Social media platforms were never built for constructive debates, Social currencies incentivizes majoritarian opinions.
If you hold a minority view and want it to be acknowledged then moving on to a platform where your view is the majoritarian opinion is the only option, Reddit facilitates it with its Subreddits.
Love Elon Musk? go to r/elonmusk
Hate Elon Musk? go to r/EnoughMuskSpam
Other social media have groups, forums and what not; Yet each subreddit is a platform by itself, tightly knit community, privileges & tools for moderation.
Mobile app has enabled those who are from other social media platforms, those who would have never used old.reddit.com to try it out, accelerated by recent string of high profile news involving reddit.
It would be interesting to watch how reddit balances its philosophy with advertiser's interests.
If you hold a minority view and want it to be acknowledged then moving on to a platform where your view is the majoritarian opinion is the only option, Reddit facilitates it with its Subreddits.
Love Elon Musk? go to r/elonmusk
Hate Elon Musk? go to r/EnoughMuskSpam
Other social media have groups, forums and what not; Yet each subreddit is a platform by itself, tightly knit community, privileges & tools for moderation.
Mobile app has enabled those who are from other social media platforms, those who would have never used old.reddit.com to try it out, accelerated by recent string of high profile news involving reddit.
It would be interesting to watch how reddit balances its philosophy with advertiser's interests.