Will you build a competitor? Move to one of the existing alternatives?
I've received so many messages of kind people offering to work with me to build a competitor to Reddit, and while I'm very flattered, that's not something I'm interested in doing. I'm a product guy, I like building fun apps for people to use, and I'm just not personally interested in something more managerial.
These last several months have also been incredibly exhausting and mentally draining, I don't have it in me to engage in something so enormous.
I don't think he will. He'll probably avoid investing effort into apps that are reliant on a third-party service now after how he was treated by Reddit.
I've definitely been in that position where you put your heart and soul in to a project, and then it gets ripped away from you by forces beyond your control. It sucks, and it can really kill your joy for that kind of thing. I doubt he's going to want to get involved in another social network, and it sounds like he already has a new project he's excited about.
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Andreas@feddit.dk · 9 pts · 3y
From his pinned post on /r/ApolloApp:
I don't think he will. He'll probably avoid investing effort into apps that are reliant on a third-party service now after how he was treated by Reddit.
wagesof@links.wageoffsite.com · 3 pts · 3y
He could easily make an Apollo focused lemmy instance and be free of external influence.
wslagoon@beehaw.org · 3 pts · 3y
I've definitely been in that position where you put your heart and soul in to a project, and then it gets ripped away from you by forces beyond your control. It sucks, and it can really kill your joy for that kind of thing. I doubt he's going to want to get involved in another social network, and it sounds like he already has a new project he's excited about.
bdonvr@lemmy.rogers-net.com · 6 pts · 3y
I really don't think he's gonna go for it
bojaber@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 3y
At least we try to convince him and do something
GuyDudeman@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 3y
Just so you guys are aware, mlem is actively being developed... more info here: https://lemmy.ml/c/mlemapp
fallendusk@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 3y
I really hope so