Reddit is trying chat rooms again
by Emma Roth from The Verge - All Posts on (#6B8R3)
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Reddit is piloting new chat channels where you can hold real-time conversations with other users. The Discord-like channels will live within various subreddits, allowing you to swap between browsing through posts and chatting with other Redditors about a range of topics.
While this may sound a bit like Reddit's Live Chat feature, the platform notes that chats will be dedicated spaces, rather than a one-off post." As shown in the below screenshot, it looks like you can tap into different conversations embedded inside of a subreddit, with each dedicated to a specific topic, like Tickets" or Songwriting." You can also access your conversations within the main Chat tab on Reddit's bottom menu bar.
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