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I would argue the moderates already have 9Gag, and the edgelords already have 4Chan.
by TheRealDunkirk 8y ago
I would argue the moderates already have 9Gag, and the edgelords already have 4Chan.
- Bartweiss 8y agoAlternatively, the moderates have Reddit, and the fringe has Voat. (Perhaps not 'edgelords', since there's not much irony to that one.) And, unremarkably, Voat is a ghost town. The reason sites attract a lunatic fringe is in large part the same reason they attract anyone else; they're active and enjoyable to use. Even 4chan offsets /b/ and /r9k/ with a host of less famous boards where people have basically normal conversations you could see anywhere online. I think you're dead on - userbases don't schism into more and less intense factions, they form around frameworks that match their interests. 9gag and Imgur are "here's some rapidly entertaining content", Tumblr is blogs with mutual audiences, Reddit offers a mix of hyper-curated content, 4chan is a place where things are just happening on a topic and you can jump right in if you can stand the pressure.