I made a reddit alternative that focused on removing the power from moderators. It never really took off, although I do keep it up at this point. https://linkgum.com
Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit?
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Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit?
#62* Voat.co * Quora.com * Slashdot.org
Slashdot and voat are full of the beardiest necks on the Internet. Quora is also showing signs of hardening of the arteries in its old age ... not really fun places to go to if you're not fully indoctrinated in the groupthink.
"Slashdot and voat..."
Slashdot yes, but I would have to disagree on Voat being an old-timer hive.
Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit?
#63There's actually a whole subreddit (somewhat ironically) dedicated specifically to Reddit alternatives:
https://www.reddit.com/r/RedditAlternatives/
That may have a few to check out.
However, I still agree that forums tend to have better communities than subreddits over all, and the specialised ones really outperform the ones on said services. If your interests aren't purely in a general/top level subject (like music/TV/games/sports as a whole), you'll probably find better discussions on specialised sites.
I've also noticed a fair communities using chat esque services like Discord now, and those seem to be a lot more active than subreddits are.
And well, if you're after tech stuff... you're already posting on the best Reddit alternative for that field.
Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit?
#64Earlier quoted context omitted.
Enough to say that if someone's looking for a reddit replacement because they don't want racism, voat is not the answer.
There is probably a niche for which a stripped down HN-like forum with moderation but for general discussion might be moderately successful.. moreso if it provides a robust API that allows for third party clients. Maybe self-hosted forums will make a comeback.
I don't think self-hosted forums ever left, really. But it's like IRC versus modern messaging apps; there's been a huge amount of inflation in terms of what user base "success" is supposed to look like.
Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit?
#65Use https://i.reddit.com . It's basically the craiglist view of reddit built for mobile. Super fast and no fluff.
Redditors asked the admins to confirm they won't remove the old style plenty of times, and there is enough evidence the message came through--here's one [1].
You can uncheck the style in settings or switch between https://old.reddit.com and https://new.reddit.com for temporary testing. The settings also allow you to view the profiles in legacy mode separately.
For the tor browser the i. design ( same as https://www.reddit.com/.compact ) is the best, though, in particular since it's better not to resize the window.
[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/blog/comments/7ul5k9/hey_were_here_...
Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit?
#66Other then here, Voat is the best overall. Their source is on GITHub if you want to roll your own. https://github.com/voat/voat If you want to do your own Reddit here are some clones, largely PHP based: https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/77bhdx/phpbased...
That voat repo is not updated since december 2017. Is this still actively worked on, but in private, or did the devs abandon the project?
It is still actively being worked on. It just recently converted from Microsoft based software to open source throughout. The work is fairly slow because there are only a couple of devs.
Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit?
#67Reddit 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…
Agree, centralization is not a good thing. There is a wealth of indepth information and informed discussion on many forums and online communities, some of which are now 10 years and older. That knowledge cannot be easily replicated.
But many, perhaps focused on topics that young people would gravitate towards, are dying and it does seem newer generations prefer Youtube, Reddit and others over old style forums. But these also tend to be superficial with fleeting connections, a lot of trolling and bad behavior, with any kind of in-depth discussion usually not possible.
Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit?
#68Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't know - the "reddit disguised as work" site http://codereddit.com/ and the Android app Reddit is Fun have been running off the API for nearly a decade.
How long do you think the API will continue to exist? All of Reddit’s recent moves have shown me they finally realized that much of the DNA of the site (no account verification required, “questionable” speech being semi-tolerated, a dense UX that’s hard to cram ads into, portability, etc.) are what’s preventing them from monetizing. And they’re trying to monetize. This is exactly the transformation Twitter went throu…
> a dense UX that’s hard to cram ads into
Not that it affects your overall point, but it's worth noting both that the new design has a rather nice 'compact' view, and that their new ad placement method (right in the post stream) could have been done with the old design.
Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit?
#69Other then here, Voat is the best overall. Their source is on GITHub if you want to roll your own. https://github.com/voat/voat If you want to do your own Reddit here are some clones, largely PHP based: https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/77bhdx/phpbased...
Yah that place is cancer. I just took a quick peek inside of /v/politics and noped out. I'm an advocate getting balanced news, but this place is clearly heavily biased. I'm not saying Reddit is balanced either, but a bit more so than Voat.
/v/politics is just as obnoxious rightwing as /r/politics is obnoxiously leftwing. Belonging to a side desensitizes you to it.
Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit?
#70Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't know - the "reddit disguised as work" site http://codereddit.com/ and the Android app Reddit is Fun have been running off the API for nearly a decade.
How long do you think the API will continue to exist? All of Reddit’s recent moves have shown me they finally realized that much of the DNA of the site (no account verification required, “questionable” speech being semi-tolerated, a dense UX that’s hard to cram ads into, portability, etc.) are what’s preventing them from monetizing. And they’re trying to monetize. This is exactly the transformation Twitter went throu…
>no account verification required
I keep hearing this but I made an account recently with no email verification. Recently as in one week ago. I put in a no email address actually. YOu can go sign up right now, leave the email field empty and hit next, you can do the whole sign-up process without an email.