Reddit answers has been launched by reddit which is similar to Google AI overview but in the form of Reddit. With it users will be able to asks questions and get AI generated replies with information being sourced from related subreddits.
With help of Reddit Answers, people will be able to ask questions and receive answers with the help of new AI powered conversational interface. Curated summaries of relevant conversations and details across Reddit would appear which would include links to related posts and communities. They can easily read relevant snippets and answers inline from real redditors, jump into conversations and search deep with their own or suggested follow-up questions.
It would only be of use to Reddit users which are as of now less than 100 million so it would not affect Google Search dominance but at the same time it would also benefit Google from human generated product insights in its result on Reddit because of its data sharing deal with the company.
This would make Reddit more of focus for discovery for more people. It has become a valuable source in current gen AI race as its forums see actual human sharing loads of practical real world insights into experiences with many of them with products. It has grabbed the attention of AI developers who required human insight for enhancing value of generative AI answers.
In February this year, Google had signed a deal with Reddit for data sharing which is now being used by Google in various ways which includes within its Gemini chatbot. It is working to offer the same experience which other apps are with its data within Reddit itself.
It would be really interesting to figure out whether it impacts how other platforms are looking to deal with Reddit on its data offerings.
