Reddit's product is the ability to sell people the perception of a natural conversation between two ordinary people on the internet, where the conversation is shaped by corporations and state agents.

Actual ordinary people get in the way of that. Reddit does not want users.

[–] violetmirage26@thelemmy.club 1 points 3 hours ago

Can attest to that. I tried starting a new reddit account with an anonymous email just to talk to people. Apparently reddit assumed I was a bot and shadow banned me within a week. Never had that with any other emails.

[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Most of Reddit's users do not post, comment, or even vote.

Tbf the 90-9-1 rule applies everywhere on social media, ostensibly including here though many claim to have merely lurked there yet actually talk here. But we may still have a 51-48-1 distribution here?

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I definitely feel more motivated to participate here, because of the emphasis on human to human interactions

[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 2 points 11 hours ago

Same. I only lurk on certain Reddit threads, rarely, bc we lack niche ones here.