Is Reddit doomed already?
Ask HN: Are you working on a Reddit replacement? What is it?
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Re: Ask HN: Are you working on a Reddit replacement? What is it?
#12It seems to me that the issue is not making a technically equivalent site, which is "relatively" easy. There's more to it than that.
Re: Ask HN: Are you working on a Reddit replacement? What is it?
#13Although it does seem to be very slow to respond, https://voat.co/ seemed to have stepped in as a replacement at the last big upheaval. They seem to constantly have troubles staying up though.
They certainly seem to have momentum, despite having trouble handling the traffic. It's a pity that as it stands it's still pretty much a copy though, an alternative to reddit doesn't have to be, and probably shouldn't be, a 1:1 copy.
Re: Ask HN: Are you working on a Reddit replacement? What is it?
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#15Is Reddit doomed already?
Without a radical turnaround, yeah, I think so. It feels very much like Digg did back in the day.
When your userbase is your main asset and you treat them as a given, bad things happen.
Re: Ask HN: Are you working on a Reddit replacement? What is it?
#16I've been toying with making one since I realized Reddit has been devolving into a reactionary, hate filled site. I was thinking about having a gimmick of graph based commenting to prevent the "top post guides discussion" effect. Not sure at how feasible or user friendly that could be.
I would love to see a commenting site with strong, pseudonymous identity support, to create a greater barrier to the racist and misogynistic trolls who infest the default sub-reddits currently.
Some options:
1. Register with a phone number (do some basic checks to avoid Google Voice, Twilio, etc.)
2. Accounts cost $1, payable either through Payal or credit card. Accounts are tied to the payment credentials.
3. Participation is restricted to desktop and mobile apps employing strong anti-cracking measures and linking accounts to the current device only by way of unique hardware IDs.
Re: Ask HN: Are you working on a Reddit replacement? What is it?
#17I've been toying with making one since I realized Reddit has been devolving into a reactionary, hate filled site. I was thinking about having a gimmick of graph based commenting to prevent the "top post guides discussion" effect. Not sure at how feasible or user friendly that could be.
Someone should make a version of reddit where your upvote/downvote record is what shapes the ordering for you. There should be a global rank and an individual rank that is calculated for each user something like the netflix 5 star system. That way the hateful stuff won't appear unless you upvoted hateful stuff. Liberals and conservatives could both get the content they want going to the same politics forum.
It should be assumed that when the professional executive class gets their hands on the company they will try to arbitrarily censor and ban things. The system has to be decentralized so the parent company is technically unable to do this even if north korea were to purchase it.
Re: Ask HN: Are you working on a Reddit replacement? What is it?
#18My Reddit replacement is Reddit, minus all the people who want to leave because of Reddit closing r/jailbait, r/thefappening, and r/fatpeoplehate. It's a pretty cool site, you should check it out.
Re: Ask HN: Are you working on a Reddit replacement? What is it?
#19Just as a side note: reddit is open source (I belive): https://github.com/reddit/reddit
Re: Ask HN: Are you working on a Reddit replacement? What is it?
#20Although it does seem to be very slow to respond, https://voat.co/ seemed to have stepped in as a replacement at the last big upheaval. They seem to constantly have troubles staying up though.
"Voat.co servers right now" https://regmedia.co.uk/2015/06/15/silicon-valley-servers.jpg
I lost it when I recognized those $5 ikea dish racks
