Reddit is shutting down its Clubhouse clone on March 21st – Yahoo

Pour one out for a Clubhouse clone. Reddit will shut down its live audio chats on March 21st. It debuted Reddit Talk less than two years ago in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the company isn’t necessarily killing off the feature due to a lack of interest.Reddit still sees audio features as part of its future, but it’s putting them on the backburner for now to focus on other priorities. The fact that the provider of the tech that powers Talk is closing shop complicated matters too.”There’s significant work we need to do — like making Reddit simpler and building better subreddit infrastructure — before incorporating audio,” it wrote in a post. “Our original plan was to maintain Talk while we worked on this. Unfortunately, the 3rd party audio vendor we use for Talk is shutting down its service. In other words, the resources required to keep Talk live during this transition increased substantially.”Any discussions that took place after September 1st last year will be available to download starting on March 21st. You’ll have until June 1st to snag a copy of the recordings.Reddit doesn’t have a timeline for reviving Talk or debuting other audio features. As TechCrunch
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