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Re:Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit by deafpolygon on Monday June 12, 2023 @01:53PM (#36297937)
Importantly, reddit allows the creation of microforums. Not everyone has the time, energy or ability to build out a full site with a complete forum to make it worth everyone's while. I see Facebook & Discord taking Reddit's piece of the pie in the short term.
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Re:Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit by nerdponx on Monday June 12, 2023 @02:18PM (#36298385)
Personally I don't see a significant portion of the Reddit user base leaving over this. Basically every major and minor city in the USA has its own subreddit. How many of those users are really going to leave and switch back to Facebook groups?
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Re:Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit by deafpolygon on Monday June 12, 2023 @04:46PM (#36300819)
> Basically every major and minor city in the USA has its own subreddit

And how many are actually run by the city government?

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Re:Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit by nerdponx on Monday June 12, 2023 @05:23PM (#36301362)
None, but what does that matter? These are community-created microforums, which probably wouldn't exist at all if it weren't for Reddit.
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Re:Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit by deafpolygon on Monday June 12, 2023 @10:27PM (#36304377)
Many community-created pages for cities are run BY the city themselves on Facebook. That's my point.
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