# Reddit CEO: "Most Human Place on the Internet"

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/reddit-ceo-most-human-place-on-the-internet/73257>\
**Category:** Community Building\
**Created:** [November 2, 2017, 3:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reddit-ceo-most-human-place-on-the-internet/73257 "2017-11-02T03:01:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![8BIT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/8bit/32/76872_2.png) [@8BIT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/8BIT)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 3:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reddit-ceo-most-human-place-on-the-internet/73257/1 "2017-11-02T03:01:43Z")

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Unsure if this sits in the right category, but, I found this read to be a fascinating one.

I know that Discourse was designed to enable the best engagement that humans can have with one another, digitally… so it’s good to take notes from the “big” dogs.

> **[Reddit CEO talks taking site from 'dystopian Craigslist' to 'the most human...](https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/01/reddit-ceo-talks-taking-site-from-dystopian-craigslist-to-the-most-human-place-on-the-internet/?ncid=rss)**
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> Reddit CEO Steve Huffman took to the site for his "quarterly inquisition," an AMA where he fielded questions from users and moderators. The discussion today focused on empowering mods to do what they need to do, which should have a knock-on effect in...

Enjoy.

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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 8:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reddit-ceo-most-human-place-on-the-internet/73257/2 "2017-11-02T08:01:52Z")

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It’s impossible to have a rational conversation on Reddit because everything is sorted by votes and strictly hierarchical. It is not a conversational / dialog system at its core. There’s nothing we can learn from Reddit.

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**Author:** ![8BIT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/8bit/32/76872_2.png) [@8BIT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/8BIT)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 10:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reddit-ceo-most-human-place-on-the-internet/73257/3 "2017-11-02T10:15:15Z")

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> [@codinghorror](#):
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> There’s nothing we can learn from Reddit.

I suppose we can learn what not to do. 👍🏼

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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 10:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reddit-ceo-most-human-place-on-the-internet/73257/4 "2017-11-02T10:22:38Z")

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It is a very different system, is all.