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Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit

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Post by kybernetikos »

Reddit does two things really:

1. Link Discovery 2. Discussion

There are a few options for Link Discovery. I have a bunch of fora and sites hooked up to an rss reader (the old reader, since google shutdown reader) which does pretty well (although I'd like it to do a bit more). The link discovery thing is like the equivalent of having channels on your TV. You can stream any program (website) of a huge number but a channel gives you a reason to think about a specific one right now. I've been looking at https://pinboard.in/popular/, but it doesn't support rss which is a shame.

There's really nothing to compare with reddit for discussion of the links though (and that includes scoring and karma and responses etc). And a big part of that is because of network effects. Reddit is where the discussion is happening, because it's where the people are because it's where the discussion is happening. What's really awkward here is that some of the alternatives have ended up as seeding around communities that were too toxic for mainstream reddit. That toxicity will make it harder for them to grow.

I do find myself wondering what a system that connected my rss feed reader with global comments about webpages might look like.

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit

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Post by shmatt »

hughesjj wrote: post #7

I've seen Lemmy paraded around, it ha promise but you gotta diy your community. My biggest concern with the fediverse is trust. Trust takes a while to establish. Looking back, man usenet's format was kinda similar to reddit wasn't it? Usenet with voting. Idk about y'all but this is actually kinda super fun. I'd love to reintroduce some modernized takes on old school platforms. The internet was more fun before everyth…

To me Reddit is FB groups with voting. So does that make Usenet similar to FB groups?

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit

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Post by mariusor »

yellowapple wrote: post #10

The Fediverse/ActivityPub world has a few options: https://codeberg.org/fediverse/delightful-fediverse-apps#use... Lemmy is the best-known in that list, but Kbin and lotide both look pretty promising, too - making my decision of which to spin up as a personal instance much more challenging :)

Brutalinks doesn't? It's right there at the top. :P
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