SoDesuNe wrote: As for the low level of discussion: I don't see this - generally speaking. When people feel passionate about something, we easily generate 5+ pages within days (e.g. online cheating, rulings involving time loss/disconnect). When we feel we can help, we also post frequently - see game analysis forum. The "problem" of low level of discussion stems from - in my eyes: The theme being too high for the average poster, a way of thought unentertaining for the average poster or simply the average poster does not really care as much.
If I understand this correctly, then this pretty much hits the nail on the head I think. Several in this thread have said they prefer L19 because it's like a club for gentlemen compared to a pub. To stick with this analogy, the thing that makes a gentleman's club for gentlemen is exclusivity. At the risk of stating the obvious: if the level of discussion on L19 was even close to that of reddit, then it would more likely than not be saturated with low effort rubbish and beginners asking the same questions a hundred times.
The "theme being too high" for most also rings true. Most people are not dan-level players, so most people won't, or at least feel like they won't, have very much insight into many of the discussions had. Again, at risk of stating the obvious, most people are probably DDKs. I have not, however, spotted many DDKs contributing to discussions since I've been on the forum (obviously this is entirely anecdotal, and I would love to be corrected if I'm wrong).
L19's niche, therefore, seems to be to facilitate higher level, deeper discussion (as has already been said), mostly between those of at least an SDK rank. Only if there's a substantial increase in the number of people in this group will the level of discussion increase. Reddit, when all is said and done, is essentially just a social media website, which while it makes it more accessible, it also provides about the quality of content one would expect on social media.
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