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Reddit and Twitter should merge or one acquire the other. Both kind of the same web property, with the same problems and same audience.

by ProAm 9y ago

ceejayoz 9y ago
I'm completely baffled by this. What?
- Diederich 9y ago
  I'm guessing that ProAm is thinking about how posts under both twitter and reddit are (for the most part) public by default.
Gaelan 9y ago
Uhh, what? Reddit and Twitter have completely different models. Twitter is very person-oriented ("what is this person saying") while Reddit is very topic-oriented ("what are people saying about this topic"). They have completely different use cases.
- deleted 9y ago
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- JosephLark 9y ago
  Reddit is actually showing some movement towards a person-oriented interface with their new profile page design [0],[1]. [0] https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/60i60u/tomorrow_well_be_launching_a_new_posttoprofile/ https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/60i60u/tomorrow_we... [1] https://www.theverge.com/2017/3/21/15009388/reddit-profile-pages-social-network-facebook-twitter https://www.theverge.com/2017/3/21/15009388/reddit-profile-p...
- humanrebar 9y ago
  Hashtags are topic-oriented.
paulsutter 9y ago
I'm surprised at the downvotes. Comments seem focused on the differences between the two and not the similarities. If they were exactly the same, there'd be no reason to combine them. It's a crazy idea. I don't know if it's crazy good or crazy silly. But I think it merits some consideration. Personally, I use twitter to keep up with very narrow niche news (like subfields within AI or the private space industry), and guess what, I use Reddit to keep up with targeted interests. That both are public by default is fascinating. For one thing, Reddit integration might make it easier to find people to follow. Or maybe it's a bad idea, I don't know, but it seems original and worth considering, and might lead to interesting improvements for either system.
- throwaway2048 9y ago
  Combine both so they can lose money at twice the rate?
  - SkyMarshal 9y ago
    Sounds like the Web version of Compaq + HP.

Reddit and Twitter should merge or one acquire the other. Both kind of the same web property, with the same problems and same audience.

by ProAm 9y ago

Reddit and Twitter should merge or one acquire the other. Both kind of the same web property, with the same problems and same audience.

ceejayoz 9y ago

I'm completely baffled by this. What?

Diederich 9y ago
I'm guessing that ProAm is thinking about how posts under both twitter and reddit are (for the most part) public by default.

Gaelan 9y ago

Uhh, what? Reddit and Twitter have completely different models. Twitter is very person-oriented ("what is this person saying") while Reddit is very topic-oriented ("what are people saying about this topic"). They have completely different use cases.

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JosephLark 9y ago
Reddit is actually showing some movement towards a person-oriented interface with their new profile page design [0],[1]. [0] https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/60i60u/tomorrow_well_be_launching_a_new_posttoprofile/ https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/60i60u/tomorrow_we... [1] https://www.theverge.com/2017/3/21/15009388/reddit-profile-pages-social-network-facebook-twitter https://www.theverge.com/2017/3/21/15009388/reddit-profile-p...
humanrebar 9y ago
Hashtags are topic-oriented.

paulsutter 9y ago

I'm surprised at the downvotes. Comments seem focused on the differences between the two and not the similarities. If they were exactly the same, there'd be no reason to combine them. It's a crazy idea. I don't know if it's crazy good or crazy silly. But I think it merits some consideration. Personally, I use twitter to keep up with very narrow niche news (like subfields within AI or the private space industry), and guess what, I use Reddit to keep up with targeted interests. That both are public by default is fascinating. For one thing, Reddit integration might make it easier to find people to follow. Or maybe it's a bad idea, I don't know, but it seems original and worth considering, and might lead to interesting improvements for either system.

throwaway2048 9y ago
Combine both so they can lose money at twice the rate?
- SkyMarshal 9y ago
  Sounds like the Web version of Compaq + HP.