Reddit acquires ML startup Spell • Hacker News Board

Re: Reddit acquires ML startup Spell

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Post by chx » Thu, Jun 16, 2022, 6:06 PM UTC

ptmcc wrote: post #8

celim307 wrote: post #4

I thought the whole appeal of Reddit was community moderation and escape from algorithms.

It used to be, but the push for monetization has poisoned that well. I don't know what comes after reddit but I'm keeping my eyes and ears open. Had a reddit recruiter reach out to me recently looking for engineering leadership for their upcoming product road map. What's in: ads, influencers, crypto, NFTs. What's not in: improving the core feature set of reddit like community management, curation, search, or user int…

The redesign and the complete stonewalling of it by most of the community is telling.

Re: Reddit acquires ML startup Spell

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Post by pier25 » Thu, Jun 16, 2022, 6:06 PM UTC

jwilber wrote: post #9

Reddit should prioritize their site working on the browser. Clicking a nested thread seems to crash whatever browser I use 1/10th of the time, the videos never work, and the time it takes to open a thread is almost unbelievable in 2022. (Never mind the times it won’t let me view content without the app.)

old.reddit.com + RES is still the best Reddit experience

Re: Reddit acquires ML startup Spell

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Post by n00bface » Thu, Jun 16, 2022, 6:06 PM UTC

aneil wrote: post #2

Maybe if they can just focus on making their video servers work sometime in the next decade.

For everyone nodding in agreement with this post I have a treat for you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99cVnYY9Iqs

Re: Reddit acquires ML startup Spell

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Post by ptmcc » Thu, Jun 16, 2022, 6:10 PM UTC

chx wrote: post #11

ptmcc wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It used to be, but the push for monetization has poisoned that well. I don't know what comes after reddit but I'm keeping my eyes and ears open. Had a reddit recruiter reach out to me recently looking for engineering leadership for their upcoming product road map. What's in: ads, influencers, crypto, NFTs. What's not in: improving the core feature set of reddit like community management, curation, search, or user int…

The redesign and the complete stonewalling of it by most of the community is telling.

The moment they kill/break old.reddit.com is the moment I quit reddit for good

Unless they magically release a not horrible new UI, which I'm not holding my breath for

Re: Reddit acquires ML startup Spell

#15

Post by RosanaAnaDana » Thu, Jun 16, 2022, 6:11 PM UTC

pier25 wrote: post #12

jwilber wrote: post #9

Reddit should prioritize their site working on the browser. Clicking a nested thread seems to crash whatever browser I use 1/10th of the time, the videos never work, and the time it takes to open a thread is almost unbelievable in 2022. (Never mind the times it won’t let me view content without the app.)

old.reddit.com + RES is still the best Reddit experience

Yep.

"This page looks better in the app"

No reddit. It sure as shit doesn't.

Re: Reddit acquires ML startup Spell

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Post by RosanaAnaDana » Thu, Jun 16, 2022, 6:12 PM UTC

I mean, when they dropped the tagline "The front page of the internet", for the committee engineered "Dive into anything", you knew it was going down.

Reddit is a walking corpse and I'm happy to participate in the monthly "Reddit is shit" punching bag thread.

Re: Reddit acquires ML startup Spell

#17

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jun 16, 2022, 6:13 PM UTC

chx wrote: post #11

ptmcc wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It used to be, but the push for monetization has poisoned that well. I don't know what comes after reddit but I'm keeping my eyes and ears open. Had a reddit recruiter reach out to me recently looking for engineering leadership for their upcoming product road map. What's in: ads, influencers, crypto, NFTs. What's not in: improving the core feature set of reddit like community management, curation, search, or user int…

The redesign and the complete stonewalling of it by most of the community is telling.

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Re: Reddit acquires ML startup Spell

#18

Post by sonofhans » Thu, Jun 16, 2022, 6:16 PM UTC

RosanaAnaDana wrote: post #15

pier25 wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

old.reddit.com + RES is still the best Reddit experience

Yep. "This page looks better in the app" No reddit. It sure as shit doesn't.

Yes, that’s awful. It’s corporate gaslighting — the new page is user-hostile in nearly every way imaginable, but it helps product managers manipulate user attention to meet our quarterly KPIs, so we’ll happily lie to your face to get you to switch.

Re: Reddit acquires ML startup Spell

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Post by ydnaclementine » Thu, Jun 16, 2022, 6:17 PM UTC

Imagine how easy it would be to sell ads on reddit, the users self select topics. If I subscribed to r/koreancosmetics and r/makeup, do you really need ML to figure out which ads to show?

Re: Reddit acquires ML startup Spell

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Post by jklinger410 » Thu, Jun 16, 2022, 6:17 PM UTC

RosanaAnaDana wrote: post #16

I mean, when they dropped the tagline "The front page of the internet", for the committee engineered "Dive into anything", you knew it was going down. Reddit is a walking corpse and I'm happy to participate in the monthly "Reddit is shit" punching bag thread.

Right now they are floating on viral momentum. They are a few stupid decisions and one neat alternative away from going the way of Digg.