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arguably reddit has also "decayed" quite a bit

The quality of the conversation has gotten worse and worse, things are targeted towards the lowest common denominator.

You need to go to specific subreddits or really dig around in the shit to find the gems.

The flip side is that it generates a ton of content. To the signal to noise is horrible, but in aggregate there is more interesting stuff going on then on slashdot or wherever