Voten.co, a Real-Time Reddit Alternative Launches Public Beta

Post by antisthenes » Tue, May 16, 2017, 4:42 PM UTC

mundo wrote: post #103

imran3740 wrote: post #9

As with voat.co, who's gonna switch to this? Really the only people who switched over to Voat are the people who felt reddit was restricting their rights by posting controversial/hateful material on reddit. So it tends to be full of /pol-like MRAs/extreme right/alt-right users. Voten seems like it's trying to implement a more democratic system, but who will be pushed into switching over to that?

> who's gonna switch to this? Scott Alexander put it very well, in describing the right-leaning Reddit clone voat.co, and its influx of new users after Reddit purged some subs: "The moral of the story is: if you’re against witch-hunts, and you promise to found your own little utopian community where witch-hunts will never happen, your new society will end up consisting of approximately three principled civil libertar…

Post by nailer » Tue, May 16, 2017, 4:44 PM UTC

pavel_lishin wrote: post #115

aphextron wrote: post #107

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I agree it's not perfect but we seriously need a reddit alternative. The community there is simply too toxic and I've had to quit it. If there were a HN like community centered around regular news aggregation I would be sooo happy. As is, it's impossible to find a news feed I trust anymore. Google news is infiltrated with fake clickbait nonsense, and I wont even get started on Facebook.

> The community there is simply too toxic and I've had to quit it. Which community? There are thousands of subreddits. Are you talking about the people who use the default front-page subreddits?

Post by RivieraKid » Tue, May 16, 2017, 4:47 PM UTC

ehsankia wrote: post #126

znpy wrote: post #78

Signed up, wandered around, here are my impression. * Nothing fancy, nothing new, nothing impressive. I wouldn't spend time on this site. * The graphical design wasters most of my screen estate. * The side panel overlaps with the content when the window is not in full-screen. * If you register without an email, it is impossible to add one. * Did I mention that 60% of my screen estate is wasted ? * Reddit is open sour…

I get 2.5 stories on my laptop screen... This has to be a cruel joke. On reddit I can see up to 10. Although I've been hearing things about reddit wanting to revamp their UI. I really hope they don't, their minimal simple UI is the main thing I like about reddit and hackernews. And not being able to browse news without account means it'll never pick up.

Post by nailer » Tue, May 16, 2017, 4:55 PM UTC

theWheez wrote: post #136

nailer wrote: post #133

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I use the front page because I'm interested in what's popular. But someone's angry "f--k (politician here)" rant isn't my idea of entertainment, even if I don't like the politician, likewise various violence/creepy stuff that makes the front page. Reddit doesn't let me block subs.

In my experience, you get out of reddit what you put in. With an account you can unsubscribe from specific subreddits, which I have done to clean up my feed from angry/creepy/violent stuff and I get posts that I am very interested in, primarily from smaller subreddits about hobbies, sports, cool technology, etc.

Post by will4274 » Tue, May 16, 2017, 5:02 PM UTC

nailer wrote: post #133

pavel_lishin wrote: post #115

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> The community there is simply too toxic and I've had to quit it. Which community? There are thousands of subreddits. Are you talking about the people who use the default front-page subreddits?

I use the front page because I'm interested in what's popular. But someone's angry "f--k (politician here)" rant isn't my idea of entertainment, even if I don't like the politician, likewise various violence/creepy stuff that makes the front page. Reddit doesn't let me block subs.