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justincormack | karma 11120 | avg karma 2.4 · 2012-07-12 17:15:15

No thats not the case. Reddit is not that important. But Digg is dead.

alaskamiller | karma 6139 | avg karma 3.38 · 2012-07-13 00:31:26+00:00

Reddit is a newer version of big board community. Have you participated in an online community?

To a segment of people, http://www.big-boards.com/, it is their life.

GFischer | karma 4842 | avg karma 1.42 · 2012-07-16 12:40:28+00:00

Any kind of community can become very addictive, especially to people that are going through a lonely period with a lot of free time.

I know of somebody that's deeply engrossed with Skyscraper City even though she isn't an architect, just because it has an encouraging community and she has a 4 hour commute and works in multiple cities (which makes it very hard to get into an offline community)

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drivebyacct2 | karma 10952 | avg karma 2.47 · 2012-07-13 03:43:58+00:00

It kills me to see the reddit-hate here cloud obvious facts. There are a number of things that reddit has gotten good worldwide publicity for or has had a hand in shaping. That's not true for a large number of sites. In terms of what reddit is, it is important.