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I'd distinguish between small and large communities. For example, if the World of Warcraft subreddit implodes somehow it's basically guaranteed that another one
by yanderekko 3y ago
I'd distinguish between small and large communities. For example, if the World of Warcraft subreddit implodes somehow it's basically guaranteed that another one will arise, although you do often get awkward userbase splits, eg. /r/gameofthrones vs. /r/freefolk. I'd say that basically any community with 100k members will continue onwards from a mod implosion.
For smaller communities (<10k members), it's probable that reformation would not happen in a clear way if a founding mod destroyed it, unless the community is booming.
For communities in the 10k-100k range, I could see things going either way.
- antupis 3y agoI think we will see effects in long run, if I would start new community 2016 I would have definitely picked Reddit now it is probably Discord or Slack.
- littlestymaar 3y agoSlack?
- TRiG_Ireland 3y agoThere are also a plethora of Middle-earth communities, and they have very different feels. /r/tolkienfans is not at all the same as /r/silmarillionmemes.
- johnnyanmac 3y agoI think you need to inflate your numbers these days. 100k back in the time admins stepped in for r/wow isn't 100k today. I'd say the bar is more around 500k, with 300-500k being the uncertain range. I definitely can think of some 100-300k communities that will be irrevocably damaged if they tried to split (usually ones focused on specific genres, or subs focused on personalities or series). I can't think of any sub <100k that would survive in this decade if ruptured.