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If you want to see the future of Social Networks, look no further than Reddit. Reddit is the Future of Social Networks. The Next Social network, the one what

If you want to see the future of Social Networks, look no further than Reddit. Reddit is the Future of Social Networks. The Next Social network, the one what will eat Facebook's lunch, just like Facebook ate MySpace's lunch, will not be people-to-people based, but it will be People-to-topic and topic-to-topic based; media-rich and mobile-friendly. And no, it won't be Reddit, too much Legacy crap with Reddit and not enough novelty. Clayton Christensen would agree.

Double_a_92 7y ago
Agree. I either want to talk to a community for each of my interests (on a subreddit or a dedicated forum) OR to a small group of close friends or family (messengers). Only rarely would I want to broadcast generic information / entertainment to everyone I know (facebook). One platform I'm missing is one where I could (anonymously) talk to strangers in my area. To discuss or ask about locally relevant things, or just see what people that aren't my friends think. The apps that already exist seem to be always targeted at students.
- beatgammit 7y ago
  Reddit does pretty well for the "random collection of locals". I follow a subreddit for: - my state - the nearest metro area of my state - politics in my state It seems like most of the posters are actually in my local area, so it's fairly easy to kick off a discussion about some local issue. The downside is that there's a significant leftist bias (true for most of Reddit), but it's fine if you take that into account.
- bronco21016 7y ago
  While not anonymous, Nextdoor seems to really fill the space of local discussion. It has a lot of people from my town active on it, YMMV. Unfortunately, my town is going through some crap times politically and it makes it really hard to not spend time on Nextdoor just becoming enraged.
  - scarface74 7y ago
    As long as you define “discussion” as “I just saw this suspicious looking Black guy breaking into someone’s house. He opened someone’s garage using a garage door opener and unlocked the door using their key. He must have murdered the owner, stole the car, and taken their keys.”
- frosted-flakes 7y ago
  Reddit has a lot of city-specific forums. Some are ghost-towns though, while the bigger cities tend to be a bit more hostile to post that aren't photos or links to news articles. But some have sister-forums like r/AskTO for posts like that.
snowwrestler 7y ago
If it is not people-to-people based, it’s not a social network. That’s what defines the category and makes it distinct from other forms of interaction. Reddit is a web forum, a form of interaction that predates social networks; they never went away. Reddit is just the best platform yet for creating and hosting them. This form of interaction—short conversations organized by topic—predates even the Web, via newsgroups. It is one of the oldest patterns of interaction on the Internet. For a few people it arguably even predates the Internet, via direct-dial BBS.

Double_a_92 7y ago

Agree. I either want to talk to a community for each of my interests (on a subreddit or a dedicated forum) OR to a small group of close friends or family (messengers). Only rarely would I want to broadcast generic information / entertainment to everyone I know (facebook). One platform I'm missing is one where I could (anonymously) talk to strangers in my area. To discuss or ask about locally relevant things, or just see what people that aren't my friends think. The apps that already exist seem to be always targeted at students.

beatgammit 7y ago
Reddit does pretty well for the "random collection of locals". I follow a subreddit for: - my state - the nearest metro area of my state - politics in my state It seems like most of the posters are actually in my local area, so it's fairly easy to kick off a discussion about some local issue. The downside is that there's a significant leftist bias (true for most of Reddit), but it's fine if you take that into account.
bronco21016 7y ago
While not anonymous, Nextdoor seems to really fill the space of local discussion. It has a lot of people from my town active on it, YMMV. Unfortunately, my town is going through some crap times politically and it makes it really hard to not spend time on Nextdoor just becoming enraged.
- scarface74 7y ago
  As long as you define “discussion” as “I just saw this suspicious looking Black guy breaking into someone’s house. He opened someone’s garage using a garage door opener and unlocked the door using their key. He must have murdered the owner, stole the car, and taken their keys.”
frosted-flakes 7y ago
Reddit has a lot of city-specific forums. Some are ghost-towns though, while the bigger cities tend to be a bit more hostile to post that aren't photos or links to news articles. But some have sister-forums like r/AskTO for posts like that.

snowwrestler 7y ago

If it is not people-to-people based, it’s not a social network. That’s what defines the category and makes it distinct from other forms of interaction. Reddit is a web forum, a form of interaction that predates social networks; they never went away. Reddit is just the best platform yet for creating and hosting them. This form of interaction—short conversations organized by topic—predates even the Web, via newsgroups. It is one of the oldest patterns of interaction on the Internet. For a few people it arguably even predates the Internet, via direct-dial BBS.