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The key to making reddit a bearable experience, and I think most people on HN will agree with this, is honing into specific subreddits that you believe are wort

The key to making reddit a bearable experience, and I think most people on HN will agree with this, is honing into specific subreddits that you believe are worth participating in and using them exclusive to the rest of the site. For me it's askhistorians, a relatively small community with ruthless moderation that stomps quickly and decisively on anything that isn't properly cited and maintains a healthy base of experts.

joshstrange 13y ago
I would agree with that statement. I just run multiple accounts (One for tech, one just for laughs, etc). I did this before the changes where you can have multiple front pages or streams (I'll admit I haven't played with them much) but I still like my approach as I like the separation.
natural219 13y ago
Is there a list of good, high-quality subreddits somewhere? I would like to update my homepage to filter only the best ones.
- frewsxcv 13y ago
  List your interests/hobbies/favorite things. Chances are, there's a subreddit for each of them.
  - archagon 13y ago
    And going one further, each topical subreddit usually has a couple of higher quality spinoffs. For example, r/gaming vs. r/games, or r/askreddit vs r/askhistorians.
    - pavel_lishin 13y ago
      And going further than that, there's spinoffs that appeal to an even more niche audience. For example, r/gaymers and r/asksciencefiction
- tsycho 13y ago
  Not a list, but if you don't know where to start, check out r/bestof and dive deeper when you like the discussion on a particular subreddit.
  - zokier 13y ago
    Couple of other hints for subreddit discovery: if you find one interesting subreddit, check out its sidebar as many have a related subreddits section there. Also check "other discussions" tab for interesting links to see what other subreddits it has been posted on. Picking your subreddits is a neverending task, I'm couple of years in and still keep finding new and old interesting subreddits.
- criley2 13y ago
  There should be multireddits these days made for that purpose, but I haven't explored the feature enough to be able to provide the answer.
- atwebb 13y ago
  It completely depends upon your interests, I'm subscribed to a number of music related ones though nowadays I'm wondering why I don't just go back to a message board like AudioKarma...
- personlurking 13y ago
  Not that I know of, but if you like learning and are curious, I'd look into /TrueReddit and any other subs in the sidebar, and /AskHistorians, plus anything in their sidebar.
- SkyMarshal 13y ago
  Google "best subreddits" to start with. Also, I guarantee if there's something you're interested in, there's a subreddit for it. Search for it here: http://www.reddit.com/reddits http://www.reddit.com/reddits
- davidgerard 13y ago
  http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Reddit#Actually_decent_subreddits http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Reddit#Actually_decent_subreddi...
- pests 13y ago
  Try finding some multireddits. They are shareable collections of subreddits you can pass around.
- shrikant 13y ago
  In addition to the others mentioned here, do also check out /r/DepthHub/ and its sidebar for other such decent quality subreddits.
frewsxcv 13y ago
Everyone I know who has disliked reddit was because they didn't know about all the subcommunities that exist. CGPG explains reddit rather nicely: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlI022aUWQQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlI022aUWQQ
Borogravia 13y ago
Seconding that this precisely the right strategy. Leaving the big, broadly popular subs on your front page is a recipe for confusion, sadness and rage. (Also, apologies for pedantry, but it's "homing," not "honing.")

joshstrange 13y ago

I would agree with that statement. I just run multiple accounts (One for tech, one just for laughs, etc). I did this before the changes where you can have multiple front pages or streams (I'll admit I haven't played with them much) but I still like my approach as I like the separation.

natural219 13y ago

Is there a list of good, high-quality subreddits somewhere? I would like to update my homepage to filter only the best ones.

frewsxcv 13y ago
List your interests/hobbies/favorite things. Chances are, there's a subreddit for each of them.
- archagon 13y ago
  And going one further, each topical subreddit usually has a couple of higher quality spinoffs. For example, r/gaming vs. r/games, or r/askreddit vs r/askhistorians.
  - pavel_lishin 13y ago
    And going further than that, there's spinoffs that appeal to an even more niche audience. For example, r/gaymers and r/asksciencefiction
tsycho 13y ago
Not a list, but if you don't know where to start, check out r/bestof and dive deeper when you like the discussion on a particular subreddit.
- zokier 13y ago
  Couple of other hints for subreddit discovery: if you find one interesting subreddit, check out its sidebar as many have a related subreddits section there. Also check "other discussions" tab for interesting links to see what other subreddits it has been posted on. Picking your subreddits is a neverending task, I'm couple of years in and still keep finding new and old interesting subreddits.
criley2 13y ago
There should be multireddits these days made for that purpose, but I haven't explored the feature enough to be able to provide the answer.
atwebb 13y ago
It completely depends upon your interests, I'm subscribed to a number of music related ones though nowadays I'm wondering why I don't just go back to a message board like AudioKarma...
personlurking 13y ago
Not that I know of, but if you like learning and are curious, I'd look into /TrueReddit and any other subs in the sidebar, and /AskHistorians, plus anything in their sidebar.
SkyMarshal 13y ago
Google "best subreddits" to start with. Also, I guarantee if there's something you're interested in, there's a subreddit for it. Search for it here: http://www.reddit.com/reddits http://www.reddit.com/reddits
davidgerard 13y ago
http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Reddit#Actually_decent_subreddits http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Reddit#Actually_decent_subreddi...
pests 13y ago
Try finding some multireddits. They are shareable collections of subreddits you can pass around.
shrikant 13y ago
In addition to the others mentioned here, do also check out /r/DepthHub/ and its sidebar for other such decent quality subreddits.

frewsxcv 13y ago

Everyone I know who has disliked reddit was because they didn't know about all the subcommunities that exist. CGPG explains reddit rather nicely: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlI022aUWQQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlI022aUWQQ

Borogravia 13y ago

Seconding that this precisely the right strategy. Leaving the big, broadly popular subs on your front page is a recipe for confusion, sadness and rage. (Also, apologies for pedantry, but it's "homing," not "honing.")