Yeah, I think this is a big part of it. There’s no point posting something in the big Reddit subs most of the time because someone else will have already posted the same thing.
To get noticed you have to be early and/or say something witty or superficially inciteful. There’s no room for nuance.
It just becomes a competition for karma, and if you don’t play you’re screaming into the void.
Reddit comments just get washed away by millions of other users. Where as in this place it’s not as competitive so yea I understand what you mean.
I posted a showerthought mostly to try how posting works. It seemed to be at the top of… is there a /r/all equivalent here?
Anyway, it was visible enough my sister found my account. It kinda feels like moving from a giant metropolis to a village.
Yeah, I think this is a big part of it. There’s no point posting something in the big Reddit subs most of the time because someone else will have already posted the same thing.
To get noticed you have to be early and/or say something witty or superficially inciteful. There’s no room for nuance.
It just becomes a competition for karma, and if you don’t play you’re screaming into the void.