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		oftenwrong on Nov 6, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Reddit Front Page Is Not a Meritocracy For many people, reddit is merely a source of internet junk food. They go there for cheap, quick hits of mindless amusement. See also: buzzfeed, 9gag, imgur, funnyjunk, etc.

visarga on Nov 7, 2014 [–]

I wish so hard I could filter out the junk posts. Just give me something to read, a good article, a debate.

egypturnash on Nov 7, 2014 | [–]

Log in, unsubscribe from all the default front-page subreddits, and put together your own mix based on stuff you're interested in. The Reddit I read by doing this is a pretty genteel and sensible place.

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