Slashdot is focused on a particular audience, unlike Reddit, thus suggesting that comments may be more targeted and useful than the typical "OP is a fag" idiocy

Slashdot is focused on a particular audience, unlike Reddit, thus suggesting that comments may be more targeted and useful than the typical "OP is a fag" idiocy. On the other hand, checkout http://www.reddit.com/r/depthhub http://www.reddit.com/r/depthhub. That subreddit flags many of the deepest, most insightful comments on reddit and is a fascinating trove of information about all sorts of interesting subjects. For example, here's a brilliant comment that compares and contracts Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" and George Orwell's "1984" (both excellent books, I might add): http://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/1hhrpk/huxley_vs_orwell_in_100_words/caugn0o http://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/1hhrpk/huxley_vs_orwe... In a sense, Reddit can tend towards a Brave New World style of information by drowning us in so much information, much of which is false or inane, that we can lose sight of what's important, but as a source of entertainment, it's often terrific.