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[+] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)
  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    People conflate the two terms because, if I told someone for the last 16 years that Reddit was an aggregator, they looked at me with a blank expression. It's not a word that is in the common parlance.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    It's also not easily recognizable as an aggregator when you go to subs/communities where there are zero or nearly zero links, and it's all threads.

    They're honestly more like a hybrid between an aggregator and an oversimplified forum. Most subs I frequented feel like Delphi did back when I grew up.

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