Use https://i.reddit.com . It's basically the craiglist view of reddit built for mobile. Super fast and no fluff.
Thank you for the link. I can read Reddit on my phone again.
Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit?
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Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit?
#122Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Reddit scrubs the identity out of many communities/topics. In my experience Reddit moderators do this, not Reddit. For some reason heavy handed moderation is now the norm across every medium-large sized subreddit. I don't know if it's a cultural thing, there's some top-down pressure, or the nature of the kinds of people who become (and stay) mods. But I'm finding it more and more the case where mods feel the need t…
Reddit is also just too big. It's only a matter of time before a great subreddit reaches /all/ a few too many times and becomes a meme factory/circlejerk/battleground instead of something interesting. Then the mods start cracking down to try to keep the original subreddit spirit but it's too late by then.
> It's only a matter of time before a great subreddit reaches /all/ a few too many times and becomes a meme factory/circlejerk/battleground instead of something interesting.
Subreddits can opt out of appearing on /r/all, and many of the better ones do.
Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit?
#123Reddit scrubs the identity out of many communities/topics. I have found much deeper and meaningful discussion on focused forums. For almost any topic with any significant interest there is a non Reddit forum or community that is deeper and more customized. Not always, but usually. Just support those communities and forums. Example, mtgsalvation is by far better to visit for meaningful MTG deck building and discussion…
One of reddit's strengths is that you could build a community within reddit, reusing existing resources and users. Its like an incubator for user-created forums. Compared to building and managing a forum, reddit provides much easier ways to create a community.
This part is what I don’t like.
I _dont_ want my social identities linked together.
Maybe I’m the odd one, but I’m constantly making new reddit accounts. I always just generate a random username and a random password, that I don’t store because I just don’t care or want to. I have different logins for all my devices because I don’t want people associating my reddit account with my personal blog and so on.
Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit?
#124Reddit scrubs the identity out of many communities/topics. I have found much deeper and meaningful discussion on focused forums. For almost any topic with any significant interest there is a non Reddit forum or community that is deeper and more customized. Not always, but usually. Just support those communities and forums. Example, mtgsalvation is by far better to visit for meaningful MTG deck building and discussion…
This can be true in a lot of areas, but honestly the LGBTQ subreddits (and to an extent tumblr) are far better than most community discussion sites. I’ve made a ton of real-world friendships that wouldn’t have been possible otherwise. In some marginalized communities, there is a tendency for the most marginalized people to impose their needs upon the entire group, which drives away many others. As a result, many phys…
That’s great that reddit is so good for lgbtq communities.
How do you end up making friends in places like Reddit? Does it get started from noticing a person and then a PM being sent and talking through there?
Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit?
#125I've been lurking and reading here for many years and have finally found the place to jump in.
I want to submit https://postwith.me for consideration. Our Twitter profile (@postwithme) describes it as: "Building a better social community through civility, data privacy, and a meaningful exchange of ideas."
I wrote it as a side project over the past several months and then launched it a few weeks ago when the Facebook stuff was happening. It's getting a fair amount of traction and increasing engagement. We are still way within the "do things that don't scale" phase.
From a tech standpoint, it is completely serverless. S3/CloudFront hosting a React front-end (React Native apps almost done), API Gateway with Lambda functions, DynamoDB and Redis.
Happy to answer any questions about the site or the tech stack.
Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit?
#126really late to the party here, but https://headcycle.com