 The drama ebbs and flows on reddit and then settles for a bit then up again.<p>Maybe it&#x27;s my imagination but in my 9 years there it&#x27;s like you can almost see the next wave of new users arrive. It&#x27;s subtle at first but you soon see the common culture of that age&#x2F;culture group, cohort or whatever it is.<p>What I don&#x27;t like is the new (~6 months) locking of threads I think that&#x27;s a cop out of moderators or the admins. You don&#x27;t like the conversation? Slam the door shut.