Maybe because we all want this to work out and be a thing.

  • jerry@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It’s a lot easier to find conversations here. Vibes like reddit of 5-10 years ago. When communities get too big, the most popular gets pretty boring for people with niche tastes.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah. Popular reddit posts from 4h or older…you’re just shouting into the wind.

      You still would get good conversations on smaller communities, but the popular subs it was mostly reading other people’s witticisms that people would put on the post while it was in “new”. Mostly those seemed to be karma whoring people who would try to get comment karma from saying something edgy or funny at the beginning of a post and then “benefit” when the post gets to r/all.

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      All communities get this way when they grow enough in size. There are only so many unique opinions to express on a subject, and a finite amount of interest someone will have to keep reading a thread. It essentially becomes a race to see who can express the idea first, and we have an easier time winning a race with fewer competitors.