>and would jump ship as soon as a more popular alternative, even in just a niche, shows up. I didn't jump to Voat. Reddit for me currently has the 'least frict

>and would jump ship as soon as a more popular alternative, even in just a niche, shows up. I didn't jump to Voat. Reddit for me currently has the 'least friction'. I know how it works, I know the memes to post for free karma (although I prefer lurking). It's becoming really commercial though ... lots of content advertising. Reddit is really novel for the first 1-2 years and it feels great to 'participate' in the silly memes but after 1-2 years it becomes stale (my experience). I think that Reddit creating itself into BuzzFeed but with Reddit content is a genius move. Most people will react negatively on Reddit but those are the vocal minority. Most people that I know are on reddit just look at cute images of cats and lurk, rarely post.