Chuq used to manage and moderate a number of email reflectors (I was an active participant on his hockey lists 20 years ago), so it may be extra torturous for him to watch reddit trainwrecks and not be able to <i>do</i> anything about them.<p>My solution is that I just don't care about reddit in the first place. The only time I spent any time on it was to watch the mad faux-forensics dragnet over the Boston bombings and shake my head.
When reddit will be death, the internet will totally different. I see reddit, as the Internet is* + some moderators.<p>* spam + idiots + trolls + porn + and opinions about [ENTER STUFF HERE]
I dont use reddit to much but it doesnt seem dead to me. Theres tension between the community and company, but it seems to me it still serves its main purpose.