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What's wrong with Reddit?

If you're talking about the "default" config, then yes, it sucks.

But if you curate the subreddits you follow, you can end up with a news aggregator that is superior to HN...

Furthermore, the more specific the subreddit, the more in depth the discussions become.

The problem with Reddit is that it's full of white supremacists who migrated over from /pol/ in 2016 and took up residence.

The admins have been aware of the problem for two years but haven't cared enough to do anything about it.

You could say the same about Twitter and Facebook.

Twitter is not an effective discussion platform imo. Facebook, in my experience at least, makes it pretty damned hard to find active, technical communities.

> Twitter is not an effective discussion platform imo.

It doesn't need to be effective for discussion to be valuable. It can be an effective broadcast platform, or research platform, or...

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