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The big sites got big by being there when a previous big site died. But nothing lasts forever, and eventually a social site becomes desperately uncool because there are people old enough to have grandkids on it. And they totter on, like a zombie, until they fuck out badly, and most people leave. But not everyone, I still get linked to blog entries on Livejournal now and then, sometimes I even end up on Blogger when I’m following a trail and people are still updating some of those.
It's probably just confirmation bias, but I also like platforms small, before all the rabidly negative 500k+ sized communities show up. When stuff gets too large, sites become impersonal. Regulars drowned out by a megaphone of spam, rage content, mass downvotes, "have you ever touched a boob? I'm not horny I just really wanna know" type questions, and which X is best X type threads.
Reddit was getting far, far too large for its own good in regards to some default and even non default subs. Some went from meaningful conversations to just images drowning out all text threads. felt like shouting into the void after that.
WhAt TuRRNs yoU oN WxMen Of REDDiT??? 45k upvotes on r/askreddit every day...
Forearms. It's always forearms.