But that's my whole point -- reddit may once have been comprised of outsiders, b...

glomph · on Oct 29, 2014

I think users of reddit still approach it like it is composed of outsiders (even though it isn't). For example plenty of people I know use the site but people don't talk about it like they would twitter. Using twitter is a sort of normal social network. Reddit is treated far more analogously to a tv show that some people like and others don't.

Of course I can't really back this up with anything as it is just a feeling.

JonnieCache · on Oct 29, 2014

I didn't know it had grown that large. How much bigger has twitter gotten in the last two years?

I agree that in the context of journalism it's a loaded term that's probably not fair.

The outsider status is about more than the user count though. They maintain that status with all the weird stuff they get up to.

raldi · on Oct 29, 2014

> How much bigger has twitter gotten in the last two years?

They're up to 284M: https://about.twitter.com/company

riffraff · on Oct 29, 2014

I don't think "cult" means "small group" in this context, but "strongly followed".

At least, that is how I always interpreted stuff like "apocalypse now is a cult movie".