Re:Reddit Doubles Down
by makeitdouble on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @09:12PM
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Youtube hasn't been great at dealing with controversial topics or sexual content. We'd basically see a Yahoo/Tumblr situation all over again.
I see. You want to see Reddit shut down somewhere over the next 3 years.
They already bought Deja News, and then virtually killed usenet so no, thank you, google can go DoBadThingsToThemselves...
> Lot of people have complained that Google search is worse today without Reddit. If Reddit management kills the communities which produce the text posts it could have a real negative impact on Google.
That is actually really true.
Also reddit is a great (if not the actual best existing right now?) source for training AI models.
Re:Reddit Doubles Down
by rossdavidh on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @09:01PM
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All true, but I find it unlikely that they would be allowed to buy it. Even if the US approved (by no means certain), the EU probably would not.
Re:Reddit Doubles Down
by whatsuphotdog on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @09:09PM
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Google destroyed its own search engine, it would do the same to Reddit.
The fundamental problem is that reddit's primary strength, it's biggest point of value, is antithetical to the type of monetization that Google would implement.
Re:Reddit Doubles Down
by CSMastermind on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @09:03PM
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This is an extraordinarily good idea and I'm surprised I haven't heard it discussed before.
Lot of people have complained that Google search is worse today without Reddit. If Reddit management kills the communities which produce the text posts it could have a real negative impact on Google.
Meanwhile Google's text and video ad network could probably monetize Reddit way better than Reddit can.