[hnuser847]

Honestly, despite the UX changes, Reddit has stayed remarkably consistent over the past decade or so I've used it. Big, generic subreddits are trash and always have been, but small, focused subreddits are great. Reddit is still hands down the best place on the internet for product recommendations, candid product reviews, niche hobbies, and discussions about TV shows, movies, and games.

Edit - to prove my point further, take a look at the top 1000 posts on r/all from 10 years ago.[1] Does that look like quality content to you? Once again, the front-page of Reddit and the large subs have been hot garbage since day 1. Nothing has changed in that respect. You've always had to go the smaller subs for quality content.

[1] https://www.redditarchive.com/2012-05-25.html

[subsection1h]

> to prove my point further, take a look at the top 1000 posts on r/all from 10 years ago.[1] Does that look like quality content to you?

LOL. Reddit peaked long before 2012.

[usrn]

>small, focused subreddits are great.

No, not in my experience. Not compared to small focused forums on any moderately complex or interesting topic anyway. The whole format is designed for quick throwaway content and not for having long nuanced discussions and so the subreddit will be oriented towards just that. Worse still I think it might even poison the brains of the Redditors into thinking that the subreddit is all their is to the topic.

[cpsns]

I fully agree with this. People constantly claim small subreddits are still okay in defence of reddit, but my question is: where are those subreddits?

My experience on reddit has been universally negative regardless of community size. The site's very design discourages quality content.

[jesuslop]

Agreed. I see a "Use new Reddit as my default experience" preference checkbox not to click if you don't want (longtimer here...) . It also supports RSS for subreddits, that's nice.