The up-and-coming app from Instagram creators, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, Artifact, is now available under a beta testing experience for those granted a pass on the waitlist. However, as more users join and its features slowly unfold, different reports have regarded the app to look like a familiar experience on the internet, with Reddit.
For many years, Reddit has been a platform that centers on a social news aggregator experience with discussions and forum that delivers significant features for users.
Artifact, from Instagram's Creators, Looks Similar to Reddit
(Photo : Artifact via Medium)
Engadget reports that Artifact shows off its several new features, including user profiles, reputation scores, comments with upvotes and downvotes, and read notifications from people in your contacts. These features are designed to make the app more engaging and to encourage users to share and discuss news stories with one another.
The addition of user profiles allows users to create a public identity within the app, which includes a photo, bio, and reputation score based on their activity within the app.
The reputation score is based on how other users interact with a user's content, including their comments and the articles they share. Users can upvote or downvote comments, similar to Reddit, which can impact a user's reputation score.
In addition to the social features, the app now includes read notifications, which allow users to see when their contacts have read an article that they have shared.
Still in the beta testing phase, Artifact's initial rollout has some users raising their eyebrows as it looks similar to Reddit, with several features highly resembling the experience.
Should You Try Artifact and Join the Beta?
While Artifact may be looking similar to Reddit now, it is an experience worth trying, as the company's core centers on three factors that made it what it is: articles, facts, and artificial intelligence. It is important to note that it is still in beta and may widely change in the future, with its looks now not its final release yet.
Reddit and Other Platforms like it
Reddit remains a popular app to this day, and it is unbeaten regarding a social news aggregator platform present. People usually flock to Reddit to discuss certain topics on its threads, from entertaining to disturbing sentiments from the public.
There are other social forums available if Reddit becomes tiresome for you, and alternatives are available on the internet for your consumption.
Artifact is a new contended and the app's AI technology will continue to be at the core of the app, delivering personalized news stories to users based on their interests and preferences.
The design of Artifact is a significant change for the app, bringing it more in line with social media platforms like Reddit. While the new features have been met with mixed reactions, they are designed to make the app more engaging and to encourage users to share and discuss news stories with one another.
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