Reply To: Communities are dead out of Reddit

[genericusername1904]

>What do you think Is is the key that keeps this reddit alive ?

Fascinating subject.

It’s got to be massive replacement foot traffic; if even 5,000,000 people each day pass through here and a few drips and drabs engage and then leave because they hate it then the same few drips and drabs of the next 5,000,0000 people tomorrow will replace them. The long-term user is the gatekeeper/moderator/voter who is the actual barrier blocking fuller engagement and the model of the platform itself works on rapid cycle of maximum eyeballs: clickbait and outrage-porn.

Essentially “what’s keeping it alive” is sheer inertia and global access to vast numbers of one-timers.

It’s not useless at the same time: I’ve found that most of my ‘reads/views’ on things come from off-site so in a sense it’s sort of functional as a platform through googlesearches, but actually ‘joining reddit itself’ to ‘participate’ is not an attractive proposition given the abuse:

* shit comments
* downvoted for giving correct information
* ignored when raising these questions

Sheer inertia. It’s not a functional model anyone is managing, it’s the more equivalent of a hobo camp run by a gang of crack addicts that’s just situated on a road that a lot of people happen to pass through from time to time.

*ed. ed. ed. wait, if you’re arguing that reddit is ‘good’ for ‘communities interested in the subject/s’… jesus christ ….you’re not arguing that, are you OP?*