Reddit will keep old Reddit online ‘as long as people are using it,’ says CEO
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Summary
In a wider post published this week, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman tackled the future of Reddit, including plans for easier subreddits and more automation.
Moderators will be given more tools driven by AI, with Huffman saying the focus is on “community cultivation” rather than “policing”.
In a lighthearted moment in the post, Huffman announced the “sunsetting of old.reddit”, only to follow up with “kidding”, saying it will remain online as long as users access it.
The CEO also acknowledged the fears around AI, saying it was a concern for users and mods, but insisted the aim was to keep Reddit a “trusted place for human conversation”.
As part of this move to keep Reddit “human”, users will be asked to provide more identifying information via third parties, to determine whether they are human and, in some regions, if they are adult.