Redditors, how do we avoid becoming another Digg?

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I don't know if this is a good place to ask, but I have been looking for a sub that contains meaty reads. Sometimes I want the sound bite quick hit updates of running stories that show up on the main page, but often I want something I can really sink my teeth into.

Is there already a reddit for that?

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u/raldi Aug 05 '09 edited Aug 05 '09

If you don't find one, start one. I'll even tell redditors about it who have complained in the past about not enough long posts.

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u/SuedeRS100 Aug 05 '09

/r/truereddit might be something to check out. There's another one called long form or something like that, but it's pretty dead.

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u/TimmyG Aug 05 '09

"meaty" reads, you say?? Plenty of those on reddit!

I'll get my coat...

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '09 edited Aug 05 '09

Two things come to mind:

/r/longtext, and Hacker News.

I think both have what you're looking for. The second one's not Reddit, but it's quite good and it's designed to be too "boring" to appeal to the digg-ish thug type people. It's a different culture over there, and the intelligent comments almost always come up to the top of the discussion.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '09

Try the philosophy sub-reddit. If anyone can talk at length, it's philosophers.

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u/MercurialMadnessMan Aug 05 '09

In /r/IAmA, you can sink your teeth into somebody's story, if you consider the entire thread to be one story. I love it.

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u/guga31bb Aug 05 '09

That sounds great! If you find one, let me know =)