I understand better what you mean now. Clearly you've thought about this topic more than I have, so I don't think I can contribute much to the conversation unfortunately.
"It still has to deliver value in return for the value it takes.": To make sure I understand, how do you define 'value' exactly here?
"makes the paid ads that do make it onto the platform strangely bolted on the side, not a smooth part of the experience.": I guess for me that's the appeal in Reddit, in that it is not completely "consumerfied" yet. I feel like a Wikipedia-type management would be a much better fit for the end-user, but obviously it would be harder to collect donations to run Reddit than to run Wikipedia.
"I agree that our broad culture sees little value in Reddit": I agree, that's really the crux of it and it's too bad.
"It still has to deliver value in return for the value it takes.": To make sure I understand, how do you define 'value' exactly here?
"makes the paid ads that do make it onto the platform strangely bolted on the side, not a smooth part of the experience.": I guess for me that's the appeal in Reddit, in that it is not completely "consumerfied" yet. I feel like a Wikipedia-type management would be a much better fit for the end-user, but obviously it would be harder to collect donations to run Reddit than to run Wikipedia.
"I agree that our broad culture sees little value in Reddit": I agree, that's really the crux of it and it's too bad.