Reddit introduced on Tuesday the launch of 5 new instruments for AMA (Ask Me Something), its Q&A function the place celebrities, public figures, organizations and Redditors interact with neighborhood members and supply solutions a few sure subject. The brand new options embrace the power so as to add visitor collaborators, a scheduling perform, notifications and extra.
As a part of the replace, Reddit additionally launched a devoted AMA tab inside the internet publish composer. This tab permits customers to create an AMA session the identical method they’d a daily publish. The tab is at the moment rolling out to desktop however can be out there on the cellular app quickly.
As much as 5 visitors can now help hosts in responding to questions, a useful function for many who obtain a variety of questions from followers and wish extra assist. That is the primary time a number (or authentic poster) is ready to add visitor collaborators to an AMA.
One other useful new function is the power to schedule a publish to advertise the AMA, which might be arrange 21 days prematurely. This provides hosts extra time to create buzz across the dwell Q&A session.
To finish an AMA, hosts now have the power to depart a observe to deal with any closing questions or share useful hyperlinks.
Reddit has additionally launched options to boost the AMA expertise for contributors. For example, there’s a brand new “Remind Me” button that may notify customers 24 hours and proper earlier than an AMA goes dwell.
Moreover, customers now have the choice to make use of new filters to modify between questions with solutions and people with out solutions, permitting them to concentrate on essentially the most related content material.
The brand new AMA expertise arrives on the heels of Reddit’s first earnings name as a public firm, throughout which it reported producing $243 million of income in Q1, a 48% improve from the identical interval a yr prior.
