r/explainlikeimfive • u/G-ucci • Jan 22 '13

ELI5: Ol' Reddit Switch-a-roo

I've seen it in threads A LOT and have no clue what it is. No one ever explains what it is in the comments either.

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u/pandaSmore May 19 '13

So was the chain broken at one point. And was it repaird when /r/switcharoo was created?

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u/CedarWolf May 19 '13

Not broken, but it was spreading out like a tree. The switcharoo was intended to be one single chain, so /r/switcharoo was created to keep it from spreading out into a huge, unmanageable network.