Reddit is an example of what I personally believe to be a website that is forced to rely on both a strong sense of community and collaboration in order to thrive. Within the website is a vast selection of growing communities, each with their own particular focuses, rules, and guidelines that assist in differentiating themselves from the rest. These communities, commonly referred to as “subreddits,” also range in active users and daily traffic, as most of these subreddits vary in popularity. Seeing as how each subreddit is comprised of content either shared or generated by users, it is clear to see that a sense of collaboration plays a vital role in keeping these individual communities alive. Collaboration also comes in the form of moderators, who, in a group effort, attempt to maintain a subreddit's overall quality by enforcing agreed on rules and guidelines upon their user base. Moderators’ collaborative efforts, though often strict, have consistently proven necessary, as I have witnessed subreddits fall into chaos when no one was there to keep the community at bay.
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I agree that Reddit is an excellent example of collaboration between individuals coming together to form an overall product. I enjoy Reddit when I am in search of a question and often times a similar question will be posted with multiple answers to that particular question to formulate several viewpoints on the topic. These guidelines often serve purpose to ensure that the overall content being posted is beneficial to the audience and to ensure that data is not being misused.
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