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I wish Reddit could be run as a non-profit. Its benefit to society is immense.
by supercanuck 8y ago
I wish Reddit could be run as a non-profit. Its benefit to society is immense.
- _up 8y agoIf this hypothesis where true couldn't you just build a niche Reddit clone that is run as a non-profit. People certainly would switch if it is so much better.
- xfitm3 8y agoReddit’s value is in the user base, not the software or style of the site.
- _up 8y agoSure, but the argument was about what would be different if it was run or even started as a non-profit? Tencent, for example, could still become a "sponsor" and board member and try to influence everything.
- IvyMike 8y agoThis is the premise behind https://blog.tildes.net/announcing-tildes https://blog.tildes.net/announcing-tildes Sadly invite only for now.
- _up 8y agoBut this still needs money for development and growth. I don't see how a non-profit, magically needs less money for that.
- bdcravens 8y agoIt only has that benefit because of investment, and that investment would have never come had it been a non-profit.
- supercanuck 8y agothat's bullshit. It could be run similar to Wikipedia.
- bdcravens 8y agoThat's not what I'm saying. Their investors wouldn't tolerate that now, so the only way that reality could exist would be if they had never taken investment. Could a Reddit that never got into HN or never attracted investment, instead relying on grants and donations like Wikipedia, be what it is today? I'm not convinced. Perhaps this could happen though, if they came up with a reasonable fund raiser to buy out that stake? $3B is all it takes :-) https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/05/raiseit/ https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/05/raiseit/
- acct1771 8y agoSo was Slashdot, Digg, etc. There will be other places. Stop enabling centralization, and promote decentralised options =D