Competing against Reddit

[Fait]

Hey,
I don’t believe you can compare Facebook groups or discords to forums but one site that you can but can’t compare is Reddit a tagged based forum.

How do you compete against Reddit as a traditional forum lover?

I love classic forums myself

 

[Deleted member 4320]

I think the quality of content matters. For example Reddit is known for low quality posts.

People don’t search on there nor do they put much effort into what they’re writing which is why quality posts blow up because the vast majority of the posts there are super low effort.

Having quality resources will allow people to see value on your site.

 

[Page]

I would say they're 2 different platforms. Reddit is a social bookmarking website, which is used less to network and more to discuss. Facebook, while sometimes used as a collaboration platform that is similar to Reddit like with status updates, it is a social network. On Facebook, everything you do is within your network of people, whether it's liking a status or messaging a friend. With Reddit, you are talking with the world, most of the time with people you don't know. Facebook also has an entire profile system that Reddit does not have.

There are a million differences between the two

 

[Fait]

I think the quality of content matters. For example Reddit is known for low quality posts.

People don’t search on there nor do they put much effort into what they’re writing which is why quality posts blow up because the vast majority of the posts there are super low effort.

Having quality resources will allow people to see value on your site.

You have a point there, never thought about it like that, it’s sad that Google indexes Reddit posts.

I would say they're 2 different platforms. Reddit is a social bookmarking website, which is used less to network and more to discuss. Facebook, while sometimes used as a collaboration platform that is similar to Reddit like with status updates, it is a social network. On Facebook, everything you do is within your network of people, whether it's liking a status or messaging a friend. With Reddit, you are talking with the world, most of the time with people you don't know. Facebook also has an entire profile system that Reddit does not have.

There are a million differences between the two

When you think about it like that a subreddit is just a Facebook group with a different name and you can’t even customise its design, I tried a subreddit tonight and didn’t like it.

 

[Page]

When you think about it like that a subreddit is just a Facebook group with a different name and you can’t even customise its design, I tried a subreddit tonight and didn’t like it.

Aren't for everyone I myself tend to go on there to read but never really post

 

[Artisan Vistra]

Reddit is just a band of people with the exact same ideas as another rather than to argue about anything. The only real arguments are in the thread voting hierarchy which isn't saying much. If I wanted a certain board it might be impossible to get if someone gotten it before you and also you need permission from the hierarchy of members just to make content and you need some form of karma for that, which is otherwise useless. It's more of a sharing thing with little else and you might rarely see the same thing twice by the same member but there are plenty of variations of the exact same thing. Like say r/antiwork or r/MicrosoftRewards, which the prior got banned somehow and there goes your freedom of speech.

Forums might have the same things but frankly it's how it's moderated and what the meta topics are. The look is definitely different, the masses aren't generally there unless it's Smash Bros.(Smashboards Xp). Everything is generally easier to find and over time if you want an old post you scroll to something you generally want whereas Reddit it's rare unless it's done in the form of a technical question that gets answered from a search engine rather than going to the board itself.

 

[zappaDPJ]

I avoid Reddit. The search results that have taken me there never produce meaningful results and I found the flow to be continually interrupted by I'm not sure what... a threaded view perhaps?

 

[Fait]

Because my Gen Z YouTube fans keep telling me to ‘grow up and stop being a boomer’ and make a Reddit not a old forum.

It’s sad that no one gets the value of forums anymore. Traditional forums are more organised.

 

[Nomad]

Forums cannot compete with Reddit. The biggest forum I have ever seen is Bitcoin Talk, which has 3.44 million users. Can you compare this with 48 million users on Reddit.

 

[Fait]

Forums cannot compete with Reddit. The biggest forum I have ever seen is Bitcoin Talk, which has 3.44 million users. Can you compare this with 48 million users on Reddit.

People are lazy these days people won’t sign up to forums unless the forum is in the App Store but will sign up to things like Reddit because it has an app.

Good to see that forums are not entirely dead though.

 

[Page]

Reddit

unless you have an Reddit signup or singing option on your site 😛 that's an plugin to get right there

 

[Fait]

unless you have an Reddit signup or singing option on your site 😛 that's an plugin to get right there

I get told many times by Gen Z’s that my sites a waste of time because everything is on Reddit.

I look in to that.

 

[Fait]

unless you have an Reddit signup or singing option on your site 😛 that's an plugin to get right there

I love your idea though I’m adding a Reddit login option tomorrow, I found a plug-in so hopefully it works.

 

[Page]

I love your idea though I’m adding a Reddit login option tomorrow, I found a plug-in so hopefully it works.

Need to see if IPB has one LOL

 

[MrDawn]

How do you compete against Reddit as a traditional forum lover?

That's the thing. You can't. They have millions of users and most forums being advertised on FP only have a handful of members. You'd have to invent something new that is competitive worthy; whatever that might be.

 

[Nomad]

People are lazy these days people won’t sign up to forums unless the forum is in the App Store but will sign up to things like Reddit because it has an app.

Good to see that forums are not entirely dead though.

If you can give a good reason to join a forum, people will surely join it. You can't just call people lazy for not using forums.

 

[Fait]

If you can give a good reason to join a forum, people will surely join it. You can't just call people lazy for not using forums.

That’s why people say forums are dying though they rather go on TikTok then join a forum now or anything in the browser.

I’ve been told many times by my Gen Z friends that I could of just made a subreddit or Facebook group not a forum then they persist to say ‘it’s old technology’ so from my experience people want apps that are quick and easy to use and forums don’t seem to deliver that to them for some reason.

One person told me ‘everything on Reddit now so no one in their right mind will join your junk’

 

[Nomad]

People go to TikTok because it is entertaining, and also allows exploring your creativity. I am not sure if Gen Z like Facebook because Facebook is manly for the "oldies"

 

[Ravenfreak]

I still prefer the traditional classic forum, but I am active on Reddit too. Traditional forums are just structured better and easier to read.