Reddit can't build a better search engine

Re:Reddit can't build a better search engine by valar_m on Thursday February 17, 2022 @08:25AM (#30372778)

> Subs have their own "reddit" brands in accordance to the topic. They also have their own "reddit" opinions shared among almost every sub with enough people in it for justify propaganda.

Which is actually the cool thing about Reddit, because you can just create your own subreddit about a topic and set the rules as you see fit. Don't like that camping pics have products in the background? Alright, set a rule for your new sub that says no products in pics, and then rule your kingdom with an iron fist.

Heck, that could be the whole point of your sub. /r/campingProductFree or something.

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Re:Reddit can't build a better search engine by pydry on Thursday February 17, 2022 @08:59AM (#30373069)

This used to work well but moderators have "professionalized" and nowadays will viciously stamp out any kind of separarism.

Creating a forum has never been hard. Attracting people is.

I would imagine this would get worse as money corrupts reddit the same way money corrupted google.

Whomever moderates /r/camping probably isnt doing it for free.

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Re:Reddit can't build a better search engine by valar_m on Thursday February 17, 2022 @09:35AM (#30373457)

> This used to work well but moderators have "professionalized" and nowadays will viciously stamp out any kind of separarism.

How would they go about doing that? I see new, competing subreddits being created all the time. Like, what could a mod do to stop me if I wanted to create a new competing sub?

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Re:Reddit can't build a better search engine by pydry on Thursday February 17, 2022 @09:53AM (#30373657)

Censor posts even mentioning it in competing subs they moderate?

Maybe i wasnt clear about that.

Even if everybody from an existing subreddit would move to a better one they wont if they dont hear about it.

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