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SomethingAwful is consistently high quality and has been for the 7.5 years since I discovered it. 190,000 users now, I think 90K in 2006. The secrets seem to b
by malloreon 12y ago
SomethingAwful is consistently high quality and has been for the 7.5 years since I discovered it. 190,000 users now, I think 90K in 2006.
The secrets seem to be
a) charging people $10 one time to join/post and view more than a few pages of a particular thread
b) segmenting into different subforums - over time they become different communities within SA that have their own quirks.
c) ruthless moderation that can and often does lead to posting probations and bans (requiring another $10 to reverse)
In particular, the politics/history, sports, video games, and arts discussions are very good.