Reddit was great, but not because of third party apps, not because of quality moderators, not because of the development or corporate oversight … Reddit was great because of the content. Everything else was how that content was handled to create a great user experience. If there’s no content to handle, there’s no Reddit.
So, if Kbin is going to work and take off, it needs content to handle. Content for moderators to moderate, apps to display, developers to create for. I basically just lurked on Reddit for the past 5 years because there was plenty of content and I didn’t need to contribute, but if Kbin is going to succeed, those who want a change need to contribute.
And by that I mean more than just coming to /m/RedditMigration to morn or grieve or track what Reddit is doing. Find that magazine that you want to flourish and contribute (even if it means reposting from Reddit). Give everyone who is visiting and trying things out a reason to stay and comment.
Yeah, I’m so used to not having to put in effort lol. On reddit I’d only comment whenever I felt I wanted to say something. I rarely posted because my post would usually just get drowned out by others.
I think in the beginning we all have to lower our standards a bit when posting. As in create a Harry Potter magazine and post “who’s your favorite character and why?”. You know, stuff that we’d never consider posting on reddit because it’s probably been posted a million times. Simple stuff to get started.
Also, for those that want karma (reputation?), realizing that being starved for content means your posts will likely get more attention.
Now let me go relax after work and be a hypocrite… (no, but I’ll definitely put in more effort!)
I’ve picked a few mags and tried to post something daily. The way I see it, and the thought that inspired this post, was that if there’s 50 people subscribed to a mag, and everyone posts two links or articles a day, that’s 100 new things to comment on every day.
So, 5-10 minutes of effort to find or think up new content, then you have a bunch of new stuff to comment on / lurk.