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thenewgreen · 4098 days ago · link · · parent · post: The social network where no one knows your name
I wonder what would happen? We were chugging along nicely and then we received thousands of hits from reddit around christmas. What happened was that many people came, checked it out and left never to be seen again. A lot of people stayed though and they've been a really great boon to the site. This has happened a number of times over the span of the site. It seems the good people stick around and the short attention spanners take off. I wonder if the same thing would play out if a CNN wave of people came over? The only problem I could see is if it scared away the "base" that makes this place special. You may be right though, it could have a negative effect. I'd be willing to take that risk at this point though.