"The conversations on Reddit were good when it was that small." When reddit was small, it was full of, and dominated by, crackpots. It was barely even at the

"The conversations on Reddit were good when it was that small." When reddit was small, it was full of, and dominated by, crackpots. It was barely even at the level of being entertaining, and I'd hesitate to call it a community at all. Intentional trolls generally don't mess with crackpots, for some reason. I don't know if it's because it's too easy or unsatisfying, but the trolls usually come with mainstreaming. (There are still lots of crackpots there, but it's gelled to a far more coherent community that is much more fun to incite).