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0 pointsantisthenes7mo ago0 comments

Fair assessment.

I think Reddit right now sits in some weird space between Discord/Nextdoor/Quora, with most content posted after ~2018-2019 being extremely low quality, outside of some niche subreddits.

But overall it is just a gateway to other platforms where the really interesting conversations are happening and content is being created.

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ifyoubuildit7mo ago

> with most content posted after ~2018-2019 being extremely low quality, outside of some niche subreddits.

I've read plenty of garbage on Reddit, but what percentage of Reddit content since 2018 do you think you've seen? How many zeros after that decimal point?

antisthenesOP7mo ago

That's not how sampling works.

That's the equivalent of asking what % of Google Search results have you seen in order to say that there's been a drop in result quality.

ifyoubuildit7mo ago

Were you doing some kind of study? Cause I don't think reading your favorite subs on reddit is how sampling works either.

Even (or maybe especially) if you spend an unhealthy amount of time on the site, your sample is probably nowhere near representative of the whole.

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0 pointsantisthenes7mo ago0 comments

Fair assessment.

I think Reddit right now sits in some weird space between Discord/Nextdoor/Quora, with most content posted after ~2018-2019 being extremely low quality, outside of some niche subreddits.

But overall it is just a gateway to other platforms where the really interesting conversations are happening and content is being created.

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ifyoubuildit7mo ago

> with most content posted after ~2018-2019 being extremely low quality, outside of some niche subreddits.

I've read plenty of garbage on Reddit, but what percentage of Reddit content since 2018 do you think you've seen? How many zeros after that decimal point?

antisthenesOP7mo ago

That's not how sampling works.

That's the equivalent of asking what % of Google Search results have you seen in order to say that there's been a drop in result quality.

ifyoubuildit7mo ago

Were you doing some kind of study? Cause I don't think reading your favorite subs on reddit is how sampling works either.

Even (or maybe especially) if you spend an unhealthy amount of time on the site, your sample is probably nowhere near representative of the whole.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse