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What a missed opportunity reddit was. If it hadn't turned into a meme/image site it could have been much more interesting. I had an ongoing pattern of unsubscri

by gdulli 13y ago

What a missed opportunity reddit was. If it hadn't turned into a meme/image site it could have been much more interesting. I had an ongoing pattern of unsubscribing from the different sections one by one as I get tired of memes, images, and general low-content posting. Until there was really nothing left.

mcantelon 13y ago
Calling one of the most successful sites on the Internet a "missed opportunity" is a bit odd. Whether you want junk or you want quality, it's there (dig into the subreddits).
- officemonkey 13y ago
  I wish there was a better way to discover subreddits I might like. If Reddit did to subreddits what Pandora and Netflix did to music and movies (analyze and recommend,) it would pay off for them.
  - oftenwrong 13y ago
    You get subreddit suggestions ("people also added:") when creating multireddits.
  - kpennell 13y ago
    Hmmm...I subscribe to a number of travel and backpacker subs and am constantly pleased by the content. http://metareddit.com/r/backpacking http://metareddit.com/r/backpacking
- deleted 13y ago
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- stbtrax 13y ago
  In my experience, the problem with subreddits is that they are either too well trafficked, in which case it eventually devolves back into puns and memes, or it's way too sparse and there's no content.
TrainedMonkey 13y ago
I think you are missing the point. Meme/image site is precisely what got reddit so big in the first place. Number of users allowed for a striking amount of highly sophisticated communities to develop (as science, workouts, etc.).
- gdulli 13y ago
  In practice, the mainstreaming of a site brings down the quality globally as the memes and spam bleed into other topics.
  - oceanplexian 13y ago
    What do you mean "bring down the quality"? This graph is misleading because it shows number of posts as a percentage, not an absolute number. I'm sure there is just as much or more quality content in r/programming and other subreddits than there was in 2005.
    - supergauntlet 13y ago
      http://web.archive.org/web/20080123104208/http://reddit.com/r/programming http://web.archive.org/web/20080123104208/http://reddit.com/... http://web.archive.org/web/20080129072548/http://reddit.com/r/programming/info/669sd/comments/ http://web.archive.org/web/20080129072548/http://reddit.com/... http://web.archive.org/web/20140109132834/http://www.reddit.com/r/programming http://web.archive.org/web/20140109132834/http://www.reddit.... http://web.archive.org/web/20140110004528/http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1upyco/light_table_becomes_open_source/ http://web.archive.org/web/20140110004528/http://www.reddit.... You can decide on your own.
fragmede 13y ago
Arguably, if it hadn't been turned into a meme/image site, it would have been closed, which is not interesting at all.

by gdulli 13y ago

mcantelon 13y ago

Calling one of the most successful sites on the Internet a "missed opportunity" is a bit odd. Whether you want junk or you want quality, it's there (dig into the subreddits).

officemonkey 13y ago
I wish there was a better way to discover subreddits I might like. If Reddit did to subreddits what Pandora and Netflix did to music and movies (analyze and recommend,) it would pay off for them.
- oftenwrong 13y ago
  You get subreddit suggestions ("people also added:") when creating multireddits.
- kpennell 13y ago
  Hmmm...I subscribe to a number of travel and backpacker subs and am constantly pleased by the content. http://metareddit.com/r/backpacking http://metareddit.com/r/backpacking
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stbtrax 13y ago
In my experience, the problem with subreddits is that they are either too well trafficked, in which case it eventually devolves back into puns and memes, or it's way too sparse and there's no content.

TrainedMonkey 13y ago

I think you are missing the point. Meme/image site is precisely what got reddit so big in the first place. Number of users allowed for a striking amount of highly sophisticated communities to develop (as science, workouts, etc.).

gdulli 13y ago
In practice, the mainstreaming of a site brings down the quality globally as the memes and spam bleed into other topics.
- oceanplexian 13y ago
  What do you mean "bring down the quality"? This graph is misleading because it shows number of posts as a percentage, not an absolute number. I'm sure there is just as much or more quality content in r/programming and other subreddits than there was in 2005.
  - supergauntlet 13y ago
    http://web.archive.org/web/20080123104208/http://reddit.com/r/programming http://web.archive.org/web/20080123104208/http://reddit.com/... http://web.archive.org/web/20080129072548/http://reddit.com/r/programming/info/669sd/comments/ http://web.archive.org/web/20080129072548/http://reddit.com/... http://web.archive.org/web/20140109132834/http://www.reddit.com/r/programming http://web.archive.org/web/20140109132834/http://www.reddit.... http://web.archive.org/web/20140110004528/http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1upyco/light_table_becomes_open_source/ http://web.archive.org/web/20140110004528/http://www.reddit.... You can decide on your own.

fragmede 13y ago

Arguably, if it hadn't been turned into a meme/image site, it would have been closed, which is not interesting at all.