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Few people want to join a small community with an entrenched social hierarchy though. In the microblogging world there's also a hierarchy, but the old guard ge
by throwvirtever 5y ago
Few people want to join a small community with an entrenched social hierarchy though. In the microblogging world there's also a hierarchy, but the old guard gets pushed aside, replaced, or made irrelevant more often. Newcomers have a more immediate shot at "greatness".
- marginalia_nu 5y agoWell that's sort of the thing too, forums grew slowly. This is why they were able to have stable communities. A rapid through-flux of people is extremely destabilizing, and arguably a large part of why there are so few stable communities on the Internet today.