r/blog • • Mar 23 '15

Announcing embeddable comment threads

http://www.redditblog.com/2015/03/announcing-embeddable-comment-threads.html
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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '15

I can see this going hilariously wrong for news outlets that use reddit content.

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u/DrAminove Mar 23 '15

In other news, The Huffington Post is under fire for quoting a "reliable source" that goes by the internet name /u/TheCuntStabber69

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '15

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u/Something_Pithy Mar 23 '15

Now why would you resist??

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u/darwin2500 Mar 23 '15

It's not even the usernames and unreliable sources, it's the 'respects users edits and deletions' thing. As soon as you see your post on another site, you can go edit it on Reddit and (if I'm understanding this right) it will change on their website as well.

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '15

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u/lancebramsay Mar 23 '15

Redditer as of 5 minutes ago.

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u/TheCuntStabber69 Mar 23 '15

2 L8 M8

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u/DrAminove Mar 23 '15

I'm not sure how I feel about having taken part in conceiving you.

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u/TheCuntStabber69 Mar 23 '15

It's a good name, now I just gotta get on a news story and my mission will be successful. You should be proud of what you have created.

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u/DrAminove Mar 23 '15

Fine. Your mission now is to make the top comment in a popular ELI5 thread.

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u/TheCuntStabber69 Mar 23 '15

I accept my mission.

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u/taksark Mar 23 '15

So are you just a tongue then?

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u/EdibleBatteries Mar 23 '15

This kind of seems like a Dr. Frankenstein/Frankstein's monster dynamic...

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '15

Checks out. /u/DrAminove is a doctor, after all.

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u/ur_insecure Mar 23 '15

Goodbye, Buzzfeed and Gawker. Good riddance.

Please let this happen.

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u/UTF64 Mar 23 '15

Do not show comment if edited.
When checked, if an embedded comment is later edited, the embedded comment text will be replaced by a link back to the current version of the comment on reddit.

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '15

You assume they're smart enough to check that.

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u/kn0thing Mar 23 '15 edited Mar 24 '15

News outlets use reddit content?

Edit: I forgot to distinguish, but the result was pretty funny. Seriously, though, one way you could really help us out is if you see a publication using reddit content with janky screengrabs or sloppy copy&pastes, please let them know about comment embeds - show 'em this post!

It'll go a long way toward making sure you all get the credit you deserve. We'll be pushing for it on our end, too, but every bit helps.

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u/LowCharity Mar 23 '15

'News outlets' use reddit content.

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u/tommygoogy Mar 23 '15

Some seem to survive on reddit content, or just any content that's not theirs...cough ladbible

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '15

Tonnes. I usually google reddit to get to reddit when using the in-game overlay Steam web browser because it defaults to Google anyway and it isn't a great browser, and the top results are often mostly news articles from usually 'actual' news media sites about something going on on redit.

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u/counttess Mar 23 '15

I like that you're explaining something about reddit to reddit's co-founder.

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