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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[–] tallwookie@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

reddit is better off being a closed platform.

[–] LachlanUnchained@lemmyunchained.net 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why?

[–] tallwookie@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago (3 children)

so the cancer doesnt spread

[–] gorkx@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@tallwookie i mean a corpse doesn't get more dead...well no wait necromancy can fix that. so I am wrong.

@LachlanUnchained

[–] tallwookie@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

casts light

casts turn undead

casts holy smite

[–] DoucheAsaurus@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

The bots have been eating it alive for a while now.

[–] LachlanUnchained@lemmyunchained.net 1 points 1 year ago

That’s one way to look at it. The other is what can they salvage from the wreck. Does it have any intrinsic value.