Chuq Von Rospach has written a blog post in which he gives a good analogy for why he’s not a Reddit member and why he feels it will ultimately fail.

The thing I’ve always told people interested in community management is this: if you’re running a sports bar, and you have a gang of bikers move in, you have two choices. You can either eject the bikers, or you’re running a biker bar.

I’ve never understood how some online communities seem to bring out the best in people and others the worst.