> most of their user base WANTS the censorship they provide I came here (to this thread, that is) with a similar thought. There is something alluring about being in an authoritarian system - whether it's online forums (fora?), law enforcement/government, what have you. The prospect of one day being able to call the shots and impose my will is hard to ignore. Recently was reading an article about how we all craft our online experience to a large degree. We are the kings of our *domain* in that sense. We determine who we interact with, what information we want to get, etc. You and I have chosen at least one place where we'll get a different stream of info, but even here we have the ability to block users, subs, etc. (This is by no means a complaint about those site features, merely an observation) So all that to say, reddit users want to be dominated. Good point about the hobbies too. I jumped into wet shaving back in the day, with a lot of help from their "community." Will never go back to "canned goo", cartridge razors, or reddit.