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Re:Reddit by ehaughee on Tuesday September 30, 2014 @02:31PM (#8390133)
These are some of my favorite subreddits:

http://reddit.com/r/hiphopheads

http://reddit.com/r/frugalmalefashion

http://reddit.com/r/javascript/

http://reddit.com/r/snowboarding/

I find these subs to be on topic, relatively positive, often receptive to the new and uninitiated, providing a wealth of FAQ/just starting out information and have interesting weekly events.

I especially enjoy the header with album release dates in hiphopheads, and there are a number of cool weekly events in frugalmalefashion (and its more expensive brother subreddit, http://reddit.com/r/malefashionadvice).

As with any sufficiently large group, you'll find groupthink. However, I've found that many smaller subreddits are more receptive of self-criticism when it gets too bad.

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Re:Reddit by companyhen on Tuesday September 30, 2014 @02:36PM (#8390181)
As the founder of r/hiphopheads, thanks fam. :)
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Re:Reddit by photoGrant on Tuesday September 30, 2014 @04:12PM (#8390853)
One of the only subreddits I enjoy visiting. Thank you.
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Re:Reddit by icpmacdo on Tuesday September 30, 2014 @04:23PM (#8390924)
Good job dude it's my favourite subreddit.
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Re:Reddit by onedev on Tuesday September 30, 2014 @02:46PM (#8390260)
Wow seriously? Dude I freakin' love r/hhh.
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Re:Reddit by companyhen on Tuesday September 30, 2014 @03:02PM (#8390398)
Seriously. When I joined reddit there wasn't an active hip-hop board (which was the only major interest I had that reddit didn't have an active community for).

So I thought I'd take it into my own hands. Started posting content, inviting users who I thought would be interested, and almost 5 years later, turned into what it is today.

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Re:Reddit by k3n on Tuesday September 30, 2014 @03:16PM (#8390507)
As a mod of /r/javascript (for about 6 months now), I'm flattered. The sub really is easy to mod though; yes, we get a couple off-topic & spammy posts every once in awhile, but by-and-large, the JS community there runs itself really well.
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