Reddit is a very popular news/social networking / communication site that has filed the void the last few months, created when DIGG, at one time, another very popular site, jumped the shark by changing the way they did business. Social networking geeks (and I include myself peripherally in this group – I twitter, Facebook, and blog…) were ticked off because DIGG went way too commercial with sponsored posts and the users complained about a plethora of issues including: terrible interface, spurious accounts, poor content posts, and multiple posts about the same stories. This turned its readers against them. I had been dissatisfied with DIGG for a while. I used it to look for Podcast content and did not find anything for months. I started using Reddit 9 months ago and kept telling CollegeBoy about it. He resisted but now both he and MillieJupiter thank me for having turned them on to it. Especially some of the sub-reddits (sub sections of the board) that focus on things such as humor, politics, news, DAE (Did anyone else…) and AMA (Ask me anything…) sections. Additionally you are encouraged to comment in any area and other readers can give you up votes for appropriate and pithy comments you make.
I want to thank Reddit for being such a great space and so I thought I would do two things.
First I will encourage everyone that I know who read the interwebs to give the site a try – Maqz, Clairz, Bill, Peggy, and the rest of you, go to reddit.com and give it a whirl. Search for some subs that interest you and follow them for a week or two. One of the best is the “I am a” (AMA) which announces something like “I am a Pixar employee, ask me anything” and this opens up a generally insightful, often funny and occasionally deep conversations in the comment section. Just try it, I am sure you will be glad you did.
Second, I have gotten about 100 points/up votes for comments I have made but have not started a thread yet on Reddit. If you remember this blog post you are familiar with my picture with and story about Aunt Bee. I am thinking of posting that to the site to see if it can generate some buzz. Being that Reddit is not just limited to the 18-25 year old group, and has lots of older followers, I betting that many will have fond memories of Aunt Bee and will like the photo especially. You may just want to join so you can watch the website blow up…
I will report on what happens if/when I make the post submission.
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I still contend that I introduced you to Reddit. I'll try to go back into the archives, but we know about finding stuff in there.
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