RE: Classic bait n Switch! 🎄 + Reddit v Hive Engagement Thoughts
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I never really understood reddit and maybe have made like 5 comments in my 6 years there... I would maybe have made about 8 if I understood it, since I tend to only comment in bursts get lazy and then stop. I saw a few weeks ago I could make my own subreddit... Yup then reddit clicked for me lol I never could figure out who the fuck put these people in charge of these "subreddit" things but now I know and it and communities all make sense.
Also as for normal engagement, I think engagement begets engagement so for a quick quip that gets conversation going and many subreddits have quiet times with more active users than on hive so it is a given that you will have more happening. The subreddit is also more focused, so you are not spreading all those users over different interests.
Tbh Reddit wastes A LOT of my time but guess the perk is it keeps my current on memes and shit.
Can be fun or frustrating at times. Take, for instance, was dealing with the racist self-loathing white neolibs on /r/subredditdrama after the /r/the_donald purge. Made mention how a front page sub BPT had the country club BS where only verified POCs and "white allies" could post.
It really got me when one of them was calling white people mayos while hypocriticaly decrying racism. The convo sequed intona discussion of black oppression where I made the cardinal sin of suggesting there may be a link between fatherlessness / decline of the nuclear family and criminality.
That's when some shitlib mod decided to permaban me for a "shit take". I went back and forth w those idiots a bit but left convinced that those kind of mods get a hard on for power and censorship and selective enforcement of rules.
That being said, it's all the more important we secure the good topics before the power trippers do. PCM would be a great one to grow before it's banned.
I got drained just reading about the drama, can't imagine how exhausting they would be in action. Goodluck with that man, I think I prefer my shadows.