Reddit Founder Says Building Social Media Apps Is 'Not Cool Anymore'
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Reddit Founder Says Building Social Media Apps Is ‘Not Cool Anymore’

Summary

Alexis Ohanian is trying to figure out what’s next for user-generated content now that so much of the internet is “compromised.”

Key points

  • • Reddit shares plunged 29 percent last week after the platform warned that Google’s AI-powered search was hurting referral traffic.
  • • While Ohanian declined to say whether he agrees with the move, “there has to be provable humanity on the internet without being creepy.” An early Anthropic investor, Ohanian is nonetheless optimistic about the potential benefits of AI.
  • • The social site had been notorious for hosting violent and harmful rhetoric.

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