• gd42@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      General submissions have tons of comments, so there are actual discussions going on, motivating users to check back often. Also (at least for now), the discussions have less noise.

      Content-based subreddits (like instantkarma, holdmyfries) where there is minimal discussion can be easily replicated with a bot, until organic submissions reach a critical mass.

      That leaves community based subreddits, but when Reddit aggravates the community leaders they can easily move (like piracy did).