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But they'd just get downvoted by the same "fans" that are there (any given subreddit) because they like said thing.

you have basically the same problem with any user driven site, IRC, Forums, Facebook, Reddit... hell even the 'zine culture, most usergroups, clubs.

Its not reddit's problem or fault, we all want to belong to a group where we get excited in the same ways about a thing.

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Let me just point out the elephant in the room: Hacker News is exactly as bad as reddit. The crowd here thinks of itself as smarter, but that's just the shape of the echo chamber here. You think people commenting on reddit consider themselves stupid?

Dissenting voices get shadowbanned; if the majority opinion in a thread is utterly retarded, that's the only opinion that will stand.

I'd love to link to a really poignant example from a recent comment of mine, but alas: my comment and all replies got shadowbanned.

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