Rings.social – Reddit-API compatible and Open Source content-voting platform • Hacker News Board

jakear wrote: post #6

isaacremuant wrote: post #2

There's no content on the site. Seems like premature advertisement.

How exactly do you expect the content to reach the site before the users do?

I know this is a rhetorical question but with a compatible backend like this, could an app like Apollo pay the API fees to Reddit for historical posts, seeding content for the platform, and write subsequent posts to this new alternative database? That way you avoid the cold start problem, and the API fees to Reddit should fade over time as the content becomes stale -- the posts can even be sunsetted once native content is enough to sustain a network. Would that violate any terms?

Re: Rings.social – Reddit-API compatible and Open Source content-voting platform

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Post by tester457 » Mon, Jul 03, 2023, 1:14 AM UTC

HWR_14 wrote: post #5

Unlike old reddit, this site requires JS to function.

I'm waiting for something minimal like tildes or hn to show up. These new competitors are too bloated.

Re: Rings.social – Reddit-API compatible and Open Source content-voting platform

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Post by rideontime » Mon, Jul 03, 2023, 1:18 AM UTC

vagabund wrote: post #7

jakear wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How exactly do you expect the content to reach the site before the users do?

I know this is a rhetorical question but with a compatible backend like this, could an app like Apollo pay the API fees to Reddit for historical posts, seeding content for the platform, and write subsequent posts to this new alternative database? That way you avoid the cold start problem, and the API fees to Reddit should fade over time as the content becomes stale -- the posts can even be sunsetted once native conte…

I have a hard time imagining that not violating TOS.

Re: Rings.social – Reddit-API compatible and Open Source content-voting platform

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Post by thorncorona » Mon, Jul 03, 2023, 1:30 AM UTC

tester457 wrote: post #8

HWR_14 wrote: post #5

Unlike old reddit, this site requires JS to function.

I'm waiting for something minimal like tildes or hn to show up. These new competitors are too bloated.

i don't think most people care. or would care, ever, if the site worked without js.

the people who care about sites running without js also don't contribute to revenue either.

like genuinely i don't think there's a more miserable crowd to support, with stronger preferences.