Ask HN: Are you working on a Reddit replacement? What is it?

#1

Post by meesterdude » Fri, Jul 03, 2015, 5:07 PM UTC

Interested to see what the HN community is doing in response to the recent reddit events.

Post the name, URL, description, and what you'll copy from reddit, and what you will not.

Re: Ask HN: Are you working on a Reddit replacement? What is it?

#2

Post by minimaxir » Fri, Jul 03, 2015, 5:16 PM UTC

Even despite Reddit's troubles, you probably do not want to make a Reddit clone as a business model to capitalize if you don't have one already. One or the reasons for the protest is bad tools.

Re: Ask HN: Are you working on a Reddit replacement? What is it?

#3

Post by billturner » Fri, Jul 03, 2015, 5:57 PM UTC

Although it does seem to be very slow to respond, https://voat.co/ seemed to have stepped in as a replacement at the last big upheaval. They seem to constantly have troubles staying up though.

Re: Ask HN: Are you working on a Reddit replacement? What is it?

#4

Post by echeese » Fri, Jul 03, 2015, 6:13 PM UTC

Truthfully, the subreddits I follow (programming-related) are unaffected, though a few threw up a notice saying they were not going to black out.

Re: Ask HN: Are you working on a Reddit replacement? What is it?

#5

Post by zxcvcxz » Fri, Jul 03, 2015, 6:18 PM UTC

minimaxir wrote: post #2

Even despite Reddit's troubles, you probably do not want to make a Reddit clone as a business model to capitalize if you don't have one already. One or the reasons for the protest is bad tools.

Reddit is open source so is there any evidence that anything has been done or is planned to improve mod tools? Or have there been any community attempts to push code that was rejected?

Re: Ask HN: Are you working on a Reddit replacement? What is it?

#6

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jul 03, 2015, 6:20 PM UTC

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#7

Post by ericcholis » Fri, Jul 03, 2015, 6:24 PM UTC

echeese wrote: post #4

Truthfully, the subreddits I follow (programming-related) are unaffected, though a few threw up a notice saying they were not going to black out.

Another solid example of not blacking out is /r/malefashionadvice, one of the more prominent voices in the Male Fashion category.

While I can understand the interest in "disrupting the space"; I'm not entirely sure that the current management conditions at reddit are indicative of an opportunity here.

Re: Ask HN: Are you working on a Reddit replacement? What is it?

#8

Post by akhilcacharya » Fri, Jul 03, 2015, 6:24 PM UTC

billturner wrote: post #3

Although it does seem to be very slow to respond, https://voat.co/ seemed to have stepped in as a replacement at the last big upheaval. They seem to constantly have troubles staying up though.

The problem is voat's population.

Re: Ask HN: Are you working on a Reddit replacement? What is it?

#9

Post by pcunite » Fri, Jul 03, 2015, 6:25 PM UTC

For those not in the know: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/07/03/419756207/

Re: Ask HN: Are you working on a Reddit replacement? What is it?

#10

Post by akhilcacharya » Fri, Jul 03, 2015, 6:26 PM UTC

I've been toying with making one since I realized Reddit has been devolving into a reactionary, hate filled site.

I was thinking about having a gimmick of graph based commenting to prevent the "top post guides discussion" effect. Not sure at how feasible or user friendly that could be.