We should remember that a lot of these services are still young, and definitely did not expect the popularity they got. I know they’re all working on scaling up and adding features, but the teams aren’t huge and they’re playing catchup with established sites (not that Reddit was ever great at moderation.)
It turns out that setting up an Internet social arena is really hard. They have existed for decades, and the core mechanics and content policy make a big difference in the vibe of the communities that arise on it. What may work initially then becomes toxic. It’s very hard to predict where you’ll end up once the Eternal September kicks in.
Heck, running a Discord server wasn’t all roses. You take a month off and you come back to find a moderator has alienated most of the community by abusing the community rules. So yeah, building the framework AND trying to moderate has to be overwhelming.
We should remember that a lot of these services are still young, and definitely did not expect the popularity they got. I know they’re all working on scaling up and adding features, but the teams aren’t huge and they’re playing catchup with established sites (not that Reddit was ever great at moderation.)
It turns out that setting up an Internet social arena is really hard. They have existed for decades, and the core mechanics and content policy make a big difference in the vibe of the communities that arise on it. What may work initially then becomes toxic. It’s very hard to predict where you’ll end up once the Eternal September kicks in.
It’s not a solved problem at all!
Heck, running a Discord server wasn’t all roses. You take a month off and you come back to find a moderator has alienated most of the community by abusing the community rules. So yeah, building the framework AND trying to moderate has to be overwhelming.