.
- lelandbatey 14y ago
  Indeed. I believe that Reddit is pretty much hitting it's peak of mass appeal. Personally, I left Reddit not to long ago (after nearly five years as a highly active user) in favor of smaller, more manageable and more palatable offerings. It's also interesting that this blogger would bring up digg.com, a site that I used in tandem with reddit till the great migration of 2009. From there, I hadn't really gone back. However, the new digg.com is fantastic! Lots of content, high readability (on desktop and mobile) and nothing else. It's a focused tuned experience that I really enjoy. It seems like things have come full circle (again).
  - jspthrowaway2 14y ago
    You're the first person I've ever met, including a former Digg employee, to have a positive impression of the redesign. I'm intrigued.
- LOLTillE 14y ago
  > .. pointless crap Like the whole of your HN contributions? > I wouldn't be surprised if Reddit… As much as you and much of HN would like it, it's not going anywhere in the immediate future. Not near enough to qualify as 'quickly,' anyway. Until then, deal with its superiority over this little shithole.

I wonder what % of their traffic is something other than /r/gonewild and /r/atheism?

TillE 14y ago

I think their top ten posts of the year capture the essence of Reddit fairly well: http://blog.reddit.com/2012/12/top-posts-of-year-and-best-of-2012.html http://blog.reddit.com/2012/12/top-posts-of-year-and-best-of... Celebrity interviews, a lot of pointless crap, some navel-gazing, and one mildly interesting thing about a videogame. The celebrity AMAs are a new thing and a pretty big deal. Obama on Reddit was very similar to Clinton going on MTV and taking audience questions. And like MTV, like so many user-driven websites of the past, I wouldn't be surprised if Reddit quickly fades out of cultural relevance when the next thing comes along.

lelandbatey 14y ago
Indeed. I believe that Reddit is pretty much hitting it's peak of mass appeal. Personally, I left Reddit not to long ago (after nearly five years as a highly active user) in favor of smaller, more manageable and more palatable offerings. It's also interesting that this blogger would bring up digg.com, a site that I used in tandem with reddit till the great migration of 2009. From there, I hadn't really gone back. However, the new digg.com is fantastic! Lots of content, high readability (on desktop and mobile) and nothing else. It's a focused tuned experience that I really enjoy. It seems like things have come full circle (again).
- jspthrowaway2 14y ago
  You're the first person I've ever met, including a former Digg employee, to have a positive impression of the redesign. I'm intrigued.
LOLTillE 14y ago
> .. pointless crap Like the whole of your HN contributions? > I wouldn't be surprised if Reddit… As much as you and much of HN would like it, it's not going anywhere in the immediate future. Not near enough to qualify as 'quickly,' anyway. Until then, deal with its superiority over this little shithole.