Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by kodt 1117 days ago
Basically if the sub gets popular enough to reach the front page, you are in trouble. If it stays small, then you can still have a decent community.
1 comments

The sub also needs to get big enough to get out of the "Facebook group" mentality, and have at least one competent mod that keeps it from turning into memes and shitposting.

It's a tricky balance. I've been in small (~sub 500) subreddits that are worse than larger ones just because the mods don't enforce any posting requirements.