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If it's this important to google, couldn't they just buy Reddit with what amounts to pocket change? That would be an interesting plot twist...
by BashiBazouk 3y ago
If it's this important to google, couldn't they just buy Reddit with what amounts to pocket change? That would be an interesting plot twist...
- throw9away6 3y agoBing should buy Reddit and kill Google. This blackout has really revealed how bad Google Is and give reliant it is on Reddit working. Buy Reddit for peanuts, sell Google api access or block them entirely from indexing
- biziclop 3y agoI really wouldn't see Reddit on killedbygoogle.com.
- BashiBazouk 3y agoI would think they would treat it like youtube and allow it to lose money, at least at first, in order to support their core business.
- balder1991 3y agoI just had this thought. Seems like user generated content is gonna be very valuable from now on, so wouldn’t it be good for companies like Microsoft to foster new websites like Reddit?
- BashiBazouk 3y agoIf it's perceived as profitable or core to the business, the latter more likely, I would not be surprised if quite a few companies try their hand at a reddit like endeavor. I hold out hope that who ever owns slashdot would add user generated categories and integrate the meta moderation system to keep check on the volunteer mods that it would require...