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Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit

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Post by smegger001 »

nerdponx wrote: post #181
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 know Reddit search isn't great, but the ability to search at all is useful. Compared to e.g. Discord where threading is weak at best and searching is borderline useless because it's a chatroom, not a forum. Reddit is a low-effort replacement for traditional forums, solving several problems of traditional forums: 1. One account for all communities. Nobody wants to make 100 accounts, whereas it's really easy to just…

>Compared to e.g. Discord where threading is weak at best and searching is borderline useless because it's a chatroom, not a forum.\

THIS. i have seen so many people put Discord forward the last couple weeks a reddit replacement, and have wondered what they were thinking. Its a totally different format. The two formats can compliment each other but can't replace each other. its like saying sms is replacement for email because they are both text based messaging services.

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit

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Post by pndy »

dr_monster wrote: post #326
harry wrote: post #257

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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.

Those who got invites should be able to invite more folks

> "Most of the existing users have the ability to invite others, so if you know someone that has an account, you can ask them for an invite."

https://tildes.net/login

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit

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Post by SkyPuncher »

scrollaway wrote: post #149
SkyPuncher wrote: post #136

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Thank you so much! I sent you an email. As an aside, do you get a bunch of spam from having your email semi-public?

My email has been public for ~10 years and running on Google Workspace for just as long. I get roughly 2 spam emails / day. Maybe 1-2 false negatives and false positives per month (both these rates have been getting worse with gmail).

Oh wow. I get the same amount of spam with a completely private email.

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit

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Post by EamonnMR »

thesuitonym wrote: post #145
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…

An interesting take on Usenet. I have a subscription for downloading binaries, but every time I've dabbled in text posting, I've found a few incredibly abandoned groups that are the exclusive domain of some of the most ridiculous spam I've ever seen. There are some NNTP servers that are not connected with the wider Usenet that I like (SDF, tildeverse), but of course they suffer from extremely small and niche membersh…

Huh, SDF isn't connected to the wider usenet? Who knew.

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit

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Post by Levitz »

redmerchant2 wrote: post #118
dabluecaboose wrote: post #94

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>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…

But what can you do beyond draconian moderation? One niche hobby sub I’m part of grew over 120x due to the pandemic. The mods cracked down hard but it had the side effect of suppressing quality conversations as well. I think they found a good balance but you forget how big the sub is now until some meme slips through the cracks, and has 10x the number of upvotes compared to usual posts.

Image posting should have never been added. This was called out from the get-go.

From the very start people warned that it would water down content and replace thoughtful discussion, and so it did.

It was great for engagement though, I guess.

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit

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Post by [deleted] »

tasuki wrote: post #331
unpopularopp wrote: post #91

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>A typical example is /r/india which is totally under the control of radical anti-Modi mods Most geographical subs are extremely liberal leaning. I'm from Hungary and in /r/hungary pretty much 99% of the posts are anti-Orban. Same with /r/europe pushing the general federalist EU agenda [0]. Or just /r/politics for the US, good luck going against the MSNBC meta. 0, which ends up funny when the topic is food and sudden…

> I'm from Hungary and in /r/hungary pretty much 99% of the posts are anti-Orban. I'm not from Hungary but I have low opinion of Orban. All the Hungarians I've talked to had nothing but bad things to say about him. Is he well liked or at least tolerated in Hungary?

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Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit

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Post by gcoakes »

Emoticon4032 wrote: post #333
awill wrote: post #223

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But the magic of reddit is that I can browse all my communities in one place. Playstation, Audi, Cooking, Tennis. It's super convenient to have a single account for all of this. Before I used reddit, I had an account at an Audi forum, a different account at a tennis forum etc.. Reddit is so much better. I'd rather some 'bluesky'-like competitor vs every community going their own way.

Maybe the model going forward is to go back to the use of RSS feeds from each of the discrete sites that you frequent? Not sure if RSS is a thing these days though.

It is still a thing. News sites have them. Most bloggers I've come across do. HN even has one which is what I use.

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit

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Post by gremlinsinc »

tensor wrote: post #240
kimbernator wrote: post #143

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Agree. It's already democratic in Reddit's current form in the sense that anybody can just start a community to replace one with moderation they don't like. The subreddit with the moderation that works the best often wins out.

This is not remotely democratic without discovery. E.g. if you start an alt, the original would need to be force to display the alt as an alternative. Otherwise it's too easy to control the narrative and prevent anyone from even finding out about the alternative. Today, the primary sub generally actively bans any mention of alternatives. Also the most obviously named forum will attract the new users simply because of…

what about of each breakaway pointed to reach other under an opposing views area, where people can go to read the other side, or the group that's breaking away?

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit

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Post by gremlinsinc »

wahnfrieden wrote: post #292
runjake wrote: post #78

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I'll save a bunch of people some trouble. This is a politically-"leftist" site (top current thread is "How did you get into anarchism", along with something about ACAB). It's not really a general purpose Reddit alternative. So, if that's your thing, check it out. If it's not, probably not a good fit and the "better approach" to moderation probably won't go in your favor.

anarchism is not leftism

it is if it's anarcho communism or syndicalism but not capitalist aka neoliberalism. But it's isn't necessarily left of mainstream progressives it's a different left with different goals, ideals, etc... I'm personally a syndicalist socialist leaning anarchist but pragmatic too in that I don't think we can tear down capitalism completely or even want to instead DAOs and worker coops need to gain strength, as does labor unions and mutual aid networks could handle things like universal basic income etc....I have some libertarian and Georgian philosophies as well...

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit

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Post by wahnfrieden »

gremlinsinc wrote: post #349
wahnfrieden wrote: post #292

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anarchism is not leftism

it is if it's anarcho communism or syndicalism but not capitalist aka neoliberalism. But it's isn't necessarily left of mainstream progressives it's a different left with different goals, ideals, etc... I'm personally a syndicalist socialist leaning anarchist but pragmatic too in that I don't think we can tear down capitalism completely or even want to instead DAOs and worker coops need to gain strength, as does labo…

post left anarchism is an interesting topic in recent years
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