Microsoft 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.
@gruber wouldn’t it be easier for them to just buy Reddit?
@Kevin @gruber It always seems like it would be a sweet deal, then once it happens, the technical debt, HR issues, culture clash, and brain drain turns it sour for all involved.
@TPOHolmes if Microsoft can acquire Activision then really they can buy anyone when it comes to HR and culture
@Kevin Touché
@TPOHolmes Satya Nadella is a wild man