Hypothetically, they could implement some internal api and open Reddit to the fediverse no? What would happen then? (I’m sure they won’t because they want the money… but I’m just speculating…)

  • falkerie71@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Then we’ll be able to see their communities and posts without having to give Reddit ad revenue, so they probably won’t do that unless they are really desperate. Even if they attempt something like federate their posts as links to their site, instance owners could just defederate with them, then we’re back to square one.

      • falkerie71@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        2 years ago

        That’s not gonna happen. ActivityPub isn’t controlled by Reddit, and instance owners are free to defederate with Reddit if they so choose.

  • krayj@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Reddit will never do this. The very act of federation would mean hosting and maintaining a publicly accessible API, and they’ve already made it clear that not doing that is the hill they are willing to die on.

      • krayj@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        2 years ago

        ActivityPub is, itself, a client/server api. If they implemented that, there would be no need for access to their private API to do everything that any 3rd party app maker would want to do.

    • Uranium3006@kbin.social
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      2 years ago

      I remember when reddit was good. today I deleted the bookmark on my bookmarks bar. I’m done with it, lemmy is my new home. I’ll tolerate slightly less content while people still jump ship

  • CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works
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    2 years ago

    This would mean reddit reverting a shit load of stupid decisions and the instances here to not just defederate them in a instant.

    What would happen? Nothing significant.