I remember them saying something about not wanting to have massive threads with hundreds of thousands or millions of comments, like how some long-term BB forum threads are. I wonder if it’s due to the possibility for server strain since Reddit (and Lemmy) uses a nested commenting system that needs to be loaded recursively, which is inherently much more computation intensive than single depth threads like on BB forums, or if it’s just a decision about the “style” of forum they want Reddit to be.
Reddit archives stuff after 6 months but I never understood why they did this
I remember them saying something about not wanting to have massive threads with hundreds of thousands or millions of comments, like how some long-term BB forum threads are. I wonder if it’s due to the possibility for server strain since Reddit (and Lemmy) uses a nested commenting system that needs to be loaded recursively, which is inherently much more computation intensive than single depth threads like on BB forums, or if it’s just a decision about the “style” of forum they want Reddit to be.