Reddit Founder Says Building Social Media Apps Is 'Not Cool Anymore'

Reddit Founder Says Building Social Media Apps Is'Not Cool Anymore' Alexis Ohanian is trying to figure out what's next for user-generated content now that so much of the internet is "compromised." Alexis Ohanian wants to figure out the future of user-generated content. According to the Reddit cofounder, building social media apps is "not cool anymore" and so much of the internet has been compromised. "I'm expecting some better version of the group chat to be that new version of UGC," Ohanian told WIRED senior correspondent Lauren Goode at the inaugural WIRED World Fair . Ohanian has a complicated relationship with the internet.