3 ms·
The idea of a community where anyone can create a subreddit is interesting. Back in the day the SomethingAwful forums were hugely popular largely because they
by Nition 10y ago
The idea of a community where anyone can create a subreddit is interesting.
Back in the day the SomethingAwful forums were hugely popular largely because they had subforums covering a big variety of topcs. They're still somewhat popular but Reddit has taken a huge amount of that traffic.
One big problem with Reddit though is ongoing discussion. Anything older than a few hours and you may as well not comment. Whereas traditional forums excel in that area.
I feel like there'd be a use case for a more traditional forum, but where users can create and moderate their own subforums. In fact I wonder why no-one's done that already.
- Angostura 10y agoThat's not quite right, in that at least the person you are reply to gets an orangered notification (and how I wish HN had this) so, although everyone else may disapear, you may find yourself having a prolonged conversation with that person.