John GruberMicrosoft should create and launch a Reddit clone, keep the API completely open for client developers (but not data miners), pay top Reddit moderators to move their communities over, and use the project’s data for continuously training their own AI models.
Chris@gruber they would never allow the nsfw content. That, regardless of what people say, is a major draw to sites like Reddit. Remember what happened to tumblr?
Mike Edey@ChrisAnemone @gruber it’s so much easier to be the player coming in to migrate the “desirable” demo as you don’t have to deal with the backlash. And the root issue for many many subs - moderating tools using the API(s) to manage high volumes - applies to high engagement subreddits. Like support groups.
This would be such a non-issue for an incoming player and the other demos will find somewhere else; just like they always do.
Better PR to offer a refuge than it is to make new refugees.