After trying out another way to spark real-time conversation in the app, Reddit has announced that it’s sunsetting its “Live Chat” option within communities.
Which is actually one of several live engagement options that Reddit has tried, and it’s important to clarify which is which, and which is actually being shut down with this announcement.
Back in April, Reddit relaunched its “Chat Channels” option, as part of a new experiment to spark more conversation in the app. That’s still available, while Reddit has also tried live audio chats and live streaming, which generated varying degrees of interest, but ultimately didn’t catch on.
Live Chat is another, separate element, providing a means to create live text-based conversations within the posting process.
But that will soon be no more, according to the latest Reddit changelog listing.
As per Reddit:
“In an effort to streamline our chat products on Reddit, we…
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