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Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit

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Post by deepspace »

browningstreet wrote: post #169
dabluecaboose wrote: post #94

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>I also noticed that in recent years many subreddits have increasingly been taken over by memes and other low quality posts and so users looking for more substantial content have already moved elsewhere. It's incredibly frustrating to discover a potential new hobby, check out the subreddit, and go to the top posts all time, only to find pages on pages of low-effort crossposted memes that are often barely relatable. I…

I wish we could divide forums into 101 and 202 (as in college levels) streams. Newbies need a place, but I don't want to be their guide (in most cases). Newbie/101 energy kills a lot of places.

Yes, I frequent subs like r/Electronics, r/Arduino and r/ElectricalEngineering.

While I sympathize with newbies, the incessant “My First Blinking LED” posts get old really fast. Especially when said LED DOESN’T blink, and they post a Fritzing thing instead of a circuit diagram.

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit

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Post by kybernetikos »

stinkytaco wrote: post #28
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 do find myself wondering what a system that connected my rss feed reader with global comments about webpages might look like. Newsblur has this. It would probably be fine with more people. Occasionally there's something interesting, but usually there's no much of anything.

after you and another commenter suggested it, I checked it out. It does look pretty interesting. Unfortunately I can't find any way to import my OPML so I'm a bit stuck. The discovery of feeds contrasts rather poorly with my podcast player. And forcing me to manually copy a whole bunch of hard to find urls one at a time is not a fun onboarding experience.

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit

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Post by mamoul »

harry wrote: post #257
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 :)

a few first come first serve: https://tildes.net/register?code=UBZX0-DBQOR-H2W6A https://tildes.net/register?code=IYUPP-2VZHD-EPZWM https://tildes.net/register?code=TW3P3-YK0LZ-L7FLY https://tildes.net/register?code=MAUNA-6IE43-OY86X https://tildes.net/register?code=8RC2T-40G03-AFSYF https://tildes.net/register?code=INH4U-7HC5H-AESTL https://tildes.net/register?code=92S7J-WQR3B-I7OQJ

Thanks!

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit

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Post by triplepoint217 »

browningstreet wrote: post #169
dabluecaboose wrote: post #94

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>I also noticed that in recent years many subreddits have increasingly been taken over by memes and other low quality posts and so users looking for more substantial content have already moved elsewhere. It's incredibly frustrating to discover a potential new hobby, check out the subreddit, and go to the top posts all time, only to find pages on pages of low-effort crossposted memes that are often barely relatable. I…

I wish we could divide forums into 101 and 202 (as in college levels) streams. Newbies need a place, but I don't want to be their guide (in most cases). Newbie/101 energy kills a lot of places.

Sift (https://sift.quest/) is working hard on doing exactly that. We don't have enough users to actually show it off yet, but at our core we're building around a user reputation/relevance graph that we think will let people curate streams like that.

In our model, as soon as anyone you trust in our graph says "this is a 101 type post/comment" we can realize you are not interested in seeing it and de prioritize it in your feeds/comments while still showing it to other newbies or to people who have expressed an interest in engaging with that kind of topic.

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit

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Post by shagie »

mynameisash wrote: post #278
dabluecaboose wrote: post #94

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>I also noticed that in recent years many subreddits have increasingly been taken over by memes and other low quality posts and so users looking for more substantial content have already moved elsewhere. It's incredibly frustrating to discover a potential new hobby, check out the subreddit, and go to the top posts all time, only to find pages on pages of low-effort crossposted memes that are often barely relatable. I…

This has frustrated me incredibly in a few different subreddits I frequented. There was some really welcoming, high-quality content, but then there were also terrible, low-calorie memes. The people that enjoy the memes definitely seemed to scoff at any criticism. The easiest solution seems to be to allow filtering of content based on tags. In most cases, the memes were tagged as such. Had I been able to simply say, "…

'NOT flair:meme'

For example: https://www.reddit.com/r/help/search/?q=NOT%20flair%3AAccess...

You won't see any of the posts titled 'Access' in that search.

On old.reddit a number of subs that I followed had those as quick links (e.g. a "click here to see /r/cats without posts flared 'mourning or loss'")

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit

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Post by dr_monster »

harry wrote: post #257
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 :)

a few first come first serve: https://tildes.net/register?code=UBZX0-DBQOR-H2W6A https://tildes.net/register?code=IYUPP-2VZHD-EPZWM https://tildes.net/register?code=TW3P3-YK0LZ-L7FLY https://tildes.net/register?code=MAUNA-6IE43-OY86X https://tildes.net/register?code=8RC2T-40G03-AFSYF https://tildes.net/register?code=INH4U-7HC5H-AESTL https://tildes.net/register?code=92S7J-WQR3B-I7OQJ

They are all used now, unfortunately.

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit

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Post by deafpolygon »

nerdponx wrote: post #283
deafpolygon wrote: post #272

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Importantly, reddit allows the creation of microforums . Not everyone has the time, energy or ability to build out a full site with a complete forum to make it worth everyone's while. I see Facebook & Discord taking Reddit's piece of the pie in the short term.

Personally I don't see a significant portion of the Reddit user base leaving over this. Basically every major and minor city in the USA has its own subreddit. How many of those users are really going to leave and switch back to Facebook groups?

> Basically every major and minor city in the USA has its own subreddit

And how many are actually run by the city government?

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit

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Post by johnnyanmac »

setgree wrote: post #290
johnnyanmac wrote: post #267

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've spent 6 years trying to find a proper reddit alternative and coincidentally 6 years in my local area trying to find ANY local friend group for interests I have. I have better luck online. Heck, I had better luck in mobile game guilds. And the pandemic honestly made things even worse, worse in a way that has longer term effects than I ever predicted. I can have a whole multi-post rant about the fall of social hub…

I feel for you man. I live in Brooklyn where I can meet all the weirdos I want (though the fact that we're so spread out makes having a 'community' hard sometimes). So I get why Reddit and its ilk would seem like the best available option. But if at all possible, I think moving to where your people are is going to scratch the itch more holistically. This person has been thinking hard about this: https://twitter.com/P…

That's the strange thing of it all. I'm not necessarily in Los Angeles proper, but I'm in a suburb and am fine driving downtown. There theoretically shouldn't be a better place to find some 20's people interested in various geek/tech content. I'm sure the groups are there, but I'm not sure where to look.

The only better place in theory is up north in Silicon Valley. But I'm not sure if I want to move and drastically up my cost of living in the process.

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit

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Post by stinkytaco »

kybernetikos wrote: post #322
stinkytaco wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I do find myself wondering what a system that connected my rss feed reader with global comments about webpages might look like. Newsblur has this. It would probably be fine with more people. Occasionally there's something interesting, but usually there's no much of anything.

after you and another commenter suggested it, I checked it out. It does look pretty interesting. Unfortunately I can't find any way to import my OPML so I'm a bit stuck. The discovery of feeds contrasts rather poorly with my podcast player. And forcing me to manually copy a whole bunch of hard to find urls one at a time is not a fun onboarding experience.

If you click the gear in the bottom right (at least of my screen) the menu that pops up will have an option called "Import or upload sites". That has an OPML upload option.

It's a cluttered user experience, though fairly configurable once you've started to find your way around. It's definitely a kitchen sink style tool, however.

EDIT: It's bottom left, sorry. I browse the web in a mirror.

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