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> it foments divisiveness because all of a sudden everyone "knows" they can do a better job moderating/curating/whatever

That is a legitimate force, but it's canceled out by the fact that when you create your own sandcastle, no one comes to to visit it.

You can start your own subreddit, but it will be dead until you build an actual community there and that takes a ton of effort. In the meantime, it provides you no value—all the links on it are ones you yourself added, there's no discussion, etc.




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