# Just so you know the website Reddit.com does have a Straight Dope subreddit. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 4, 2010, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-so-you-know-the-website-reddit-com-does-have-a-straight-dope-subreddit/559503 "2010-11-04T20:19:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ChrisBooth12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@ChrisBooth12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisBooth12)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-so-you-know-the-website-reddit-com-does-have-a-straight-dope-subreddit/559503/1 "2010-11-04T20:19:41Z")
Many of you know this site along with the now deceased digg. There is a subreddit on [reddit.com](http://reddit.com) for the straight dope. Currently only 19 readers but we can increase that. I know some of you may not like reddit or may be confused by it but it really is a great community with a lot of thoughtfully discussions about an array of topics. [http://www.reddit.com/r/straightdope](http://www.reddit.com/r/straightdope) Is just one subreddit along of thousands, everything from cars, guns, politics, every country, video games, science, chemistry, conspiracy, ex-mormon, suicide watch, offbeat, Reddit even donated 178,000 to the Hatti humanitarian fund, all coming from the users pocket Registering is free and you do not even need to supply an email. I think it would be nice to have a second meeting spot for the members of the straight dope. Lets get going ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-so-you-know-the-website-reddit-com-does-have-a-straight-dope-subreddit/559503/2 "2010-11-04T20:45:10Z")
I like reddit, but I’m confused at the point of a StraightDope reddit. What does it add that we can’t already do with the message boards? ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-so-you-know-the-website-reddit-com-does-have-a-straight-dope-subreddit/559503/3 "2010-11-05T00:49:29Z")
Digg died? Odd, it seems like it’s working for me. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-so-you-know-the-website-reddit-com-does-have-a-straight-dope-subreddit/559503/4 "2010-11-05T01:36:49Z")
Digg is alive but in August of this year they went to Digg v4 was so ill received it might not be dead but it was massacred by it’s loyal users. I never used Digg so I don’t know the story but just google around for “Kevin Rose is a (insert any negative word here)” and you’ll see what I mean ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-so-you-know-the-website-reddit-com-does-have-a-straight-dope-subreddit/559503/5 "2010-11-05T04:52:26Z")
Oh, yeah, I’m not thrilled by it. Won’t work on a machine that Flash has crashed on. ---
**Author:** ![ChrisBooth12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@ChrisBooth12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisBooth12)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-so-you-know-the-website-reddit-com-does-have-a-straight-dope-subreddit/559503/6 "2010-11-05T22:31:27Z")
Digg is dead all the links are populated paid advertisers with fake user accounts ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_C](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Captain\_C](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_C)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-so-you-know-the-website-reddit-com-does-have-a-straight-dope-subreddit/559503/7 "2010-11-06T00:03:33Z")
> [@ChrisBooth12](#): > > Digg is dead all the links are populated paid advertisers with fake user accounts Is there a cite for that? I have visited the site maybe twice ever, but going to it now it looks about the same. How are they all paid links? ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-so-you-know-the-website-reddit-com-does-have-a-straight-dope-subreddit/559503/8 "2010-11-06T07:30:44Z")
Apparently, there isn’t much point: > [@the /r/straightdope subreddit description](#): > > I have turned off submitting in this reddit in favor of /r/answers which is what this reddit was intended to be. /r/answers isn’t the most active subreddit, but it is open and accepting submissions. Anyway, there is evidence that Digg’s numbers bottomed out recently: > **[Digg’s traffic is collapsing at home and abroad](https://thenextweb.com/news/diggs-traffic-is-collapsing-at-home-and-abroad)** > > Following the controversial launch of Digg’s new ‘version 4’ the public question became just this: would the uproar from the community lead to a massive decline in total visits to the social company’s website? > The answer is yes. According t > **[Log In ‹ Social Keith — WordPress](https://socialkeith.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fsocialkeith.com%2Fthe-digg-effect-v4%2F&reauth=1)** The bigger issue is the number of pissed off ex-Diggers, but the quantifiable effects _are_ there. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2010, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-so-you-know-the-website-reddit-com-does-have-a-straight-dope-subreddit/559503/10 "2010-11-07T23:00:21Z")
I’ve been lurking on reddit roughly since stumbleupon started denying access for people who didn’t sign up to it. I created a reddit account a few days ago (I’m perfectly willing to sign up to a site on principle if it doesn’t deny access to guests) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-so-you-know-the-website-reddit-com-does-have-a-straight-dope-subreddit/559503/11 "2010-11-08T05:52:02Z")
I check out reddit quite a lot, fun time, mostly. Its like if 4 chan was taking its meds. But if I take over that subredit, do I get to rule with an iron fist like Giraffe does at his place? And could I ban people for making bad puns or being a douche? Because that would be cool. I know how I’d do it, it would be (user) and then “Banned Name!”. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-so-you-know-the-website-reddit-com-does-have-a-straight-dope-subreddit/559503/13 "2010-11-08T20:38:22Z")
> [@Measure76](#): > > Edit: I am also Measure77. I don’t know how I got into my 76 account. Oh well. Neither of these accounts gets as much activity as my old believing-mormon UPS\_Man username. Please check with someone about your user name. Three user names ain’t cool. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-so-you-know-the-website-reddit-com-does-have-a-straight-dope-subreddit/559503/15 "2010-11-08T22:23:57Z")
> [@Measure76](#): > > Fine. I’ll leave. Too much of a headache to figure it out for a board I am only posting every few months on. Have a good one. I didn’t mean anything bad: **TubaDiva** could help you straighten it out. But if it’s not that important to you, see ya around. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-so-you-know-the-website-reddit-com-does-have-a-straight-dope-subreddit/559503/16 "2010-11-08T23:38:56Z")
The charity may be worthwhile, but it seems to me there already are two places that a lot of Dopers already belong to, many of them with the same user names–namely **Giraffe** ’s and **Opal** ’s boards.