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Artifact, the significantly less addictive app brought to you by the creators of Instagram, was originally pitched essentially as a TikTok For You page, but for news. But after launching its brand new social discussions feature, which rolled out on April 11, it looks a lot more like Reddit.
The app launched in February and intended to merge articles, facts, and AI. One of the creators, Mike Krieger, called it “a personalized news feed driven by the latest in artificial intelligence.” You could always DM people from the app, but it didn’t really invoke a lot of community-forming emotions. For the first few weeks of its existence, using the platform felt a lot like using Pocket or Apple News but, honestly, worse.
Now, users can create profiles, comment on articles, upvote and downvote (hi Reddit), and earn a “reputation” (not Taylors Version). It seems like these new features — particularly the comment abilities — could help make Artifact a social media app instead of just a news platform. The new social discussions component on Artifact will allow users to comment on articles and engage in conversation around news, according to TechCrunch. Users can’t comment on the articles without creating a profile — which requires a phone number and includes a display name — Artifact confirmed to Mashable.
While this might make Artifact more interesting for users, it’s also opening a Pandora’s box of moderation issues which will be mitigated by “reputation scores” based on upvotes and downvotes on comments, similar to Reddit’s voting system, TechCrunch reported. That “reputation score” will display next to users’ names and profiles, and will help determine how comments are ranked.
Artifact is also relying on community flagging to help with moderation, and is “using AI models to proactively scan for problematic content” that doesn’t follow community guidelines, Artifact told Mashable in an email. But those models simply flag the content to be reviewed by their human team.
While these additions might make the platform more intriguing to the everyday user, it’s tough to imagine an app all about reading the news that beats the mind-numbing joy (and pain, and fear, and anger…) that we get from Instagram and TikTok.
Artifact, the news aggregation app from the creators of Instagram, now has some social features following its latest update. Users can now create profiles and comment on any article in the app.
Taking a cue from Reddit, Artifact will let you upvote and downvote other users’ comments, which will factor into commenters’ reputation scores and help to moderate discussions. The app is also using artificial intelligence for moderation.
Artifact says the reputation score “represents the earned trust from the community and will help you weigh people’s opinions and help us filter out bad behavior.” The goal, according to a blog post, is to foster a positive community in which everyone feels encouraged to take part. The app will let you know when your comments get upvotes or downvotes. You’ll also be notified when your contacts comment on things they read.
You’ll need a profile, which is optional, to comment on articles. Profiles can include your photo and bio (adding both will apparently boost your reputation). You’ll need to provide a verified phone number to create one. A phone number is also needed if you want to move to a different device and retain your Artifact history and preferences.
Instagram founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger unveiled Artifact back in January. It uses AI to curate news and present you with things it reckons you’ll want to read. “We have a strong and growing community and sometimes the most important voices are never interviewed or quoted,” Systrom wrote in an Artifact comment. “These discussions give everyone a chance to participate and have a voice.”
In a bit of a coincidence, Artifact is gaining true social components on the same day that Substack is rolling out its Twitter-esque Notes feature. In a sense, the two relative upstarts are trying to take on established social media platforms at their own game.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/instagram-creators-artifact-app-is-starting-to-look-more-like-reddit-200546113.html?src=rss
Reddit released its 2022 transparency report Wednesday, in part showing that the site has been laying on the “ban” button hard after the company started a crackdown on non-consensual intimate media (NCIM) after a rules change in March of last year. These instances of NCIM include any kind of intimate image posted…
Social media platform Reddit is experiencing an outage that is affecting its website and app, according to the company’s status page and to whoever has tried to load the platform. Reddit has been down since at least 12:18 p.m. PDT. The company has identified an internal systems issue and a fix “which may take some […]
Reddit has been down for hours by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch
Yes, Reddit is down.
You’ve probably already noticed Reddit.com won’t load. But if your first instinct was to check Reddit to confirm that Reddit was down, you’re not alone.
But the answer to your question is yes. The link-sharing giant is experiencing an “internal systems issue,” according to Redditstatus.com. Reddit started investigating an outage a little after 3 p.m. ET, according to that same site, and now they say they’re working to “determine a fix.”
Reddit had signaled that it was making plans for an IPO later this year. One little outage shouldn’t throw that plan off track, however, particularly with one of its main competitors, Twitter, experiencing headline-grabbing turmoil — including outages — that seems to grow more extreme every day.
If you’re having trouble accessing Reddit, it isn’t just you. The platform is experiencing an outage that has already lasted more than 90 minutes at the time of publication. Reddit lists desktop and mobile web access as offline amid a “major outage,” while the native mobile app has a “partial outage.” In addition, it doesn’t appear to load on the web or the Reddit mobile app.
Reddit’s system status page listed the service as “Investigating” at 3:12 PM EDT on Tuesday, saying, “Reddit is currently offline. We’re working to identify the issue.” At 3:56 PM, the status was updated to “Identified,” with the note, “We’ve identified an internal systems issue and are working to determine a fix.” Additionally, third-party site DownDetector showed a massive spike in reported problems at around 2:50 PM.
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This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/reddit-suffers-major-outage-due-to-internal-systems-issue-210532449.html?src=rss
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Reddit is back after an hours-long outage that affected its websites and apps on Tuesday. During the outage, I was consistently seeing an error message when trying to load Reddit on my Chrome browser, and the iOS app’s Home and Discover tabs were showing content but not comment threads. As of 8:41PM ET, however, the issue has been resolved, according to Reddit’s status page.
It’s taken awhile to get to this point. Reddit’s first status message was posted at 3:18PM ET, noting that the platform “is currently offline,” and the company shared a few updates in the hours since. During the outage, Reddit’s primary Twitter account made light of the situation. “Enjoy the productivity,” it wrote at 6:37PM ET. “We’ll be up and running again soon.”