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Smartphones are an interesting point and would definitely explain the shortness of comments (personally I never write Reddit comments from my phone so it's not
by JSavageOne 5y ago
Smartphones are an interesting point and would definitely explain the shortness of comments (personally I never write Reddit comments from my phone so it's not something I thought of). But this still doesn't explain why short and empty comments rise to the top while contrarian but in-depth comments get downvote buried.
Even in this comments section, the most insightful top-level comment reply I've gotten as I write this is literally at the bottom: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30674104 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30674104 , while the second-highest comment is "This is just an article by a guy with bad opinions upset others don't agree with his bad opinions."
- adamrezich 5y agothe point is, reddit used to be a place where dorks who sat down with a PC or laptop with the intent of using the internet hung out, just like everywhere else on the internet. now reddit, like all of the internet, is something anyone can casually access from the supercomputer in their pocket. this changes the demographics and usage patterns, and therefore target audience and platform expectations, massively.