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I guess people could try doing it in /r/startups where (I think) the mods are more laissez-faire.

• minimaxir 12y ago
  That's because /r/startups doesn't optimize for quality. Look at the front page (http://www.reddit.com/r/startups http://www.reddit.com/r/startups). Most of the ideas ("Apps like Quora but in real time?") are not particularly insightful. And no, these are not ideas with the people-thought-Twitter-was-a-bad-idea defense.
  • kasbah 12y ago
    Sure, it wasn't meant as a dig at HN moderation, just a helpful suggestion.
  • fragmede 12y ago
    Reddit's front page algorithm optimizes for an ill-defined 'freshness', which is... not nearly as good as it could be. As far as the "Apps like Quora but in real time?" post, it's a terrible title, but actually Google thinks there's some merit to the idea (if you actually read the post), and is trying to execute with Google Helpouts: https://helpouts.google.com/ https://helpouts.google.com/ Additionally, it's sitting there with one single point, which it started with, which is hardly a ringing endorsement by /r/startups. I mean, you can see a similarly low quality of posts here by browsing new: https://news.ycombinator.com/newest https://news.ycombinator.com/newest The quality on the top posts for the day on /r/startups vs the front page is generally higher, too: https://www.reddit.com/r/startups/top/?sort=top&t=day https://www.reddit.com/r/startups/top/?sort=top&t=day