Yeah, looking back, I think I hit the egotistical point a little too much. I was partly attempting to just say that they're not here, because it's not Reddit.
With the migrations, the largest mass of people come back to Reddit, because they left Reddit in spite, rather than just moving to a platform that they liked better. Once they simmer down a bit, the old habit of checking the front page takes over and they never visit the other sites again. For the rest that go back, they do so, because they couldn't find anything to really replace Reddit.
The one thing that Reddit offers, over pretty much any other site, is a detailed level of diversity. As you said, anything that gets posted, that's not favorable to the largest demographic, is just ignored out of disinterest. On Reddit, that doesn't happen as much. Since the site is so massive, it's possible to find a large and active community that cares about a topic. Snapzu isn't really strong in that regard, because it's just so small.
The reason I mentioned people coming to the new site, and finding out that Reddit isn't the internet was a bit more slandering than I intended, but I was trying to use it as an example of how they don't find what they're looking for. When people come over, that are upset over something that happened over Reddit, it's on their mind and they want somewhere that they can vent. They find a site, post something about the issues, which gets a small response, but they get a little backlash of the main community, because they really don't care about what's going on at another site. In combination with the lack of specific communities that they're used to, they find that they're kinda talking to a wall, as you said, and just leave. I hope that's a little more elaborative and less vindictive, and I'm sorry if I came off as a little harsh.
I think a lot of people leave Reddit looking for Reddit 2.0. They want that large community, with conversations about anything they desire to talk about, but with a new name, interface, and system void of the problems that they had on Reddit. Instead, they find smaller communities that are vastly different than what they were hoping, so they move back to the best option that they have.
I hope that's a little more elaborative and less vindictive, and I'm sorry if I came off as a little harsh.
More assumptive than harsh, but no worries :)
I will agree, even I would like to find Reddit 2.0, but I don't think that's going to happen. Hard to move the attention of several million people, you know?
Speaking for myself, if I wanted Reddit 2.0 I would have just stayed on Reddit 1.0! I'm hoping Snapzu will stay a bit different, and I don't really care if it's not as big or busy as Reddit.
Yeah, looking back, I think I hit the egotistical point a little too much. I was partly attempting to just say that they're not here, because it's not Reddit.
With the migrations, the largest mass of people come back to Reddit, because they left Reddit in spite, rather than just moving to a platform that they liked better. Once they simmer down a bit, the old habit of checking the front page takes over and they never visit the other sites again. For the rest that go back, they do so, because they couldn't find anything to really replace Reddit.
The one thing that Reddit offers, over pretty much any other site, is a detailed level of diversity. As you said, anything that gets posted, that's not favorable to the largest demographic, is just ignored out of disinterest. On Reddit, that doesn't happen as much. Since the site is so massive, it's possible to find a large and active community that cares about a topic. Snapzu isn't really strong in that regard, because it's just so small.
The reason I mentioned people coming to the new site, and finding out that Reddit isn't the internet was a bit more slandering than I intended, but I was trying to use it as an example of how they don't find what they're looking for. When people come over, that are upset over something that happened over Reddit, it's on their mind and they want somewhere that they can vent. They find a site, post something about the issues, which gets a small response, but they get a little backlash of the main community, because they really don't care about what's going on at another site. In combination with the lack of specific communities that they're used to, they find that they're kinda talking to a wall, as you said, and just leave. I hope that's a little more elaborative and less vindictive, and I'm sorry if I came off as a little harsh.
I think a lot of people leave Reddit looking for Reddit 2.0. They want that large community, with conversations about anything they desire to talk about, but with a new name, interface, and system void of the problems that they had on Reddit. Instead, they find smaller communities that are vastly different than what they were hoping, so they move back to the best option that they have.
More assumptive than harsh, but no worries :)
I will agree, even I would like to find Reddit 2.0, but I don't think that's going to happen. Hard to move the attention of several million people, you know?
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