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I find it funny when people talk about reddit, 4chan, etc as a single group. "Reddit should really not do this". Really? It's like saying Brooklyn should really

by reustle 14y ago

I find it funny when people talk about reddit, 4chan, etc as a single group. "Reddit should really not do this". Really? It's like saying Brooklyn should really stop being so hipster. Not only is it a very small portion of the entire group, but they aren't about to stop doing what they're doing because of a few articles.

socialist_coder 14y ago
To be fair though, 90% of reddit is the "reddit hivemind".
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- barristan 14y ago
  Yes, this seems to be the nature of communities both online and offline. A community becomes known for something like hipsters in Brooklyn, cat memes in Reddit, or motherhood paraphernalia in Pinterest. More people of the demographic with the same mindset join and stay, whereas everyone else feel unwelcome and gradually leave.
  - ianstallings 14y ago
    I left Reddit a while back because I felt this way. I'm a conservative and on that site it's like being a social pariah. I'd rather just keep my thoughts to myself from now on.
    - pc86 14y ago
      Serious question: how has this differed from HN, if at all? The few times I've been in a political discussion on HN (which is admittedly rare), it's been a crap shoot between a reasonable but clearly left-of-center discussion and "conservatives are the most evil thing imaginable and they clearly lack any intellect."
      - ianstallings 14y ago
        Well here at HN they quickly steer the car back on to the track and disuade anything that isn't technical or related to "hacking". The ones that slip through I just ignore. The signal to noise ratio is much better and I feel like I can focus on tech here. Reddit is too wide open for that.
- joeframbach 14y ago
  Source?
  - pc86 14y ago
    Reddit
    - socialist_coder 14y ago
      I didn't want to say that so I'm glad someone else did =)
- marvin 14y ago
  That doesn't make sense. There is no basis for making this kind of generalization. The Reddit community has only become more diverse with time, not less. You'll find more homogenuous crowds in some subreddits, but Reddit's users are very diverse in both interests, demographics and behavior.
pc86 14y ago
I agree that it's silly, but there really are too many hipsters in Brooklyn.

by reustle 14y ago

socialist_coder 14y ago

To be fair though, 90% of reddit is the "reddit hivemind".

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barristan 14y ago
Yes, this seems to be the nature of communities both online and offline. A community becomes known for something like hipsters in Brooklyn, cat memes in Reddit, or motherhood paraphernalia in Pinterest. More people of the demographic with the same mindset join and stay, whereas everyone else feel unwelcome and gradually leave.
- ianstallings 14y ago
  I left Reddit a while back because I felt this way. I'm a conservative and on that site it's like being a social pariah. I'd rather just keep my thoughts to myself from now on.
  - pc86 14y ago
    Serious question: how has this differed from HN, if at all? The few times I've been in a political discussion on HN (which is admittedly rare), it's been a crap shoot between a reasonable but clearly left-of-center discussion and "conservatives are the most evil thing imaginable and they clearly lack any intellect."
    - ianstallings 14y ago
      Well here at HN they quickly steer the car back on to the track and disuade anything that isn't technical or related to "hacking". The ones that slip through I just ignore. The signal to noise ratio is much better and I feel like I can focus on tech here. Reddit is too wide open for that.
joeframbach 14y ago
Source?
- pc86 14y ago
  Reddit
  - socialist_coder 14y ago
    I didn't want to say that so I'm glad someone else did =)
marvin 14y ago
That doesn't make sense. There is no basis for making this kind of generalization. The Reddit community has only become more diverse with time, not less. You'll find more homogenuous crowds in some subreddits, but Reddit's users are very diverse in both interests, demographics and behavior.

pc86 14y ago

I agree that it's silly, but there really are too many hipsters in Brooklyn.