Reddit started banning accounts that voted for content “against their policies”

Re:Reddit started banning accounts that voted for content “a... by luckylion on Monday June 22, 2020 @01:43PM (#23603215)

That's probably true, but people who just look at popular post and aren't engaged in anything aren't really part of any community either, unless we expand community to literally mean anybody that's visiting the site, at which point it becomes somewhat meaningless because it's too homogeneous again.

Terms that have no distinctive power have little value, so while I'd certainly consider them "users", I wouldn't consider them part of the community, much like a tourist staying in a village for a weekend isn't a part of the village's community.

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Re:Reddit started banning accounts that voted for content “a... by elicash on Monday June 22, 2020 @04:38PM (#23606269)

I don't go to my city council meetings, but am still a member of our local community.

This is quick becoming a debate over definitions, but I think reddit thinks of itself as both having a community and also as having individual communities. For example, anybody who has had a post in their niche community get to the front page understands that there's a larger community they're a part of that is different from their smaller one.

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Re:Reddit started banning accounts that voted for content “a... by luckylion on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @03:44AM (#23610964)

Sure, much like you can get your 15 minutes of fame and get on national TV. I wouldn't call "the whole country" one community with smaller child communities though.

To me, community implies some amount of connections between the members. I've never put a number on it, but basically something like "if you randomly pick X people from the group, at least Y of them will know each other". That would limit both the size and also do a reasonable test for community membership: if nobody in the community knows you, you're not a part of the community.

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