Do you still use reddit.com?

Like others have said reddit is most useful the smaller the subreddit is. I use:

/r/hardwareswap, /r/buildapcsales, and /r/homelabsales as an alternative to ebay

/r/selfhosted, /r/homelab, and /r/datahoarder for new project ideas

/r/sffpc, /r/mechinicalkeyboards, /r/watches for fun

/r/unixporn, /r/firefoxcss, and /r/pop_os for wasting time

/r/deepintoyoutube and /r/youtubehaiku are pretty fun too

No, I don't know but like Facebook I just stopped using it alltogether one day and I don't miss using it at all.

The only thing I use reddit for nowadays is when I'm looking for suggestions like best vpn, best headphones, etc.

Instead of just googling these keywords I often use e.g. "reddit usenet providers", etc and I find that the quality of results is much higher than google's blogspam.

Absolutely. It has some really nice communities on a number of niches, you can find some amazing in-depth answers from specialists in many corners of the society and the curation of some channels is excellent. When Digg f-cked up, a generous amount of users onboarded Reddit.

I couldn't find another online platform around topics that interest me that's simple enough to join and participate as Reddit (Stack Overflow comes close, but is also one of the most abrupt social networks out there). I rarely engage in commenting, but I do submit & read quite a bit of content in the channels I follow.

old.reddit.com is still the best format, in my opinion. Like HN, keeping it simple and focused on the content instead of the users will ensure to some degree that the right type of public will be interested to spend time around there. This, I suspect, is where almost every other social platform fails and becomes perishable. And probably desperate monetisation efforts, like Quora.

As with every social platform, the more popular it becomes, the more often you find low quality content and users trying to take advantage of the traffic or business generation potential offered by the platform.

LE: typos & suggested channels.

Channels I can recommend (though some are quite niched)

- r/AbandonedPorn/ (images)

- r/AcademicPhilosophy/

- r/Archivists/

- r/bestof/ (arguably best user comments)

- r/indepthstories/ (long form articles)

- r/longform/ (long form articles)

- r/Longreads/ (long form articles)

- r/TrueReddit/ (long form articles)

- r/privacytoolsIO/

- r/selfhosted/

- r/stopworking/

I found that reddit has grown some very nice communities around topics I care about. As long as I try just a little bit to avoid the distractions that other subreddits bring, it gives great value. Some subreddits I joined are r/compsci r/linux r/programminglanguages

Is it just me or is Reddit.com (non-old) intentionally bad? It feels like they've deliberately slowed down the website in order to force you to use the app.

It's worse in practically every way. I genuinely wonder if any of the PMs or developers who worked on it have ever worked on high-traffic websites before.

I use it every day. My favourite subreddits are

/r/london

/r/rust

/r/golang

/r/UKPersonalFinance

/r/Games

/r/linux

EDIT: and I always use old.reddit.com. The new site is a disaster.

Yes

There are lots of cons and a few pros

It's best to think of Reddit as a giant grouping of millions of subreddits

Some very good some good Many terrible some absolutely terrible

1) Use old.reddit.com

the new site is terrible

2) The more niche you go, the better the experience

3) Be prepared for the worst kind of idiots you can imagine. If you end up in a subreddit like that, get out ASAP

4) There are lots of very smart and helpful people. If you are interested in any topic, you will find something devoted to it

5) Be very careful time wise, it's a great time waster and you should avoid things that are negative and/or useless

On desktop I don't mind the new interface too much, on mobile (Android) I use Sync for Reddit. I bought the "Pro" version in 2012 and I'm still using it today.

It did evolve quite a bit since.

Some subreddits I enjoy are * /r/selfhosted * /r/sysadmin * /r/HighQualityGifs * /r/talesfromtechsupport * /r/IDontWorkHereLady * /r/GifRecipes * /r/bapcsalescanada * /r/sffpc * /r/GamePhysics

No. It’s astroturfed to an insane degree, controlled by power-mods with an obvious agenda and I don’t find it a particularly friendly or healthy place anymore.

I still do - I'm sure if I look around more, I'd find a few more gems on there, buy my favourite four right now are:

/r/unixporn

/r/linux

/r/retrobattlestations

/r/vintagecomputing

I lived on ukpolitics for most of the last decade. I can safely say that was the stupidest decision of the 2010s.

No, old.reddit.com

Some I haven't seen mentioned

r/sfwpornnetwork/wiki/network links to all the sfw porn network some great pictures depending on your interests and to waste some time

for graphics r/vfx r/simulated r/gamedev/ r/generative/ r/blender

for idle time r/DIY r/ArtisanVideos r/BeAmazed/ r/bizarrebuildings/ r/EngineeringPorn/ r/ScientificArt/ r/Lost_Architecture/ r/specializedtools/

for food ideas r/EatCheapAndHealthy/ r/chinesefood

for book recommendations r/books r/scifi

10 minutes of r/aww before bedtime is a nice way to unwind.

Less and less. I don't care about the larger subs - but even niche subs are getting silenced without breaking site rules. While activist subs that openly and actively brigade are left alone. There are less and less places to have conversations outside the Overton window. thedonald.win is good for a laugh, but voat and gab are just cesspools.

Yes, my favs:

r/askscience/

r/coolguides/

/r/DidntKnowIWantedThat/

r/EngineeringPorn/

r/Infographics/

r/interestingasfuck/

r/LifeProTips/

r/BeAmazed/

r/todayilearned/

r/Showerthoughts/

r/oddlysatisfying/

Some subreddits I like: Books: r/books, r/fantasy, r/printsf

Games: r/lowendgaming, r/patientgamers, r/roguelikes, r/interactivefiction, r/shouldibuythisgame

Music: r/listentothis

Misc: r/arduino, r/thinkpad, r/cyberdeck, r/raspberry_pi

Fun(ny) stuff: r/disneyvacation, r/boottoobig, r/sbubby

Edit: formatting

I do. I know it has a reputation, but I have found Reddit has some great communities, interesting and helpful people, and a lot to explore and experience. Sure hanging out in /r/thedonald or whatever is going to be a toxic experience. /r/unixporn? Not so much. :D

You can get an RSS feed of any sub, you can enjoy a small and specific topic without ever visiting the site itself.

Can I recommend r/abstractgames/ it's a very small community designing and playing games.

I am partial to user research and startups, so some of my favorites are:

/r/Entrepreneur

/r/GrowthHacking

/r/prodmgmt

/r/product_design

/r/ProductManagement

/r/startups

/r/usability

/r/userexperience

/r/UserExperienceDesign

/r/UXResearch

The only functional subreddit I've found so far is /r/spacex, that's the only one I visit regularly.

I use the reddit enhancement suite, which only seems to work with the old site. Without res, I'm never on it.

Yes, just unsubscribe to all default subs and sub to the communities that are relevant to your interests.

r/ProgrammerHumor is pretty good

Only niche or non mainstream subreddits. Anything popular is absolutely cursed those days.

/r/idiotsincars /r/batman /r/scala /r/me_irl

I use it for reading about

Clash Royale Australian personal finance Pen-and-paper RPGs, mostly D&D

I use it but more and more I see how big an echo chamber most popular reddits are.

I use it only for NSFW content (mostly OC from real users).

Hacker News is a subreddit of sorts

less than I used to but mostly because I changed and want to do more and read less

r/LockdownScepticism and r/conspiracy

less and less...

Do you still use news.ycombinator.com ?

reddit content is mostly editorialized now, so it's not the same website that is used to be. Now it's one more media in the end of the mainstream. Useless and not interesting.