Reddit Introduces New Real-Time Features To Keep Users Engaged (reuters.com) 32
Social media platform Reddit said on Wednesday it would launch several real-time features, including voting animations and typing indicators, [...] to boost engagement on the platform that has fueled a 'meme-stock' frenzy in the recent past. Reuters reports: While Reddit has been a well-known internet name for years, attracting millions of experts and enthusiasts to its niche discussion groups, it has trailed behind other major social media sites in terms of its development as a business. Reddit's new features are a departure from its current interface that so far provided no live information on topic pages and threads. Users would now see dynamic animations indicating new comments, upvotes and downvotes, Reddit said. They would also be shown anonymous avatars when two or more people are reading or looking to comment on a post. "These features are aimed at increasing engagement across Reddit. They answer our question of 'if other redditors know other redditors are viewing the same content, will users be more likely to contribute?' The answer: yes. This creates a better user experience and makes Reddit a platform that is engaging with rich media and real-time capabilities," the company said in a statement.
Reddit is reportedly seeking to hire investment bankers and lawyers for an IPO. In August, the company was valued at $10 billion.
Reddit is reportedly seeking to hire investment bankers and lawyers for an IPO. In August, the company was valued at $10 billion.
Engage THIS! (Score:2)
Engaged? Like a dating platform.
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In a way. Engaged in a surreal diaspora... you're no longer where you may be physically. Your mind is in the hive. You've voluntarily assimilate, Borg recruit.
Probably not the real reason (Score:3)
I guess it will break third-party client apps that let you avoid the tracking.
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Nah, they still support the old.reddit system, they still support third party apps alongside their own, they've done better than Twitter in that regard. You still don't need an email associated account. And the user base is still vehement about such things and takes them to task whenever new stuff is announced until the new stuff is refined. You see this in mod posts and feature tests.
Monetize monetize monetize... (Score:2)
Watch as they slowly destroy everything that made reddit nice.
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Like...downvoting.
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Because I am sure you are the one person on Reddit who doesn't downvote perfectly normal comments that they simply disagree with.
Re: Monetize monetize monetize... (Score:4, Interesting)
I don't. But I don't really upvote either. It got kind of annoying going back and forth with somebody and just watching them downvote each of my responses, so I just configured ublock to hide all of that shit.
Reddit is kind of a shit show for any discussion that isn't about something technical anyways. Even then it kind of sucks because its automated spam and hate filters are so damn aggressive that they make slashdot's lameness filter look intelligent in comparison. Posting a url that looks even remotely complex alone is likely enough to get your post shadow blocked.
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Reddit is becoming the new Stack Exchange after that site became toxic. There is definitely a gap in the market for a better technical Q&A site now.
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What's wrong with stackexchange? Granted, I've only ever visited the site (sites?) for programming and server administration. I also only typically talk about Rust on there, and (so far) people who use Rust tend to not be toxic in general.
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Don't worry, playing the Reddit game will still work.
Re: Monetize monetize monetize... (Score:2)
I got banned* from Twitter for telling someone to fuck off and die - a common colloquialism. Ironically, they are from the rightwing "think-tank" and champions of free speech, the Institute for Public Affairs. *can't login without providing a phone number
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Twitter demands phone numbers for all kinds of reasons. I signed up last year (against my better judgement) and didn't need a phone number to create the account... but a couple of days later, twitter refused to let me log in without one. Thus ended my brief use of twitter.
I am old enough to remember when twitter was a tool to allow people to update a blog via SMS. For this purpose, I can see why twitter would need a phone number. But twitter hasn't had this feature for years now, so they have no reason to d
Re: Monetize monetize monetize... (Score:2)
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For me it was asking whether "Islamophobia" is the irrational fear of being blown to pieces for the inexcusable crime of doodling.
I don't play nice with thought killing cliches.
Ironically ... (Score:2)
Reddit Introduces New Real-Time Features ...
This feature is disabled for Bill Maher's [hbo.com] account. :-)
No animations thanks (Score:2)
I hope it's not what I think this is. I read Cruise Critic and they allow animated avatars. It's even worse when the mods do it and you can't block their posts.
Reddit interface is awful (Score:2)
For a site that is all about the comments, the access to and the display of the comments on Reddit is dreadful.
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There are a lot of things wrong with Slashdot, but the way the comments and moderation are presented are still the best of any free online forum I have seen since I started using Slashdot 20+ years ago. I agree that trying to follow a conversation thread in Reddit is dreadful, and they keep trying to push me to install their app. The only app I need to read a website is a web browser!
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or enraged?
Yes.
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A web interface for Usenet (Score:3, Insightful)
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Usenet had plenty of issues, not least that it shifted the cost onto the ISP or the user, and moderation tools were poor.
Any new system has to move us forward, being at least as good as Reddit.
Usenet. (Score:2)
It's still alive, but it just need more people like the old days. There are web clients for newsgroups. http://groups.google.com/ [google.com] for one. Too bad Google killed DejaNews. :(
I think you mean clickbait aka flamebait (Score:2)
Just.
Stop.
Decreases my "engagement"... (Score:4, Insightful)
When I see that crap on a web page, and can't disable it through blocking JS or installing a Greasemonkey script, I usually just leave and don't return. I want to read and look at pictures - I have no interest in having my train of thought derailed by unwanted interruptions. I don't stand for that on my own computer - that's one of the reasons I don't do Windows - and I sure as hell don't put up with it on web pages.
Anyone here read the SF story "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut? Well, the web is becoming the series of handicaps that hamper the functioning of intelligent and talented people so they'll perform no better than those less capable.
Remember Digg? (Score:2)
Yeah, I didn't think so.
They too thought all their users were doing things wrong and totally redesigned the site. And that's when they had a huge exodus of users (who for the most part ended up on Reddit).
More and more... (Score:1)