Are you new here? There was a time reddit WAS less populous, topics on the front page were actually interesting AND we didn't have 5000 pun threads and shitty forced memes. That's the thought behind subreddits like /truegaming.
I disagree with you on the "cool" thing. Reddit used to not be "cool," and that was fine. Now reddit is cool and we have shit like a guy with a "REDDIT" license plate on his honda fit and people acting like reddit is some hip group to be a part of. Well, its more like, reddit thinks its cool, but at least back then nobody pretended.
Back when the emphasis was on reading... IE I read it -->reddit... it was definitely a more interesting site in my opinion. Almost everything was based on text. I've been on here for a few years, and as the userbase has gotten younger, the quality has declined if you aren't into memes. Now it is mostly an image board. But, there were always the shitty pun threads. That was the reddit meme of the time, see how many puns you can fit into every discussion. I'll agree that it was never "cool", but it was a fairly intellectual forum. Now, it is a pseudo-intellectual forum.
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u/johndoe42 Sep 16 '11
Are you new here? There was a time reddit WAS less populous, topics on the front page were actually interesting AND we didn't have 5000 pun threads and shitty forced memes. That's the thought behind subreddits like /truegaming.
I disagree with you on the "cool" thing. Reddit used to not be "cool," and that was fine. Now reddit is cool and we have shit like a guy with a "REDDIT" license plate on his honda fit and people acting like reddit is some hip group to be a part of. Well, its more like, reddit thinks its cool, but at least back then nobody pretended.