[potatote]

As an immigrant with no family to rely on in the US, I always give credit to Reddit for helping me learn so many things from buying old/used car, applying to grad school, to looking for an apartment. Just like you said, its diverse user base means it has almost all the information one needs. I hope it never changes (although with the recent re-design, I'm afraid it might have unintended repercussions...)

[tyrust]

As a native-born American with all of my family in the US, I use Reddit for the same category of things too :)

[xarball]

As a dead animal carcass whos insides are torn out and spewed out along the side of the road, I wish I could use reddit for similar, yet somewhat more distant categories too ^.^

[exelius]

That’s a strange fursona...

[silentsea90]

This made me lol at work. Don't know why this is getting downvoted

[icebraining]

Your first phrase answers the second. Humor is only upvoted in HN if it provokes a wry smile.

[jacquesm]

Too busy changing the world for the better to smile.

[exelius]

s/changing the world for the better/chasing those sweet adtech dollars/g

Is anyone else cynical about this phrase?

[LoonyBalloony]

Changing the world inside the box of the status quo.

How many stars do I have to give my Uber driver till they get paid sick days, paid vacation, healthcare and a pension?

[DaveWalk]

I often use reddit as a search engine for answers with a "human touch" for lack of a better word. I once did this with del.icio.us back in the "social bookmarking" days. I'm curious if this is a big use case for Reddit users do this too?

Maybe not based on the low quality of their search engine...

[xur17]

I frequently do the same with "site:reddit.com" searches on Google for "human touch" answers. I do the same thing with Hacker News for technical topics.

[chairmanwow]

I just learned a powerful searching tactic! Thanks for the tip!

[sudshekhar]

Indeed, I use reddit whenever I

a) Plan to learn/read something new

b) Just finished a book/tv series and want to connect with others around it.

c) Looking for recommendations in various genres

Daily news/connecting with people/cat videos are very far away from my use case. Just append "reddit" to qoogle search query and 9 times out of 10, I am golden.