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Google should buy Reddit instead. Not that different from owning Youtube. And they'd ensure their search results remain full of good, text based content.

Lot of people have complained that Google search is worse today without Reddit. If Reddit management kills the communities which produce the text posts it could have a real negative impact on Google.

Meanwhile Google's text and video ad network could probably monetize Reddit way better than Reddit can.

>>graeme+(OP)
All true, but I find it unlikely that they would be allowed to buy it. Even if the US approved (by no means certain), the EU probably would not.

>>graeme+(OP)
This is an extraordinarily good idea and I'm surprised I haven't heard it discussed before.

>>graeme+(OP)
Google destroyed its own search engine, it would do the same to Reddit.

The fundamental problem is that reddit's primary strength, it's biggest point of value, is antithetical to the type of monetization that Google would implement.

>>graeme+(OP)
> Lot of people have complained that Google search is worse today without Reddit. If Reddit management kills the communities which produce the text posts it could have a real negative impact on Google.

That is actually really true.

Also reddit is a great (if not the actual best existing right now?) source for training AI models.

>>graeme+(OP)
They already bought Deja News, and then virtually killed usenet so no, thank you, google can go DoBadThingsToThemselves...

>>graeme+(OP)
I see. You want to see Reddit shut down somewhere over the next 3 years.

>>graeme+(OP)
Youtube hasn't been great at dealing with controversial topics or sexual content. We'd basically see a Yahoo/Tumblr situation all over again.

>>CSMast+z
Having more concentration of internet services under Google doesn't sound like a good idea at all. Or maybe rename it GAOLgle?