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I don't like this mindset of dismissing an entire website of ~250 million people. I've personally learned a lot from reddit that has helped my business succeed, and I know many others that can say the same.
Yes, Reddit is filled with very smart people across a huge range of fields. Reddit is my 'go to' resource for all things tech related, for example. I've yet to not find an answer to even the hardest technical question there. Similarly they have one of the most positive homebrewing sections on the web. And a million other useful gems.
Here's the thing: their demographic is young (college/uni/young adult) and extremely liberal.
Business and conservative (even centrist) political discussion goes there to die.
Go spend 10 minutes at /r/business or /r/entrepreneur or /r/getmotivated you'll immeidately find the following: anti-business talk at the business subreddit, anti-success talk at the entrepreneur subreddit, and demotivational content in the getmotivated subreddit.
Reddit users have victim complexes and an extremely external locus of control.
So yeah, it's a huge community, one of the largest online, and the grey matter content there is off the chart, but the demographics make it a toxic wasteland for any discussion around business, money, positivity and success, generally speaking.
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