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sjs
I read reddit regularly but news.yc now fills the role that programming.reddit used to fill a few years ago. Reddit is almost purely for entertainment now.
novum
I waste enough time on HN already, thanks.
hsmyers
By accident when Google reader leads me there by way of typically a 'Perl' connection...
itg
Decreased over time. I only added a few subreddits which don't move too quickly. Removed most the major ones such as r/pics & r/technology(the comments there are 100x worse than most techblogs)
ronnier
I don't think it's healthy for the mind to read that much hate.
osks
I use it now and then to find stories, but I stay away from the comments.
tyree732
When I started reading it roughly 2 years ago it was mostly fine. Nowadays I wish I could filter content from users by how often they read the articles posted, whether or not they find 4chan inspired comics to be useful or funny and whether or not they've ever felt the need to repost a "meme". Those filters would probably eliminate most of my complaints.
michaelcampbell
There's a greasemonkey script that adds filtering. I haven't used it much so not sure if it'd work for you, but check it out. Reddit Enhancement Suite (RES), I believe it's called.
judofyr
There's a big difference between "Reddit, the frontpage" and "Reddit, the subreddits" though…
babeKnuth
agreed. i avoid the frontpage, but keep track of a few subreddits.
originalgeek
True. But even the subreddits I subscribed to became too vile to stomach, so I -<username>'d myself about 3 or 4 months ago and haven't looked back.
MichaelStubbs
I used it daily for three years but several weeks ago I quit in favour of Hacker News. So far I've only gone back to view one subreddit. Reading the comments just makes me appreciate HN even more.
zipdog
I used to be Regularly, then went to Never for six months (taking too much time, decline in quality of links, annoying comments) but lately I check it for an hour on the weekend, which is long enough to get a vibe for the good links and trends
solipsist
Reddit is a cult (from the perspective of an outsider). Memes, inside jokes, and things of that kind are the reasons I stay away.
msg
reddit.com/r/minecraft, that's pretty much it for me.
RK
Infrequently
pjy04
I find the content to be better curated and moderated by the community than in the past (digg). Comments have fallen off the norm with more puns and innuendos than actual helpful comments.
cmontgomeryb
I'm using it increasingly less, as the quality of discussion has largely been reduced to memes and pun threads. To me this is fine in certain subreddits and for certain posts, but it seems to be infiltrating many of the once-safe subreddits too. I never made a conscious decision to go to Reddit less.
dwc
I go to Reddit one or more times per day when I'm not busy. When I'm busy I go a bit less than once per day. If it weren't for /r/math and a couple of other subreddits I probably wouldn't bother, but those few are hard to replace.
russell
Infrequently. The good stories end up on HN with better comments.
mindcrime
All the time, but I stick to specific sub-reddits that are of interest, and have quality content (links, comments, etc.) /r/machinelearning, /r/semanticweb, /r/compsci, /r/compscipapers, among others, are still worth visiting.
aDemoUzer
Whenver I see an article on HN.
hynek
I really like non-tech subreddits like /books.
pplante
A friend of mine today sent me a text message saying: "Scumbag phil. Shows you reddit. Gets you addicted..."

I think its safe to say I have ruined many lives by showing them reddit.