I think it's time we drop the "written in Rust" qualifier.
Libreddit: Private front-end for Reddit written in Rust
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Re: Libreddit: Private front-end for Reddit written in Rust
#32If you were building an interface to extract the most value from Reddit-like sites but reduce the chance of addiction what would it look like? Less pictures, less color, less NSFW, time delays on content, exclude any subreddit that grows beyond a certain size, actively avoid things that are engaging lots of people etc. There's the ethical qualm that your profiting from other people's addiction to surface your minor a…
I'd just need it to get rid of the goddamn karma. I like Reddit and I participate judiciously, but I had to write a UserCSS script[0] to hide all karma. [0] https://paste.sr.ht/~runiq/aebc83743e3b864a681c6a878df4f7cd3...
I think Reddit and other Reddit style forums in general should definitely have the following features to not end up as echo chambers filled with fundamentalists
- don't have karma, it just becomes a popularity contest and popular and positive ideas usually get to the top while criticism usually goes to the bottom, even if it's genuine
- sort all comments randomly on each page load, this would complement the first feature of not having karma
Of course, spam and irrelevant content can simply be reported and removed but these two features would ensure unpopular opinion isn't.
I, for one, would really love this feature on every NeoVim and Linux related posts everywhere on the Internet.
Re: Libreddit: Private front-end for Reddit written in Rust
#33Isn't that a violation of reddit's trademarks? There is a reason apps for Reddit have to brand themselves as "XYZ for Reddit". Also, I don't quite understand why the requests have to be proxied through a server. Wouldn't implementing this in javascript to send requests directly client-side to reddit's apis be faster and more private? It's fast because it's rust is a dumb argument when you are adding an additional net…
It would certainly be faster, though the idea behind the proxy is that it prevents Reddit correlating browsing habits to a specific source (assuming the one hosting the libreddit instance is deemed trustworthy).
Re: Libreddit: Private front-end for Reddit written in Rust
#34Best advice I heard regarding reddit: disable old redirect and embrace the new redesign. Outcome - my reddit browsing has become minimal, focused and no longer enjoyable for procrastination.
Sometimes you want to find an answer to a specific question (e.g. you want to buy something, or trying to figure why something doesn't work as intended) that likely exists somewhere in the deep corners of reddit, in which case embracing the new redesign is signing off on torturing yourself. It's no longer enjoyable for procrastination though, agreed.
The Apollo app is leagues ahead of even their mobile app, not sure why they don’t just hire that person (probably because the person gives a shit about the user experience, and the suits at Reddit are more interested in ruthlessly monetizing, ipo and all coming up).
Re: Libreddit: Private front-end for Reddit written in Rust
#35If you were building an interface to extract the most value from Reddit-like sites but reduce the chance of addiction what would it look like? Less pictures, less color, less NSFW, time delays on content, exclude any subreddit that grows beyond a certain size, actively avoid things that are engaging lots of people etc. There's the ethical qualm that your profiting from other people's addiction to surface your minor a…
i would get rid of infinite scrolling.
Re: Libreddit: Private front-end for Reddit written in Rust
#36Isn't that a violation of reddit's trademarks? There is a reason apps for Reddit have to brand themselves as "XYZ for Reddit". Also, I don't quite understand why the requests have to be proxied through a server. Wouldn't implementing this in javascript to send requests directly client-side to reddit's apis be faster and more private? It's fast because it's rust is a dumb argument when you are adding an additional net…
It would certainly be faster, though the idea behind the proxy is that it prevents Reddit correlating browsing habits to a specific source (assuming the one hosting the libreddit instance is deemed trustworthy).
https://reddit.com/.json from an incognito window shows me the exact same posts in the same order as libreddit.
Re: Libreddit: Private front-end for Reddit written in Rust
#37I think it's time we drop the "written in Rust" qualifier.
Imagine the chaos at "C compiler written in Rust"
Re: Libreddit: Private front-end for Reddit written in Rust
#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sometimes you want to find an answer to a specific question (e.g. you want to buy something, or trying to figure why something doesn't work as intended) that likely exists somewhere in the deep corners of reddit, in which case embracing the new redesign is signing off on torturing yourself. It's no longer enjoyable for procrastination though, agreed.
The Apollo app is leagues ahead of even their mobile app, not sure why they don’t just hire that person (probably because the person gives a shit about the user experience, and the suits at Reddit are more interested in ruthlessly monetizing, ipo and all coming up).
Yeah, more likely they buy it to kill it like they did Alien Blue years ago.
Re: Libreddit: Private front-end for Reddit written in Rust
#39Best advice I heard regarding reddit: disable old redirect and embrace the new redesign. Outcome - my reddit browsing has become minimal, focused and no longer enjoyable for procrastination.
Re: Libreddit: Private front-end for Reddit written in Rust
#40> Fast: written in Rust for blazing fast speeds and memory safety
This doesn't matter much for the end user when data is requested from Reddit's API anyhow.