Across the top is a bar that will take you to some of the more popular subreddits: politics, pics, funny, etc. On reddit anyone can create a subreddit, here we would probably just use some preset categories. The default front page draws from some set of the subreddits (here it would probably be all of them, but users could go to the subreddit pages to see only posts in that category. users on reddit can subscribe and unsubscribe to subreddits, to determine what reddits are eligible to show on their individual front pages. A logged in user might go to reddit and only see posts from the science, technology, and programming subreddits.
The grandparent explains how subreddits work. Meanwhile over here one of the software developers working on Less Wrong says, “If you can get more upvotes on your comment or Eliezer’s attention, we can turn [subreddits] on quickly”.
In the parent of this comment, Alicorn asks, “How would adding this to Less Wrong interact with RSS feeds?”
Until one of the software developers gives a definitive answer, allow me to give a speculative answer. It would probably create more RSS feeds. Pro: more choices of what feeds to subscribe to. Con: subscribing and unsubscribing to feeds has a cost, namely the time and attention of the reader.
Across the top is a bar that will take you to some of the more popular subreddits: politics, pics, funny, etc. On reddit anyone can create a subreddit, here we would probably just use some preset categories. The default front page draws from some set of the subreddits (here it would probably be all of them, but users could go to the subreddit pages to see only posts in that category. users on reddit can subscribe and unsubscribe to subreddits, to determine what reddits are eligible to show on their individual front pages. A logged in user might go to reddit and only see posts from the science, technology, and programming subreddits.
Understood, thanks!
How would adding this to Less Wrong interact with RSS feeds?
The grandparent explains how subreddits work. Meanwhile over here one of the software developers working on Less Wrong says, “If you can get more upvotes on your comment or Eliezer’s attention, we can turn [subreddits] on quickly”.
In the parent of this comment, Alicorn asks, “How would adding this to Less Wrong interact with RSS feeds?”
Until one of the software developers gives a definitive answer, allow me to give a speculative answer. It would probably create more RSS feeds. Pro: more choices of what feeds to subscribe to. Con: subscribing and unsubscribing to feeds has a cost, namely the time and attention of the reader.