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They will rapidly find that 90% of their traffic continues to exist within the subreddit, therefore anyone wanting a good thread will post it there rather than
by oooshha 7y ago
They will rapidly find that 90% of their traffic continues to exist within the subreddit, therefore anyone wanting a good thread will post it there rather than on the website, and the website will rapidly atrophy and be abandoned.
- r00fus 7y agoWhile this may be true ( some currently successful sites are spin-offs from other sites ), often there is an orbiting behavior. If the option is to successfully monetize a portion of the flow vs nothing, it may turn out to be a net positive for the subreddit admins.