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>Reddit's real product has always been its hipness.

I disagree. Their strength (in my view) is that its a build your own community DIY. If you feel strongly about turnips then start a turnip subreddit. vb forum etc doesn't have that flexibility.

EDIT: FML...someone claimed /r/turnips already.

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>I disagree.

I think it's both. Your turnip site instantly becomes the hippest turnip site due to it's location on Reddit.

Fair point - building a community is easier if you've got a bunch of community's that are effectively neighbors.

The other thing I just realized is that the smaller subreddits benefit from elitism - as ugly as that sounds. i.e. /r/pics is driven by raw masses, while /r/turnips would likely be driven by a small group of die-hards.

I'll just leave this here:

http://www.reddit.com/r/FRUITUNION

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