Can Reddit Federate? Should It?
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)
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meta wants to do a federated plataform???
Yeh. Seems to be the case. He talked about it at length. Text based to start.
I would be suspicious that they are trying to love people away from Twitter.
Then monetise other areas of their metaverse.
I was never a fan of Zuckerberg, but I finished listening to that podcast quite hopeful.
Though he could just be lying about everything to keep people on side 🤷♂️
really isn't wise in a lot of ways when thinking about how people usually use facebook. imagine if you and your grandma's instances defederated from each other.
It’s not Facebook. A new platform. I’ve never been a meta fan. Or a Zucker fan. But it was actually a really interesting conversation.
He could be absolutely full of shit, but if you take what he says on its face value, interesting points of view.
i think in some ways the zuck, while lacking of morals, is a true believer of, like, living on the web
its insane the amount of money and time has been dumped into the meta verse. i think he would do more if he could justify it
Yeh. On the surface what he says seems great. But I am very skeptical about how it plays out in practice.
I mean, there's some things grandma doesn't need to see.