I think with an influx of users the comments area can improve dramatically. People tend to get comfortable with something and then not really care to try out alternatives because there isn't a pushing need to do so... A service would need to fuck up big time to initiate that need to find an alternative, case in point digg & reddit in 2010. There will come a time that the population of reddit will be actively searching for a suitable alternative because reddit jumped the shark. As for now, this place is a well kept secret, at least from the spammers and the trolls...
I think with an influx of users the comments area can improve dramatically. People tend to get comfortable with something and then not really care to try out alternatives because there isn't a pushing need to do so... A service would need to fuck up big time to initiate that need to find an alternative, case in point digg & reddit in 2010. There will come a time that the population of reddit will be actively searching for a suitable alternative because reddit jumped the shark. As for now, this place is a well kept secret, at least from the spammers and the trolls...