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Despite the content I will say this: It is much faster than the reddit website despite all the animations/gifs/cats everywhere Just go to show how bloated reddit has become
I thought it would be a good exercise to see what was out there (give other sites a chance), so I started following suggestions others have made. This is the list I currently have compiled. https://lemmy.ml/ ( https://join-lemmy.org/ ) : ideal reddit replacement https://www.tiktok.com/ : from a purely entertainment value. This is number one. I was on TikTok last year and it was basically the only entertainment site I…
It doesn't exist yet. The best way the solve the platform overreach problem is replicating the podcast model, and transitioning from those platforms to two utilities: (1) Content hosting (2) Content browsing This way, the /r/BikeShedding community can buy a domain, say, BikeShedding.gg, and connect it to a content hosting platform that delivers a standard API + web UI. This is (1). Users will have an app, let's call…
> Podcasts are the pinnacle of decentralization yet I haven't heard once the word "federation" or had to choose an "instance". This is due to the difference between one way vs 2 way communication. Blogs and podcasts chose the word "syndication" and you use an RSS client to subscribe instead of an instance that can talk back. What your story doesn't deal with is accounts (not just logins). If you add that you pretty m…
The way I see it, each “subreddit” is an independently run instance that I can authenticate with. Once it’s set up, my client handles the details of automatically authenticating me when I’m interacting with that instance. I’m imagining it securely stores the domain and token for each “subreddit”, though admittedly I haven’t given it any real thought.
As long as every instance is using some standardized protocol / API you’re set. A system like this is not only dead simple, but it opens up the potential for all sorts of really amazing frontend clients.
In addition to that, each instance could have a lot of control over which features they’d like to expose. For example, whether or not downvotes are allowed. They’d also be able to monetize in a lot of unique and interesting ways that aren’t possible on a centralized platform.
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