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Individual low-membership subreddits are usually much better than the frontpage, but for these subs - what's the benefit of federation? An obscure topic will ne
by twobitshifter 4y ago
Individual low-membership subreddits are usually much better than the frontpage, but for these subs - what's the benefit of federation? An obscure topic will need a large baseline community to pull from to get a quorum for conversation.
- forgotmypw17 4y agoI think the benefit is a preemptive transition onto a more consensual platform where you are the owner-operator who can adjust the rules and mechanics instead of a tenant to an exploitative behemoth who can ruin your community without even noticing it.
- chrisan 4y agois there an example of a low membership sub the GP was referring to thats been ruined?
- forgotmypw17 4y agoAny good sub will grow with time. The bigger it is, the more difficult it is to move off your tenant platform. And as time passes, you are more likely to want something which your tenant platform does not offer. Maybe it is a different style of displaying images. Maybe it is a different way of defending against bots and spam. Maybe it is easier reporting of spam by users. Whatever it is, a platform with a user:operator ratio of over a million will probably not have the resources to accommodate you.