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Seems like survivorship bias considering you wouldn't be familiar with well-named poorly moderated subs that never took off.

But also you searched /r/nyc instead of TheNewYorker.com because what you're after is community curated content instead of the views and opinions of Condé Nast and their vast network of quality publications that are already available for subscription.

Following /r/nyc and /r/newyorkcity during the mayoral elections was what made reddit useful. You could see how moderation could create an echo chamber and distort a users perception of reality. Having reddit install "community leaders" is a hilariously bad idea.

So long and thanks for the fish! Looking forward to see what replaces Reddit.




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