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What blows my mind is that only 50% is spent moderating. At some point the engineering work can be something approximating “done” (or should get asymptotically
by ninkendo 5y ago
What blows my mind is that only 50% is spent moderating.
At some point the engineering work can be something approximating “done” (or should get asymptotically close to it), and the health of your platform ultimately rests a lot more on the quality of the community than on any particular technical project.
What is engineering doing that it takes up as much person-hours as moderation? Running A/B tests to tweak the “try the app” dialog?
(Yes, I’m bitter… I deleted my Reddit account years ago and I’m still lamenting the loss of what the site used to be.)
- wslack 5y agoSuper-niche subreddits still have something to give, but inevitably success > popularity > memes unless there is strong moderation.
- ziml77 5y agoI saw this happen to a couple subreddits. I don't blame reddit for that (other than selection of default subs). It's just the natural progression as a subreddit grows that it turns to memes and constant recycled content. Heavy moderation is the only way to stop that.