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I take your point, but to a large extent the value of the subreddit is in the name since it makes it easy for people to organically find the right space for the content they want. Domain names are the same. For example, for content local to New York City, going to /r/nyc was my first guess.

/r/UncleBens can claim to have developed their own thing, but not the obvious ones like /r/Apple, etc.

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Seems like survivorship bias considering you wouldn't be familiar with well-named poorly moderated subs that never took off.

But also you searched /r/nyc instead of TheNewYorker.com because what you're after is community curated content instead of the views and opinions of Condé Nast and their vast network of quality publications that are already available for subscription.

Following /r/nyc and /r/newyorkcity during the mayoral elections was what made reddit useful. You could see how moderation could create an echo chamber and distort a users perception of reality. Having reddit install "community leaders" is a hilariously bad idea.

So long and thanks for the fish! Looking forward to see what replaces Reddit.

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