You mischaracterise me. I've been using reddit for 6+ years. I've pruned my subscribed subreddits down to a handful of ones with a high signal to noise.
If I pruned AMA, I'd be left with not much. truereddit, theoryofreddit, askscience and few niche interests (which disproportionately overwhelm my feed... I'd like a granularity slider for each subscribed subreddit "show me all <---> show me only top posts").
Yes. I have 'so little self control' after using reddit for so many years. It's hard to ween yourself off a habit that was initially so rewarding but has gradually and ultimately become an unrewarding and depressing time-sink.
You would begrudge me trying to manage my 'addiction' by blocking reddit in my hosts file? I should man-up and not click when hovering over a reddit bookmark? I should not tap out cmd-t r enter to navigate there after deleting the bookmark?
"lack of understand of how reddit works" = false
"That or it's just tongue-in-cheek "reddit sucks [now]" that is applauded."
Do you deny the level of discourse, the level of signal to noise, the benefits from contributing or participating haven't been dropping over time?
"Seeing it in every thread that mentions reddit"
This was my first comment about reddit on HN. And I can't remember seeing any others, so I can't comment.
"just perpetuates the stereotype that HN has a bit of an elitist complex."
Where is this stereotype being expressed? "Elitist" is a loaded term. Like those 'Rucola Eatin' Obama Liberals' that Sarah Palin liked to denigrate? HN is comprised of people who want to discuss content over fluff and humour. It's by design! Check out r/askscience. Is that elitist?
You may still get benefits from reading reddit, but after six great years, it's time for me to ween myself off and go cold turkey.
