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> This is mostly because Reddit's choice of default subreddits are poor Presumably this isn't entirely a choice: I would expect a good subreddit to get worse i
by philh 13y ago
> This is mostly because Reddit's choice of default subreddits are poor
Presumably this isn't entirely a choice: I would expect a good subreddit to get worse if it was made default. (And I've heard that /r/atheism got better when it was made undefault, but I haven't actually looked.)
- mitchty 13y agoThing is, those default subreddits were actually good before Reddit got too mainstream. What we're seeing right now is the after effects of popularity.
- kenbellows 13y agoAh, the Catch 22 of popular discussion based websites. You want to be popular, but you want to remain high in quality. It's shockingly difficult to do both.
- mitchty 13y agoYep, /r/science is about the only default that is ok. And if you've seen a climate change discussion there, you'll realize how painful it is to keep discussion on topic on reddit. I remember going to reddit and thinking, damn these comments are loads better than slashdot. I don't think I can contribute anything interesting, these people are sharp so I won't post at all. Might have just been me but there is a marked difference in tone on the site.