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Re: Reddit files to go public

#571

Post by rzz3 »

zpeti wrote: post #548
smolder wrote: post #489

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Stop taking "the metaverse" seriously, please. It's a rich idiots dream, like a digital Fordlandia. I can hardly blame people for trying to follow trends, because following trends can be lucrative. "The metaverse" is just not the one to follow. It's nintendos virtualboy, vision getting ahead of substance, fixing problems we don't have. If it succeeds at all, it will be a testament to societies ability to bend to the…

I used to think this but Ben Thompson changed my mind. This meta verse thing really could be the way we work remotely soon. It works as a working space. It works for companies, it could create good work environments, and companies can afford expensive hardware to get people to work more effecively. Think of the metaverse as a more advanced slack+zoom, not as a Minecraft/Roblox alternative.

Chat apps work just fine. I already feel tired, just thinking about having to wear VR gear all day while I work.

Re: Reddit files to go public

#572

Post by nerdponx »

Freskis wrote: post #327
djrockstar1 wrote: post #280

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah while all the big subreddits are nigh unusable, there's a lot of small/mid-sized communities that are an absolute delight to be a part of.

This is a moral conundrum. Yes, some of the smaller sub-reddits are good, but by participating, you legitimize the conflict/fakenews/horrorshow that is the main website. It's like saying you enjoy the trains running on time in Nazi Germany whilst ignoring the rest of what the regime is.

Those smaller communities will realize (mostly too late) that they've built themselves on a platform that can't be trusted and one day will probably not be archivable.

It's really too bad that the StackExchange "OpenID" thing never went anywhere. Otherwise we'd get the same kind of "one login, many communities" benefits of Reddit without forcing everyone to use a centralized platform like Reddit (even if authentication is still centralized in OpenID).

Re: Reddit files to go public

#573

Post by ThalesX »

rzz3 wrote: post #571
zpeti wrote: post #548

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I used to think this but Ben Thompson changed my mind. This meta verse thing really could be the way we work remotely soon. It works as a working space. It works for companies, it could create good work environments, and companies can afford expensive hardware to get people to work more effecively. Think of the metaverse as a more advanced slack+zoom, not as a Minecraft/Roblox alternative.

Chat apps work just fine. I already feel tired, just thinking about having to wear VR gear all day while I work.

Current VR gear? Maybe. Future VR gear, especially with big tech money in it? Maybe not so much.

Re: Reddit files to go public

#574

Post by clydethefrog »

giantrobot wrote: post #41
Morizero wrote: post #37

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I'm still using .compact for mobile browsing

Don't mention it! If you remind them it exists they'll destroy it.

Let's hope they keep this promise of 3 years ago when someone mentioned it.

https://old.reddit.com/r/beta/comments/8lv96l/feedback_pleas...

Re: Reddit files to go public

#575

Post by anonu »

There's maybe one positive comment thread in here and all the rest are thoughtfully negative to borderline "hater", wishing for Reddits demise for some obscure reason.

I think we've seen this pattern play out. The HN crowd is really not the right crowd to source opinions when it comes to business matters.

And you can see it in the comments, it's mostly about how the UI sucks, the app is slow, the dark patterns, etc...

The reality being missed is there's a ton of value being created in the forums regardless, and MAUs are up like crazy. The bad UI and ads don't seem like they're getting in the way of that.

Re: Reddit files to go public

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Post by PhoenixReborn »

silisili wrote: post #402
nunez wrote: post #334

Good! I‘ll go long on them. Reddit is the ONLY place on the Internet where you can simultaneously watch garbage recycled content from TikTok and visit extremely-niche and highly knowledgeable communities in the same session. Heck, I get my HN updates from Reddit now. Facebook/Instagram/TikTok are nothing like this in that the info you get is wholly dependent on your social graph. Twitter has very high quality content…

Genuinely curious...are you old enough to remember Digg and what happened to it? I don't mean that to be patronizing...but I remember being on Digg and Reddit being a weird alternative. And after a series of huge mistakes, almost overnight Reddit was flooded with users and Digg relegated to nothing. It really opened my eyes to how quickly an empire built only on its users can disappear.

(Disclaimer: I used to work at Reddit but left in 2018)

While I think you're absolutely right, I think Digg made a number of other missteps with the Digg v4 launch that Reddit did not make. In particular, they shut down the old Digg site to reuse the servers for the new one, a mistake that Reddit was particularly careful not to make.

Digg was also already on the way down before their failed launch, and before the exodus to Reddit - a condition that doesn't apply to Reddit today. People have been making Digg comparisons about Reddit before I worked there, and now long after I've left. I don't think the 2 are comparable.

Will Larson writes about it here: https://lethain.com/digg-v4/

Re: Reddit files to go public

#577

Post by nerdponx »

a_bonobo wrote: post #390
starik36 wrote: post #354

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It was Italy that got trains running on time. Get your fascist regimes straight.

Interestingly, Mussolini getting the trains to run on time is a myth as well. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/loco-motive/ It's similar to how the Nazis claimed the Autobahn as their success, even though they were started under the Weimar Republic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichsautobahn

Is Snopes having a hard time with money? The article (on mobile) had two huge full-width ads that you had to scroll past, and a persistent banner ad at the bottom, and they're still asking for donations:

https://files.catbox.moe/szanpo.jpeg

https://files.catbox.moe/j9qerx.jpeg

I don't mind them trying to fund themselves, but those aren't exactly vetted "ethical ads", are they?

Re: Reddit files to go public

#578

Post by indigochill »

zpeti wrote: post #548
smolder wrote: post #489

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Stop taking "the metaverse" seriously, please. It's a rich idiots dream, like a digital Fordlandia. I can hardly blame people for trying to follow trends, because following trends can be lucrative. "The metaverse" is just not the one to follow. It's nintendos virtualboy, vision getting ahead of substance, fixing problems we don't have. If it succeeds at all, it will be a testament to societies ability to bend to the…

I used to think this but Ben Thompson changed my mind. This meta verse thing really could be the way we work remotely soon. It works as a working space. It works for companies, it could create good work environments, and companies can afford expensive hardware to get people to work more effecively. Think of the metaverse as a more advanced slack+zoom, not as a Minecraft/Roblox alternative.

Virtual spaces for work already exist and (almost) nobody uses them, so I don't know what a different name for the same thing is expected to accomplish.

Re: Reddit files to go public

#579

Post by 2OEH8eoCRo0 »

rzz3 wrote: post #571
zpeti wrote: post #548

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I used to think this but Ben Thompson changed my mind. This meta verse thing really could be the way we work remotely soon. It works as a working space. It works for companies, it could create good work environments, and companies can afford expensive hardware to get people to work more effecively. Think of the metaverse as a more advanced slack+zoom, not as a Minecraft/Roblox alternative.

Chat apps work just fine. I already feel tired, just thinking about having to wear VR gear all day while I work.

If we ever get to that point the VR gear would need to be effortless.

Re: Reddit files to go public

#580

Post by jakupovic »

smolder wrote: post #489
nunez wrote: post #334

Good! I‘ll go long on them. Reddit is the ONLY place on the Internet where you can simultaneously watch garbage recycled content from TikTok and visit extremely-niche and highly knowledgeable communities in the same session. Heck, I get my HN updates from Reddit now. Facebook/Instagram/TikTok are nothing like this in that the info you get is wholly dependent on your social graph. Twitter has very high quality content…

Stop taking "the metaverse" seriously, please. It's a rich idiots dream, like a digital Fordlandia. I can hardly blame people for trying to follow trends, because following trends can be lucrative. "The metaverse" is just not the one to follow. It's nintendos virtualboy, vision getting ahead of substance, fixing problems we don't have. If it succeeds at all, it will be a testament to societies ability to bend to the…

You must be able to predict future since you seem very convinced in your view. Maybe you can tell us other things? Will k8s succeed? How about crypto too? You must have so much knowledge /s
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