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Re:‘I Fundamentally Believe That My Time at Reddit Made the ... by wyldfire on Thursday April 19, 2018 @01:01PM (#16877616)
When I first started using reddit, there were no accounts/logins and no comments! Just vote buttons for each story. Truly "reddit" as in "I read this [and it was interesting so I'm sharing it here]". Slashdot without all of the noise.
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Re:‘I Fundamentally Believe That My Time at Reddit Made the ... by petepete on Thursday April 19, 2018 @01:11PM (#16877718)
The best things about HN and (a narrow, personalised) Reddit are the comments.

A knowledgeable, enthusiastic community provides lots of background, alternative views, tit bits of related info and random facts. Without comments and discussion most of the value is gone.

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Re:‘I Fundamentally Believe That My Time at Reddit Made the ... by wyldfire on Thursday April 19, 2018 @02:12PM (#16878444)
Oh, agreed! At very first blush I thought comments would sully reddit's simple essence, but I very quickly realized how wrong I was when I grew to really appreciate the comments and the discussion.

I mentioned this merely as a historical footnote to show how far reddit's come.

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