r/MachineLearning today has 2.6 million subscribers. The more influx of newcomers the more beginner-friendly posts get upvoted. This is OK—don't get me wrong—it's just a different setting.
Academic discussions were popular back when there were only 50-100K. In fact, I remember in 2017 being in OpenAI offices and every morning, seeing a row of researchers with reddit on their monitor. Discussions mostly happen now on Twitter.
dustintran t1_j8bdcv6 wrote
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r/MachineLearning today has 2.6 million subscribers. The more influx of newcomers the more beginner-friendly posts get upvoted. This is OK—don't get me wrong—it's just a different setting.
Academic discussions were popular back when there were only 50-100K. In fact, I remember in 2017 being in OpenAI offices and every morning, seeing a row of researchers with reddit on their monitor. Discussions mostly happen now on Twitter.