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this is so rambling that i didnt get to the point where they explain why reddit is doomed. I dont think reddit is doomed, they just need to reign in the modera

• dgreensp 3y ago
  The point ends up being that, even though moderators who built communities with their own two hands understandably feel an ownership of their subreddit, it’s all just rows in the database of Reddit the company, who is almost certainly going to make things more uniform and try to be more like TikTok (dooming “Reddit as we know it”). He doesn’t side with Steve or find Steve’s statement to be historically informed, but there are some similarities (and differences) to note if you compare moderators to lords and Reddit/Steve to a king.
• icegreentea2 3y ago
  The article's point wasn't that Reddit is doomed, it's that Reddit as we knew it (with strong distinctions between sub-reddits) is doomed. The article basically says "let's play along and say Reddit is like feudalism - then what comes next is early Modern Governments" ie - centralization of power towards absolute centers of power. The article argues that Reddit currently employs moderators because the heterogeneity (ie, strong distinctions of subreddits) are not generally amendable to local control. In order for Reddit to transition to strong centralization that heterogeneity needs to be reduced and managed (in a form similar to how TikTok serves up content in a way that minimizes the ability of 'communities' with heterogeneous norms to form).