Hey all,

I was just listening to the Lex Fridman podcast where Mark Zuckerberg mentioned Meta’s plans for a federated platform. It got me wondering: Could Reddit follow that path too?

Are there technical or financial obstacles that might prevent this? More importantly, should Reddit even consider this move? Would it be a win or a loss for us, the users, and for internet culture in general? Keen to hear your thoughts on this!

(I’m a recent Reddit refugee, fed up with the situation over there. Found Lemmy searching for info on homelab during the blackout. Found all the main things I need here. And the community is great. Like Reddit used to be. Can’t see myself going back)

  • Danny M@lemmy.escapebigtech.info
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    1 year ago

    reddit can’t federate, but if you’re a moderator in a big subreddit, let me know, I might try to write a script to clone all the posts in that subreddit to a brand new lemmy instance (obviously you won’t be able to after june 31st). I’m 100% serious.

    • LachlanUnchained@lemmyunchained.netOP
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      1 year ago

      I know they can’t as of now. More a question of future business decisions. Like meta saying they want to develop a federated platform.

      I do mod a large sub. But not interested in cloning it. I’m of the opinion that things should just happen naturally.