Reddit Plans To Launch TikTok-like Video Features, More Useful And Fun!

JAKARTA - After many other social media (medsos) imitate the success of TikTok, now Reddit also plans to dive into it by introducing several similar video features from the Chinese social media.

However, the project is still in its very early stages and hasn't even entered the testing stage yet. Those features could include video editing tools like TikTok that make it easy for users to react to other people's posts or incorporate them into the user's own content.

“In line with our work to help people engage with topics that matter to them through social audio, video, text, memes, and more, we're in the process of reaching out to some of the Reddit community to see if any of the new video features we're working on is a thing. that they find useful and fun," said Reddit.

On TikTok, users can use a feature called Duet to place their videos side by side with other users' videos to create remixes, parodies, and the like.

Then in 2020, the social media also introduced Stitch, which allows users to integrate scenes from other videos into their own videos. This allows for the quick creation of humorous responses to viral videos and even responses to fact-check misinformation circulating on the platform.

Reddit does allow its users to post videos on its website, but it doesn't yet have features like Duet and Stitch.

Right now, much of the discussion on the Reddit site is written in text, but if this video reaction feature is ever to come, Reddit might want to add a new flavor to conversations between people.

The platform treats this as a huge advantage, considering that many people want to know and learn more through discussion threads of various topics.

Additionally, Reddit will also reach out to various communities, known as subreddits, to determine if they are interested in exploring videos in such a way. The company will look for certain communities where it thinks video features can be a suitable product.

“After getting feedback from Redditors, we will explore early tests for this new capability,” explained Reddit.