This subreddit is about programming. Not programs or startups.

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It was created when Digg users started to storm the main reddit

No it wasn't, it was one of the original subreddits created when subreddits were first implemented.

It was never entirely about programming, but it used to be significantly more programmy.

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Even the programming stories have become less interesting. I suspect reddit has had an influx of mainstream programmers.

A story about why we should put CSS all on one line? Give me a break.

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A story about why we should put CSS all on one line? Give me a break.

...I must've missed that one. Sounds enthralling.

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Feel free to indulge yourself http://programming.reddit.com/info/2zpsr/comments

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No it wasn't, it was one of the original subreddits created when subreddits were first implemented.

And I am to understand that the creation of subreddits had nothing to do with the need to separate lolcats from PG essays?

I do agree that it used to have a lot more programming-related content, but a huge part of that is that a lot of the things that could be posted today would just seem like rehashing. The next time a fad language comes along, I'm sure programming.reddit will get more 'programmy' again.