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>Reddit is the worst.

Reddit is the best.

In fact, now when I'm searching for random terms or information, I'll often include "reddit" in the query, because I'm confident that on pretty much any subject there are bona fide experts or people who have already done the research willingly sharing their knowledge on Reddit, for free. Wonderful.

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Can't tell if you're being sarcastic, but you should be weary of the information you read on Reddit. A lot of people simply rehash untrue statements they've heard on Reddit before. I'd say this is true anywhere but Reddit seems to be exceeding prevalent.

Anyone who believes something at face-value is asking to be deceived. I think reddit is truly great at playing to the common denominator. Whether that is good or bad, I do not know.

I think you're oversimplifying an extremely large and complex thing. How does a post like this "play to the common denominator"? https://www.reddit.com/r/AskScienceDiscussion/comments/3y3fj...

I said "I think" which I hope was interpreted to mean it was my subjective opinion. There are some great things to be found in reddit, but immaturity is rampant along with one of the strongest examples of groupthink. this is just my opinion though. No statements of fact here.

I do the same. For pretty much any topic there's a decent subreddit with a community of people involved in it, who did lots of research and collected relevant information in various FAQ / Wiki posts. Whenever I want to seriously learn something outside of programming, I usually search for a subreddit on it.

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