>> I can't tell you the number of times I've wished there was a subreddit or a facebook group for the types of content I'm interested in, only to find that there isn't. Not because the content doesn't exist, mind you.
Why not start it? One of the beauties of reddit subgroups is that not only do you find random very specific ones, but if you don't, you can start your own.
Re:The web starts on page four
by marginalia_nu on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @11:29AM
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I've started subreddits for niche topics. Only visitors I got were spambots.
Link aggregators are also very much part of the problem. Besides the astroturfing, they tend to favor the lowest common denominator in content. Popular vote just doesn't seem to be a good way of surfacing quality content, especially not with the social incentive of winning internet acclaim for submitting a good result.
HN does surface the odd gem, but why can't I pick one of those and say "Hey, this topic interests me, show me more like this"? I'm currently working on build something to that effect, and so far it seems at least reasonably possible.
RSS was good in one way, but it also sort of turns everything it comes into contact with into a blog.