It's funny people listing ideological reasons why people don't want to come here but I think you hit the right, material, reason. We're simply not the large contingent we think we are. Whatever numbers that were subbed on reddit clearly wasn't accurate or wasn't committed enough to pursue posting outside of reddit. People are trying to tie their personal grievances (usually with the mods) to why the site isn't living up to their standard of success. Not saying that's what OP is doing by asking the question, just what some commenters are doing.