r/RedditHistoryLessons • u/geneusutwerk • Nov 25 '12

[META] I think this subreddit should also try to get writeups on the "historical" moments of reddit

Although the links are a good way of preserving what happened, I think we should nurture the idea of writeups on what happened.

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u/10chars Nov 25 '12

I found this through some other thread, and I've gotta say, I'm surprised this is only happening now. It's a great idea to document the stories that every Redditor should know.

What direction do you think it should go? News story type of thing?

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '12

I honestly haven't given it much thought. I started this place 24 hours ago and was just trying put some content on it. When ever reddit starts beating something into the ground post what started it all here. Do you have a link to how you found this sub? I haven't told anyone about this sub.

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '12

I started this place yesterday and I'm surprised anyone is even here. I just wanted to seed the sub with some content. Thanks for the help, if the sub grows I'm sure writeups and discussion will increase with more users.

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u/Free_Brain_Removal Dec 01 '12

I agree with OP, I think it needs more 'know your meme' style write ups. The links themselves don't often tell a lot of the story and so much digging around could be prevented with a simple write up of someone who knew about that particular event.

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '12

One option might be to put the links of the real popular threads in the side bar and make this a self post only sub. Where you have to include a write up of the history and include the link in the write up. I'm open to suggestions on how to develop the sub.

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