It's because the nerds run the spaces. The nerds cultivated the spaces into nerd spaces. The spaces that aren't run by nerds aren't nerd spaces.
Reddit as a whole was a niche of the internet that blew up. Its upper-tiers of mods were created when it was still a niche and it was ultimately a tech nerd site to begin with. They are literally all nerds.
It's because the nerds run the spaces. The nerds cultivated the spaces into nerd spaces. The spaces that aren't run by nerds aren't nerd spaces.
Reddit as a whole was a niche of the internet that blew up. Its upper-tiers of mods were created when it was still a niche and it was ultimately a tech nerd site to begin with. They are literally all nerds.
I wouldn't say all, it's definitely become more and more norm and gamed