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Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit

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Post by redmerchant2 »

haunter wrote: post #68
redmerchant2 wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Democratically voted mods will never work for any moderately sized forum. The problem is the forums would be brigaded by terminally online “interest groups.” See how the alt right infiltrates gaming groups. The reasonable voices are outnumbered and taken over.

>See how the alt right infiltrates gaming groups Goes both ways (if you insist to use the traditional political compass). GCJ is a perfect example of that. I use the "terminally online" word for these people rather.

I agree but I’d caveat the equivalency.

Sure GCJ and other overly leftist subs are annoying. But there is a world of difference of spamming “[video game] is secretly about trans fem boy communism” by GCJ types. Vs alt right groups talking about (real life) minorities not deserving equal rights.

Subjectively, I avoid any overly politically forced sub. However let’s not push the “both sides” argument.

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit

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Post by mewpmewp2 »

boplicity wrote: post #95

What do you want, exactly? I've been running a forum for 15 years. It's now horrible, outdated software, full of bugs and probably security holes. However, it works. It has an active community. It requires almost zero maintenance on my end. A cheap VPS will do the trick. Before Reddit, people would just type in "forum" when doing a Google search. That should still do the trick. For example a Google search for, how to…

There's many problems with forums though. Different UI/UX interface. Different requirements in order to be able to start using. You have to register a new account. A lot of friction before you are able to join and participate in a new community. Many forums will also require you to have certain amount of useful posts to avoid spam etc.

With Reddit, or Reddit alternatives you don't have to worry about all that.

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit

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Post by scrollaway »

SkyPuncher wrote: post #58
hazebooth wrote: post #3

I’ve seen https://tildes.net/ pop up but it’s invite only atm I think, would totally be down for an invite from anyone here though :)

I'm really enjoying tildes. The community/culture is correct. Just needs more content (which will come with time). I as well would love an invite.

You and GP can send me an email for an invite (see profile).

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit

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Post by acover »

jzig wrote: post #74

I'd like to see an alternative Vanguard-style (the investment group) owned by the people for the people. I wonder what that would look like? E.g. socialize the hosting costs and take votes on new policies.

How do you enter a two sided market? I don't think enough people care about ownership structures to join your service or keep it growing.

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit

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Post by mcmoor »

Are there any other good sites that also have cascading comments like reddit and this site? I've realized that it's the best format for reading discussion for me. Any flat structure just won't cut it.

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit

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Post by KnobbleMcKnees »

kybernetikos wrote: post #12

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 cha…

I'm not sure the rss comparison really works. The link discovery and discussion are one and the same because they are being driven by the same community. Significant reaction and discussion of one post leads to more posts extending that premise, and then more discussion, and so on.

I don't think replacing Reddit is just about throwing a toolbox at the problem

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit

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Post by metadaemon »

jhallenworld wrote: post #57

For technical discussion groups: USENET. Either moderated newsgroups or even unmoderated ones for obscure enough topics. Spam is the issue, but not much spam on USENET these days. Also, the ham radio guys like groups.io, which is where yahoo groups migrated to. There are a lot of groups there on specific things, like Yeasu FT-857D transceiver. Groups.io has per-group file storage, which is handy for this. Anyway on U…

Wasn't aware of groups.io for ham discussions, thanks for posting!

For USENET, I think I know the answer, but are there other consumption methods that you know of/recommend?

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit

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Post by scrollaway »

raisedbyninjas wrote: post #70
hazebooth wrote: post #3

I’ve seen https://tildes.net/ pop up but it’s invite only atm I think, would totally be down for an invite from anyone here though :)

I liked the discussion there. Some people claimed they were subject to capricious bans though.

I call BS on the "capricious bans". Tildes bans rarely (only one person has ban power on the site), and when it does, there's some discussion around it.

See for example: https://tildes.net/~tildes/15my/new_users_ask_your_questions...

Occam's Razor: If someone got banned, it's more likely that they were being an asshole than that the admin of a site that's been running peacefully and smoothly for 4-5 years is suddenly on a power trip.

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