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0 pointsifyoubuildit8mo ago0 comments

> with most content posted after ~2018-2019 being extremely low quality, outside of some niche subreddits.

I've read plenty of garbage on Reddit, but what percentage of Reddit content since 2018 do you think you've seen? How many zeros after that decimal point?

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antisthenes8mo ago

That's not how sampling works.

That's the equivalent of asking what % of Google Search results have you seen in order to say that there's been a drop in result quality.

ifyoubuilditOP8mo ago

Were you doing some kind of study? Cause I don't think reading your favorite subs on reddit is how sampling works either.

Even (or maybe especially) if you spend an unhealthy amount of time on the site, your sample is probably nowhere near representative of the whole.

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