Screencaps of several milSuite services. In July, the Pentagon plans to launch Eureka, a Reddit-style forum. Illustration: Army
TIL: The Pentagon Is Building a Reddit Knockoff -- Danger Room
For years, the military has struggled over what to do about social media. One response has been to create dull, Pentagon-controlled versions of popular websites Facebook and YouTube. Now the Pentagon is preparing to launch its own version of Reddit, in another small step in the military’s quest to strip the fun out of everything on the internet.
It’s called Eureka, and it’s supposed to be a rough analogue to the ginormous social news site where users vote on which content rises to the top — or which content falls to the bottom — of user-generated feeds.
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My Comment: I was thinking of doing a Reddit type of forum with a military focus a few years back .... but I just do not have the time to manage it. Reddit's military forum is here.
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