Let me know when the keel fails and the whole thing breaks in two.

It’s just used as a way to count users per server, I believe. People who aren’t commenting could be inactive bots or just unused accounts.

Eh, I quit.

15 year user of Reddit. I helped mod a very small sub, but didn’t do a whole lot mod-wise besides delete a few spam posts now and then when they popped up.

I don’t have any current plans to go back and be a part of those communities for the time being, which sucks because there were a few great (obscure) ones that I’m not sure will migrate or be replaced in the short term.

But the thing about Reddit is that it’s not a homogenous group of people. Sure, it fosters a lot of group think by amplifying the most popular opinion, but if a large chunk of people with one attitude leave, then loudest voices will be the next most popular opinion. Plus, there’s so many casual users now too. Most of my friends were like, “Huh? Something’s going on with Reddit?”

The whole thing feels similar to the whole Digg -> Reddit fiasco. Guess we’ll see how things shake out though.