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I can think of many reasons, but I'll limit them to: 1. visibility - it is easier for users to find the community on reddit. Both from search engines, and "or
by mywittyname 6y ago
I can think of many reasons, but I'll limit them to:
1. visibility - it is easier for users to find the community on reddit. Both from search engines, and "organically" on reddit.
2. foot traffic - users don't need to remember that you exist to visit, once a sub is in a user's feed, they will see all of the new posts.
3. Setting up a server and installing forum software might be "easy," but it is still much more difficult than setting up a subreddit.
The only real benefit to setting up a phpbb server is that you might get some revenue from ad traffic once the userbase grows up some.
- lotsofpulp 6y agoI think the difficulty in setting up a server and installing forum software is eclipsed by the time, effort, and liability stress from moderating the content and dealing with illegal or undesireable content / malware. To me, one of the impressive things about Reddit is how they have managed to be a mainstream site with porn, and how they manage to keep it off their front page.
- wccrawford 6y agoProbably true, but people don't learn that until after they've set up a subreddit and it's gotten somewhat successful. For their own site, they're immediately hit with a wall of pain as they try to figure out what all they need to know just to get their first user. And there's nothing driving those users to their new forum, either.