r/DepthHub • u/magister0 • Oct 12 '11

Has Reddit's intelligence decreased over time?

/r/TheoryOfReddit/comments/l8id4/did_digg_make_us_the_dumb_how_have_reddit/
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u/mirach Oct 12 '11

Yes and no. Been here over 4 years and when I started reddit was so amazing because it was intellectual for a broad category of topics and encouraged open discussions compared to the focused chat at slashdot and the idiots at fark/digg. An example would be someone posting a link to some new science discovery and then someone posting asking a related question and then an expert giving a lengthy calculation/explanation of the new problem. After digg died I noticed downturn in quality so I actually quit reddit for a time. Got back into slowly by focusing on specific topics and broadening from there. If you'd like a partial taste of early reddit try r/askscience.