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Ozric

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Can I ask why David Braben only does the ask me anything's on Reddit? I don't use and will never use Reddit and so I've not read a single one he's done. It seems odd that they would be restricted to there and not at least reproduced on the official forums.
 

Factabulous

Factabulous
Siobhan said:
That would explain the biowaste quality performance at times.
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Yeah, Amazon are renowned for always having 8hr outages when they add things to the store :)

Game companies follow the CAP theorem : Consistency, Availability, Pew-pew - pick 2 (or possibly only one :eek:)

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So ESDM has the server status, anywhere else (other than launcher)?

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Can I ask why David Braben only does the ask me anything's on Reddit? I don't use and will never use Reddit and so I've not read a single one he's done. It seems odd that they would be restricted to there and not at least reproduced on the official forums.
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90k subscribers on Reddit = $$$ maybe?

Duplicating the info here would be painful, and reddit does seem to have better threading support than this forum.
 
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Factabulous

Factabulous
Ozric said:
You have to pay to use Reddit? Frontier make money from that?
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No - it's called spreading the word: FD make money from that. I wouldn't expect too many non-owners of the game are on these forums (well, apart from PS4 owners waiting ... waiting)

Though from the look of the reddit it's just the usual questions we get on here (What's in 2.4 - sheesh!)
 

Winterwalker

Winterwalker
Ozric said:
You have to pay to use Reddit? Frontier make money from that?
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Don't think you have to pay (as far as I know) or even log in, at least to read ...

There are ads on the pages, so there might be some monetising, though probably more of an outreaching thing. If ED gets trending on Reddit somewhere, might pick up a few new Commanders? ED Forums already aware.

The questions;
https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/64pp4c/ask_him_anything_david_braben_obe_fdev_ceo/

The answers (from 11am BST) 10am GMT;
https://www.reddit.com/user/DavidBraben
 

Ozric

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Ozric
Fair enough, I didn't think you'd have to pay for it, not really sure how it would get them more exposure there as opposed to anywhere else. I know why they are catered for, but it seems strange to me that the virtually only times (outside of the 24hr livestreams) that Lord Braben interacts with the community is through that hive of scum and villainy.
 

Ian Phillips

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Ian Phillips
Ozric said:
Fair enough, I didn't think you'd have to pay for it, not really sure how it would get them more exposure there as opposed to anywhere else. I know why they are catered for, but it seems strange to me that the virtually only times (outside of the 24hr livestreams) that Lord Braben interacts with the community is through that hive of scum and villainy.
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Good drinks in the Cantina maybe?
 

gooddoc

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Ozric said:
Fair enough, I didn't think you'd have to pay for it, not really sure how it would get them more exposure there as opposed to anywhere else. I know why they are catered for, but it seems strange to me that the virtually only times (outside of the 24hr livestreams) that Lord Braben interacts with the community is through that hive of scum and villainy.
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Preaching to the un-convertable maybe??
 

Ozric

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Ozric
Winterwalker said:
Don't think you have to pay (as far as I know) or even log in, at least to read ...

There are ads on the pages, so there might be some monetising, though probably more of an outreaching thing. If ED gets trending on Reddit somewhere, might pick up a few new Commanders? ED Forums already aware.
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I suppose there is that slight chance, I've no idea how many people surf AMAs and then buy something because of it. I won't even read it out of principle. I realise that's a personal choice and I am in no way under any delusion that I have (or should have) any impact on if/why things are done. I just find it curious and a bit of a shame.
 
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Factabulous

Factabulous
Ozric said:
...it seems strange to me that the virtually only times (outside of the 24hr livestreams) that Lord Braben interacts with the community is through that hive of scum and villainy.
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you could always ... sign-up at reddit and ask him :D:D:D

I think it's ok on reddit - if it's not on here I don't feel duty bound to read, and some kind soul will bring back any actually interesting parts!
 
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