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It makes sense when you consider how many "throw away" accounts are out there. You couldn't get away with creating those kind of accounts on other platforms.
by cube00 8y ago
It makes sense when you consider how many "throw away" accounts are out there. You couldn't get away with creating those kind of accounts on other platforms.
- q3k 8y agoCan't wait for an 'aliases' 'feature' to be developed while throwaway accounts become increasingly more difficult to create.
- zozbot123 8y agoI assume that they measure active users, though, which would ignore these throwaways. And Reddit's approach lets users opt in to "higher-value" features anyway - a Reddit user can opt for an experience much like any other social network (and with comparable "value" flowing to Reddit themselves) if they so choose. The problem for Reddit is that no one sane would choose to do this at the moment, simply because the abysmal performance of the "new" site and app severely impacts usability, which alone makes them uncompetitive! (And no, this is not just a HN user's typical bias talking: try using the app or the new site designs, and you'll see what I mean. They're even more terrible than FB! And this especially bad for engagement with Reddit in countries outside the U.S., where legacy or underpowered hardware is far more common.) This is entirely a self-inflicted problem from the Reddit leadership.
- qrbLPHiKpiux 8y agoUsers won’t ask the stuff they do without throwaways. They’re needed for some level of anonymity, within reason.
- rchaud 8y agoI agree with this. But one of the irritating things about Reddit is just how much straight up lying happens simply because the poster wants a high-attention thread. r/relationships and r/sex is full of these 'that happened' absurd scenarios that well-meaning posters do still try to help with.
- MiddleEndian 8y agoThey're entertainment. You read with the expectation that they're mostly false, but the possibility that any one of the absurd situations is happening for real.