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These principles do apply, there is a constant churn of small subreddits being created where you can see some deep, slow discussion of stuff despite Reddit bein
by egypturnash 5y ago
These principles do apply, there is a constant churn of small subreddits being created where you can see some deep, slow discussion of stuff despite Reddit being actively hostile to it. Eventually they grow to the point where they get a few posts showing up on the default front page and then there’s a big influx of new readers who are much more casual about the subject, and much more likely to shitpost. Within the year there will be at least one new subreddit trying to recreate what it was like before that happened.
- TulliusCicero 5y agoYes, correct. I think the bottom line is that on some level we celebrate growth and popularity, but it seems to strangle more nuanced, meaningful discussion and community-building.
- egypturnash 5y agoVery yes. I run a Mastodon instance and very quickly got to the point where new accounts are only available if you ask me for one, and if I decide to let you have one. Which is not a thing I do lightly for strangers. The last thing I want is growth. Then I'd have to treat it like my full-time job and deal with managing an ever-more-unmanageable number of users, finding ways to deal with ever-huger bandwidth, storage, and CPU requirements, and somehow making enough money off of it to pay for all that, plus my own rent. Fuck growth. It's a little gathering for a few friends and that's about all it needs to be.