• Zagorath@aussie.zone
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      11 months ago

      Honestly, meme communities’ comments could have some of the best in-depth discussions. Memes tend to provide a great launching point for discussions. A sort of prompt that everyone can coalesce around to talk in a serious manner about the subject.

      /r/dndmemes and /r/programmerhumor were two great examples.

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      11 months ago

      There are serious programming subs. However, I find that those tend to debate/discuss solutions/approaches moreso than the actual code itself, although that’s not unheard of either. For actual coding questions, I want to say there’s a “learn programming” sub that has those, but they’re pretty strict about just doing people’s homework for them (those posts tend to be pretty obvious).

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      11 months ago

      Niche professional subs under 100k members can be very good quality. That’s the only thing that is hard for me to find a replacement for.