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View submission: Reddit's Decline in Democracy
I agree with the article. I think Reddit was much more fun without the subreddits, and it seemed less then like the echo chamber than it is now. At minimum, I think that subreddit owners should really have no say over the content -- that should be left up to Reddit staff, who at least seems to be more impartial.
Comment by technosaur at 13/05/2009 at 21:11 UTC*
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Create another category. Subreddits, or at least the top 10, should be part of reddit lock, stock, and barrel, uniform rules, reddit admin. No independently operated farm clubs.
Then have specialized categories, like the suicide watch, that serve a special purpose, and let those who work in that field run those special services - which would *not* a part of the reddit front page fed by top posts in feeder subreddits.
I feel a bit betrayed. I thought I was getting uncensored stuff, and I discover not only is it censored but censored without my awareness.
Comment by [deleted] at 13/05/2009 at 20:17 UTC
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i like the 'ass' subreddit.
Comment by [deleted] at 13/05/2009 at 19:49 UTC*
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Comment by mayonesa at 14/05/2009 at 08:48 UTC
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The problem with subreddits:
If we dislike the prevailing mindset, we can take our toys and retire to an enclave, instead of being forced to change it.
Kind of like suburbs and TV.
Comment by [deleted] at 13/05/2009 at 20:24 UTC*
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what's the point of ... subreddits ?
FTFY :P
Quite apart from the article's grievances, they Just Don't Work, imo. They are entirely useless for controlling what kind of stories you see and don't see - sick of politics? Unsubscribe from /r/politics? Oh, tons of politics stories are in the main reddit anyway. Interested in funnies? Subscribe to /r/funny? Oh, half of them are duped between funny and main site anyway.
Basically unsubscribing does nothing to stop those type of stories in your feed, and subscribing merely increases the number of dupes you see.
The whole system is really broken and ill conceived imo.