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RoundSparrow wrote (edited )

Postmill shows that for $25/year hosting cost anyone willing to ask 10 hours of questions on a forum can be the admin/owner of a forum similar to Reddit with a few thousand active users.

This was always true, even if a little higher costs for the reddit open source software overhead (higher RAM), before they closed it.

What makes reddit popular is the brand, the big name, and your question about "Why do people think Raddle and Voat are the only alternatives to Reddit?" - how active is Voat really? You think even 5% of Reddit readers know about Voat? Which less than 1% know of Raddle?

Reddit voting patterns is almost all about popularity. People can't wait to get their upvotes and make the front page of their topic. Dominating over others in conversation and votes is a big big behavior pattern when there are millions and millions of users reading your 20 words. It matters very little how honest, truthful, and sincere you are - as bots can even repost reddit topics with previous comments and get the upvotes. It's all about the size the crowd, style, timing, and that chance to catch the hot MEME social wave while the camera is rolling.

Well, perhaps, feel the new wave of change: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojf18wT_Xtk

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hollyhoppet wrote

Reddit voting patterns is almost all about popularity. People can't wait to get their upvotes and make the front page of their topic.

Literally the only thing i upvote on this site are any posts my gf makes lol

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RoundSparrow wrote

It takes a lot to recognize how easy it is to operate and host a text-based forum, and perhaps it's best to spread them around the area.

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hollyhoppet wrote

Sorry, I don't quite understand how this relates to my comment. Sometimes I have trouble making conversational connections because I miss implied context that might be clear to others.

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noordinaryspider wrote

I greatly prefer text based forums and am very happy to have found this place. I was invited by another member. I am also on Raddle for political stuff, so I don't need as much of it here unless it is a different perspective or something that I hadn't thought about.

I hope it's okay that I shared the link and invited someone who is being abused on Twitter.

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