I'm seeing a lot of chat about the migration of "reddit brand" concepts like AMA and IAmA. We should probably come up with alternatives? Who's got some suggestions?
I'm seeing a lot of chat about the migration of "reddit brand" concepts like AMA and IAmA. We should probably come up with alternatives? Who's got some suggestions?
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Sylveon-Z@kbin.social · 4 pts · 3y
I've seen AMA threads on 4chan, I don't think it's something reddit-exclusive anymore. It's just a simple acronym for "Ask Me Anything" for online interviews.
socialjusticewizard@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 3y
I'd rather say that I don't think Reddit gets any ownership of concepts that community members thought up and popularized. Most of us are still those same community members, I have no interest in granting Reddit ownership of our culture.
nevernevermore@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y
@socialjusticewizard Sure, i see your point! My fear is that if someone outside of the fediverse sees a headline "X to host AMA on Kbin" that might still lead them to Reddit, because they've never heard of Kbin...
fubo@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
Under the Reddit terms of service, they explicitly do not own user contributions; rather, they merely have a license to continue to publish and reuse them (e.g. using user-contributed cute cat photos in ads). They would have no standing under law to prevent anyone else from using a user-contributed term or concept like AMA.
garrettw87@kbin.social · 2 pts · 3y
Two mags already exist here:
/m/IAmA
/m/askmeanything
average650@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
While reddit popularized it, I don't think that's reddit thing. Reddit has subreddits, snoo, and things like that, but AMA? that's generic in my book.