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> Reddit owns the subreddits, not redditors. I view a subreddit as a composite of three parts: The authors, the curators, and the host. Reddit, Inc. owns only
by foresto 3y ago
> Reddit owns the subreddits, not redditors.
I view a subreddit as a composite of three parts: The authors, the curators, and the host.
Reddit, Inc. owns only one of those three, and it's arguably the one that's most easily replaced.
- mattmaroon 3y agoI think it’s the one that’s hardest to replace. There’s no viable competitor. People aren’t going anywhere else. To large extent, the authors are only authors because the sub is on Reddit. They have the network effect that brings the other two. That’s very hard to replace. You could easily find another person to make up dumb rules and arbitrarily enforce them, which is what they’re doing and we’re discussing. They will succeed.