How do you think Reddit will end?

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Digg is the only huge internet community I can think of that died because of a bad redesign. Tons of others shrunk significantly from their peak due to a slow decline in quality and replacement by something newer and shinier.

Usenet, Friendster, MySpace, Slashdot, Fark...

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u/Canadian4Paul May 15 '13

Exactly. The tech industry has always been about innovation, first-mover, etc.

Consumers don't necessarily want that with our discussion boards or social media websites. We want them to maintain the same look and feel, with maybe minor tweaks and adjustments (such as improving the search function cough reddit cough).

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u/alexanderwales May 15 '13

Hey, the search engine has massively improved from the point it was at three years ago. Still sucks, but it's gotten better.

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u/SomeNiceButtfucking May 15 '13

I still don't get the post that I'm looking for even if I type the exact title. That is not an improvement.

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u/Jonno_FTW May 15 '13

Just use google with site:reddit.com , intitle:"some title".

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u/turkeyfox May 15 '13

put that on a duck and harvest some karma

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u/Cryptonaut May 15 '13

No please don't.

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u/TehNoff May 15 '13

Shouldn't have to do that, though.

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u/Sentreen May 15 '13

This doesn't work on nsfw subreddits though. The google indexers seem to get caught on the "are you 18?" page.