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Reddit's Co-Founder Finds That Social Apps Have Lost Their Cool
· New York time
Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian says building social media apps is no longer cool, and he is looking for what comes next for user-generated content. He describes an internet that feels increasingly compromised. The question comes from someone associated with a platform built around people posting, discussing and organizing communities. As AI-generated material becomes easier to produce, the familiar distinction between a person's contribution and manufactured content can become harder to navigate. Ohanian's search does not identify a settled replacement for social media. It highlights a problem for anyone hoping to build the next gathering place: the value of user-generated content depends in part on what users contribute and whether others want to engage with it. The old pitch was that everyone could have a voice. The new challenge is making a crowded room worth listening to when software can supply extra voices on demand. Even the co-founder of a giant forum is now looking around for the next conversation.
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