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Can Reddit Federate? Should It? (lemmyunchained.net)
submitted 1 year ago by LachlanUnchained@lemmyunchained.net to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world
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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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[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If they were willing to allow the back-end access to their servers that would require, they wouldn’t be in this situation to begin with.

[–] LachlanUnchained@lemmyunchained.net 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is that the only way to do it?

[–] moog@tuna.cat 4 points 1 year ago

You either need API access, which is what started this whole fiasco, or you're relegated to scraping the site, which can be very cumbersome and prone to error.