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I think I had this idea about YouTube originally, but it could theoretically be applied to Reddit as well. A way to smooth the transition to a new platform coul

by goda90 3y ago

I think I had this idea about YouTube originally, but it could theoretically be applied to Reddit as well. A way to smooth the transition to a new platform could be to have a system that copies the posts automatically from the old one, and gives the account owner on the old system the option to claim the copied content for their new user on the new site. Legal issues would probably make it a non-starter though.

worrycue 3y ago
Speaking of YouTube, I wonder if Google will get into the game. The recent blackout has shown that Google search is kind of reliant on Reddit - a lot of top links go to Reddit. I mean Google Search will adapt if Reddit vanishes but why deal with Reddit as a middle man at all? Google can start its own "Reddit". They already have scalable forum software in the form of the YouTube comment system. Heck, they can even copy YouTube's operating philosophy: - poster of content moderates their own content's comment section; reduce concentration of power in the hands of a few mods - comments have a score, users don't; avoids the Black Mirror episode "Nosedive" scenario ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosedive_(Black_Mirror) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosedive_(Black_Mirror) ) - frontpage is controlled by algorithm; no "subreddits" - downvotes are hidden to everyone include the user being downvoted They will make money by displaying ads as usual - serving text has got to be way way cheaper than video.
- moneywoes 3y ago
  Didn’t google plus have communities
- timetraveller26 3y ago
  Only to kill it a year later probably
- nerdbert 3y ago
  - and then they will discontinue it after four years even though hundreds of millions of people are using it happily
plastic3169 3y ago
That’s why I think now that it might be even more important to have user generated content under more friendly license than to have federated systems even. I would be happy to sign up to centralized system that lets users grab their posts and leave if necessary.

by goda90 3y ago

worrycue 3y ago

Speaking of YouTube, I wonder if Google will get into the game. The recent blackout has shown that Google search is kind of reliant on Reddit - a lot of top links go to Reddit. I mean Google Search will adapt if Reddit vanishes but why deal with Reddit as a middle man at all? Google can start its own "Reddit". They already have scalable forum software in the form of the YouTube comment system. Heck, they can even copy YouTube's operating philosophy: - poster of content moderates their own content's comment section; reduce concentration of power in the hands of a few mods - comments have a score, users don't; avoids the Black Mirror episode "Nosedive" scenario ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosedive_(Black_Mirror) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosedive_(Black_Mirror) ) - frontpage is controlled by algorithm; no "subreddits" - downvotes are hidden to everyone include the user being downvoted They will make money by displaying ads as usual - serving text has got to be way way cheaper than video.

moneywoes 3y ago
Didn’t google plus have communities
timetraveller26 3y ago
Only to kill it a year later probably
nerdbert 3y ago
- and then they will discontinue it after four years even though hundreds of millions of people are using it happily

plastic3169 3y ago

That’s why I think now that it might be even more important to have user generated content under more friendly license than to have federated systems even. I would be happy to sign up to centralized system that lets users grab their posts and leave if necessary.