Just saw that Reddit has removed Aaron Swartz from the list of co-founders, and was wondering, what online communities do you really like that serve the need for discussion and play which aren’t HN?
Ask HN: What is the next Reddit, for you?
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Re: Ask HN: What is the next Reddit, for you?
#2https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/j64wge/aaron_swartz...
Doesn't sound like it was a recent thing.
Re: Ask HN: What is the next Reddit, for you?
#3Reddit has become a heavily censored website that supports only one political viewpoint. For instance, I cannot say on reddit that BLM by definition checks off all boxes for a terrorist hate group because I will be banned. This goes for large swaths of society in general where people have gone from free speech advocates to raving lunatics ready to censor, ban, cancel, and fire anyone who does not support their views.
Next reddit will start with free speech and, if it becomes popular, eventually the anti-free speech people will move in and turn it into reddit.
Re: Ask HN: What is the next Reddit, for you?
#4I wouldn't say next reddit but there's https://voat.co a lot of those expelled from reddit have moved there.
There's lobste.rs for developer only stuff
Re: Ask HN: What is the next Reddit, for you?
#5NEXT Reddit? God I hope there's no future reddit that seeks to monopolize internet interest groups like it has
I know at this point it's practically a maga trope to wax nostalgic about how the internet was, but I'd like more decentralization in this regard
Less social media sites trying to serve all discourse, more fansites connecting people of particular interests
Re: Ask HN: What is the next Reddit, for you?
#6Reddit has become a heavily censored website that supports only one political viewpoint. For instance, I cannot say on reddit that BLM by definition checks off all boxes for a terrorist hate group because I will be banned. This goes for large swaths of society in general where people have gone from free speech advocates to raving lunatics ready to censor, ban, cancel, and fire anyone who does not support their views.…
Same goes for HN. I'm actually surprised you weren't already heavily downvoted or flagged for hate speech.
Re: Ask HN: What is the next Reddit, for you?
#7What the past few years have shown me is that we need a place for serious discussion that is not influenced by bots, propaganda, and astroturfing. Public opinion and awareness on current events on sites like Twitter and Reddit is getting swayed by all sorts of bad actors and this is wreaking havoc on our society. I think if we actually care for a healthy community, the future is in communities with verified identity so that there is actually some sense of accountability from the people that post there. Whether these types of communities will gain any traction is another story...
Re: Ask HN: What is the next Reddit, for you?
#8Reddit has become a heavily censored website that supports only one political viewpoint. For instance, I cannot say on reddit that BLM by definition checks off all boxes for a terrorist hate group because I will be banned. This goes for large swaths of society in general where people have gone from free speech advocates to raving lunatics ready to censor, ban, cancel, and fire anyone who does not support their views.…
Same goes for HN. I'm actually surprised you weren't already heavily downvoted or flagged for hate speech.
Same for all major sites really. Even Sam Altman posted regarding this: https://blog.samaltman.com/e-pur-si-muove
Re: Ask HN: What is the next Reddit, for you?
#9I’d really love to see an exodus back to Internet forums. I forged a lot of great relationships while I was growing up on forums, and I learned programming through hacking on extensions for little communities I was running.
Re: Ask HN: What is the next Reddit, for you?
#10Reddit has become a heavily censored website that supports only one political viewpoint. For instance, I cannot say on reddit that BLM by definition checks off all boxes for a terrorist hate group because I will be banned. This goes for large swaths of society in general where people have gone from free speech advocates to raving lunatics ready to censor, ban, cancel, and fire anyone who does not support their views.…
Same goes for HN. I'm actually surprised you weren't already heavily downvoted or flagged for hate speech.
just give it a little bit of time...