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user-inactivated  ·  2596 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Reddit has changed their frontpage so the most popular posts from ANY subreddit will now show

Go to Reddit and see. There is so much shit floating to the top from meaningless memes and in-jokes to obscure subreddits that don't hold much interest to the general public.





bioemerl  ·  2596 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I say it's a positive thing, I didn't like the system where the admins picked what was best for people to see, and I still think the default system was bad from day one.

If the general population doesn't get or enjoy memes and in-jokes, they shouldn't be on reddit. If I wanted to be part of the gathering place for everyone, I'd use facebook.

user-inactivated  ·  2596 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Counter argument one. The circle jerk was strong, sure, but there's a massive difference between a subreddit like r/history or r/worldnews and some of the more obscure, random bullshit. Was there a wall? Absolutely, but it was full of doors and windows that anyone could easily walk or see through that were very rarely locked. Now? The wall is down and a flood of shit is pouring out.

Counter argument two. r/all was always just a click away, so "admin curating" was always negligible at best.

bioemerl  ·  2595 days ago  ·  link  ·  

In that case a good front-page would curate itself to be all of those things and give users a good broad general taste of reddit's different communities. If you just put history up as the main sub the people coming into reddit will look very different than if you just put up blackpeopletwitter.

We need a balance of all the subs as to not encourage or direct reddit in a specific direction, which I do not think the admins should be doing.

Existentialist  ·  2596 days ago  ·  link  ·  

So... No change, then?