92 of top 500 subreddits controlled by same 5 people

Re:92 of top 500 subreddits controlled by same 5 people by Trasmatta on Thursday May 14, 2020 @12:12AM (#23175189)

Yeah, I think that's a big part of it. I think the other part is that discussions don't live for longer than a day or two. Things fall off the page and everyone moves on to the next posts. (Same deal here on HN of course.) With forums, you have long living threads where you engage in discussions with the same people for months or even years.

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Re:92 of top 500 subreddits controlled by same 5 people by hunter2_ on Thursday May 14, 2020 @12:23AM (#23175260)

True. Reddit has several sort options, and none of them remotely facilitate the "necro bump" that a single forum post can achieve.

But when you're searching for a quick answer (rather than browsing/debating) there's nothing better than upvote sort (see also: stack exchange) which far exceeds any chronological sort forums have.

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Re:92 of top 500 subreddits controlled by same 5 people by Trasmatta on Thursday May 14, 2020 @12:35AM (#23175342)

Yeah, I frequently find myself doing "site:reddit.com" when searching for answers to random things.

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Re:92 of top 500 subreddits controlled by same 5 people by piva00 on Thursday May 14, 2020 @03:01AM (#23176318)

I'm the same! Or to search for reviews of some obscure gear of one of my hobbies, find recommendations on specific tastes in literature/movies, discover similar art to some artist.

Whatever needs some human knowledge and thought I add a `site:reddit.com` to my search and try to gauge from there.

Product reviews are also much more trustworthy (and sometimes more in-depth) from a collection of reddit posts than anywhere else on the internet.

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Re:92 of top 500 subreddits controlled by same 5 people by hunter2_ on Thursday May 14, 2020 @03:34PM (#23184288)

That certainly seems true now, and hopefully it will be for a good while. r/HailCorporate is good at spotting ads/shills but it's not a perfect science. Given the way AI-authored blog posts are getting incrementally more convincing, this could become a serious issue.

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Re:92 of top 500 subreddits controlled by same 5 people by tayo42 on Thursday May 14, 2020 @12:55AM (#23175475)

I do this too, it's like wikipedia for general sentiment on a topic, good to get a starting of idea. There are some gem posts out there.

I think its also a symptom of google searches just not being that great and dominated by people that play the seo game well instead of actual good sources. But thats a rant for another time...

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Re:92 of top 500 subreddits controlled by same 5 people by temeritatis on Thursday May 14, 2020 @05:55AM (#23177549)

Same! The web is full of auto generated crap and copy-pasted reviews and whatnot. Reddit is the new google in this regard. We'll see how long it lasts.

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