Gen-pop on Reddit is terrible, but as someone else pointed out, it’s massive and very specialized. I’m in a forum about CPAP machines, mechanical keyboards, my city, coffee, and UX dark patterns. That’s not stuff that works on HN. They are completely different needs / value.
I've been brainstorming a site that uses HN usernames to validate identity and have a comment floor of 500 on HN to participate. It would be like HN but for political and non tech articles.
My first thought was that this is a great idea. My second is that the 500 karma metric can become a target, and lead to lower quality posts on HN. I’m not sure which is correct.
The Facebook was a whole lot of fun before the news feed, when only university students and faculty could join. Was it the wider membership, or the wider scope, that ruined it?
IMO it could be active accounts before x date, and occasionally up that date. But always, intentionally, lagging behind by quite a while.
There's a niche subreddit for everything and they often contain valuable information that's hard to find elsewhere. It also used to be full of real posts and opinions from real people but covert advertising is now rampant on the site. I seriously hope that never happens to HN.
reddit is huge - cars, woodworking, psychedelics, music, diy, homesteading, food/recipes, the list goes on.
Not to mention an entire subreddit dedicated to refining Meth.
Lol. There are a few chemistry for the sake of drug subs. Judging by the level of discussion though, there aren't a lot of people who really know what they're doing. Most drug production involves some pretty advanced chemistry
I had to scroll down to the 47th post before someone said methamphetamine. Also, I'm probably now on a list somewhere.
egg_irl and all the other subs like that are incredibly scary: They are pretty much grooming echo chambers painting transsexuality and transition as hip and trendy things that solve all your issues.
reddit should be 18+ at this point.
check out /r/tightpussy and /r/superbowl
Daily reminders of how much i overpaid for a 3060ti 4 months ago :)