Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit?

#1

Post by FrozenVoid » Thu, Apr 12, 2018, 12:14 PM UTC

Reddit is pushing the new redesign which seems half-baked attempt at competing with facebook. What sites/forums can be considered as alternative to reddit or its parts?

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit?

#2

Post by startupflix » Thu, Apr 12, 2018, 12:21 PM UTC

* Voat.co * Quora.com * Slashdot.org

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit?

#3

Post by synthecho » Thu, Apr 12, 2018, 12:43 PM UTC

I suggest Voat.

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit?

#4

Post by randomerr » Thu, Apr 12, 2018, 12:45 PM UTC

Other then here, Voat is the best overall. Their source is on GITHub if you want to roll your own.

https://github.com/voat/voat

If you want to do your own Reddit here are some clones, largely PHP based:

https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/77bhdx/phpbased...

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit?

#5

Post by StavrosK » Thu, Apr 12, 2018, 12:47 PM UTC

randomerr wrote: post #4

Other then here, Voat is the best overall. Their source is on GITHub if you want to roll your own. https://github.com/voat/voat If you want to do your own Reddit here are some clones, largely PHP based: https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/77bhdx/phpbased...

Isn't Voat infested with the_donald refugees?

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit?

#6

Post by dvh » Thu, Apr 12, 2018, 12:48 PM UTC

np.reddit.com

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit?

#7

Post by catach » Thu, Apr 12, 2018, 12:49 PM UTC

lobste.rs is more of a HN replacement, but there you go.

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit?

#8

Post by rolfvandekrol » Thu, Apr 12, 2018, 12:50 PM UTC

randomerr wrote: post #4

Other then here, Voat is the best overall. Their source is on GITHub if you want to roll your own. https://github.com/voat/voat If you want to do your own Reddit here are some clones, largely PHP based: https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/77bhdx/phpbased...

That voat repo is not updated since december 2017. Is this still actively worked on, but in private, or did the devs abandon the project?

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit?

#9

Post by dgllghr » Thu, Apr 12, 2018, 12:50 PM UTC

randomerr wrote: post #4

Other then here, Voat is the best overall. Their source is on GITHub if you want to roll your own. https://github.com/voat/voat If you want to do your own Reddit here are some clones, largely PHP based: https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/77bhdx/phpbased...

I spent 5 minutes on voat before realizing that it is Fox News in reddit form

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit?

#10

Post by catach » Thu, Apr 12, 2018, 12:52 PM UTC

StavrosK wrote: post #5

randomerr wrote: post #4

Other then here, Voat is the best overall. Their source is on GITHub if you want to roll your own. https://github.com/voat/voat If you want to do your own Reddit here are some clones, largely PHP based: https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/77bhdx/phpbased...

Isn't Voat infested with the_donald refugees?

Enough to say that if someone's looking for a reddit replacement because they don't want racism, voat is not the answer.