Ask HN: What are some of the best Reddit alternatives?
Ask HN: What are some of the best Reddit alternatives?
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Re: Ask HN: What are some of the best Reddit alternatives?
#2- Why Reddit alternatives specifically?
- What do you browse Reddit for now?
- What is your goal when browsing/interacting with a different platform?
I think it would probably go a long way to have answers to all these questions before any recommendations can be made.
As far as "broad Reddit alternatives" go, there was a discussion on this already a few days ago:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36293789 (372 comments)
Re: Ask HN: What are some of the best Reddit alternatives?
#3- Why Reddit alternatives specifically? - What do you browse Reddit for now? - What is your goal when browsing/interacting with a different platform? I think it would probably go a long way to have answers to all these questions before any recommendations can be made. As far as "broad Reddit alternatives" go, there was a discussion on this already a few days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36293789 (372 com…
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#4Lots of people seem to be going to Lemmy right now. https://lemmyverse.net/
Re: Ask HN: What are some of the best Reddit alternatives?
#5Going outside is a really good one.
Honestly, I was late to the Reddit train, didn't join until 2015 or 2016 or so. I noticed a marked decline in my overall mental well-being but I really did feel addicted to it. For several reasons I stopped using it a few years ago and I can't think of a single thing that's worse off than before.
Unless you're running ads and using traffic from Reddit to fuel your business, you're not getting any value out of it. I'd see something on HN and it would be weeks at best before it would pop up on any of the technical/programming subs, and the conversation was always 1/10 the quality of here.
Re: Ask HN: What are some of the best Reddit alternatives?
#6I'd argue that checking out r/RedditAlternatives is a good move, they have a pretty exhaustive list and a lot of active discussion on the topic.
Re: Ask HN: What are some of the best Reddit alternatives?
#7It seems like a lot of the suggested alternatives are missing the mark a bit in regards to understanding what Reddit actually is (a community of communities). It seems like a lot of the platforms that are popping up are more akin to being just a huge bucket full of posts with tags opposed to being a collection of communities. They are sort of missing out on capturing the community part.
I've been building a platform called Sociables which is intentionally not just a Reddit clone. We are trying to create an all in one place for people to create communities first and foremost and not just posts.
Here's an example of a community:
Re: Ask HN: What are some of the best Reddit alternatives?
#8It depends what you're looking for.
For specific hobby/trade subs, plenty of fora still exist.
For anything interesting in tech or medicine or law, I like this site.
If you just want to replicate the intelligence and attitude of the larger subs, Twitter seems an apt replacement.
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#9Re: Ask HN: What are some of the best Reddit alternatives?
#10- Why Reddit alternatives specifically? - What do you browse Reddit for now? - What is your goal when browsing/interacting with a different platform? I think it would probably go a long way to have answers to all these questions before any recommendations can be made. As far as "broad Reddit alternatives" go, there was a discussion on this already a few days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36293789 (372 com…
@joshuawitzer : Since your account is new, FYI regarding why your sibling comment may have been downvoted to heavily:
(1) It used hyperbole: "Anytime you post something that someone doesnt like ..." Especially in comments that are critical, avoiding hyperbole helps to keep the discussion grounded and on-track.
(2) It used inflammatory language to describe people: "Reddit has gangs of goons/moderators". As with (1) above, this reduces the chance of having a productive discussion. (IMHO) that kind of insult also just makes conversation less enjoyable.