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06.19.08 Reddit Needs Your Open Source Skills  By
Dan Morrill Reddit has opened up its code base to the public at large in an effort to help take on other social networking systems. While Reddit in its use is often difficult to understand from a social engineering perspective how or even why it functions the way that it does, if you have an abject need to fix something as inexplicably broken as reddit, then this is your chance to hone your open source skills. Digg is the monster social news sharing networking site, and Reddit has given them an ok run for the time they have been on line, as shown in the last years worth of compete scores. If Reddit stands a chance of being relevant, this move into the open source community might be the one thing that saves them from the social news networking obscurity that they run under sometimes.  So far no one has the level of traffic that digg has, going through the compete scores, even Slashdot, which has the ability to crush a site with visitors (see graph below) to take on Digg.
 We've always strived to be as open and transparent with our users as possible, and this is the next logical step. When we say 'open-source' we mean specifically that the code behind reddit is available to the public for download, and we're inviting the public to submit code to help improve the site. Reddit is unique in the social news scene in that we have a huge community of developers. It seems only natural that we give you all in that community a chance to contribute back to reddit and make it a better place for everyone. We know reddit's success has less to do with our technology than it does with you, our community, and now we want to let our community improve our technology. Source: code.reddit.com Continue reading this article. About the Author: Dan Morrill has been in the information security field for 18 years, both civilian and military, and is currently working on his Doctor of Management. Dan shares his insights on the important security issues of today through his blog, Managing Intellectual Property & IT Security, and is an active participant in the ITtoolbox blogging community. |
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