This is a very good point. For what Reddit has traditionally aspired to be, versus how it works, e.g. as an ebb and flow of community standards, it's a rock and a hard place in my opinion.
Somewhere I've seen the perspective put forth that Reddit is essentially the gateway for things from 4Chan (etc) to make it into the mainstream, and I kind of buy into that.
Somewhere I've seen the perspective put forth that Reddit is essentially the gateway for things from 4Chan (etc) to make it into the mainstream, and I kind of buy into that.