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Can Reddit Federate? Should It? (lemmyunchained.net)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Technically? Sure. But it would likely require rewriting a bunch of systems which would be pretty expensive and I don't know why Reddit would want to do that right now.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeh. Maybe not right now. But I was frankly surprised to hear Zuckerberg openly talking about it. Must be in the zeitgeist.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or Zuckerberg is watching his company rebrand go down in flames and is willing to say whatever tech buzzword makes him sound relevant again.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Quite possibly.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

His failed Meta VR project was essentially a federated system where various companies could run their own meta universes and visitors could cross over from one meta universe to the next.