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A good example of this is how image-based submissions began dominating reddit - especially after imgur - because, more than anything else, they can be consumed
by kmfrk 13y ago
A good example of this is how image-based submissions began dominating reddit - especially after imgur - because, more than anything else, they can be consumed in a second and voted on.
In my opinion, this development definitely did not change reddit for the better.
- malandrew 13y agoInteresting observation that is so obvious as to be easily overlooked. It would be interesting if upvotes and downvotes were normalized somehow such as by filetype or by subreddit activity so that non-image content has the same relative popularity as image content.
- vanderZwan 13y agoIt's not that bad, because there are still subreddits with strict rules and mods enforcing them. Compare /r/gaming to /r/games for example. And then there's /r/AskHistorians of course, which is the standard by which all other subreddits are judged. EDIT: Having said that, I agree that the phenomenon you describe is very real.
- QuantumGood 13y agoA large percent of consumers won't pursue anything that doesn't make a good first impression and images convey a first impression faster than any other type of content. Though not all images an be "consumed in a second," all will convey a first impression rapidly. So images dominate not only because of fast consumption, but because they "sell" their first impression more quickly and completely than any other kind of content.