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Reddit has been on the road to becoming digg for some time now, the only thing propping them up is the lack of a decent alternative.
by Mao_Zedang 10y ago
Reddit has been on the road to becoming digg for some time now, the only thing propping them up is the lack of a decent alternative.
- arca_vorago 10y agoI seriously considered trying to use elixir to start a new site with similar intentions to hn/slashdot/reddit, but then I did a precursory search of all the legal implications and it seems nightmarish to run a high-volume user commenting site these days. I've settled on a side project of just editorials that dissect the rhetoric and logical strengths of current stories in aggregate. I think the next version of reddit is going to have to be on a blockchain or something decentralized and verifiable. That being said, I really have to give props to the HN team for how well they do their job technically and politically compared to most internet forum sites.
- jquip 10y agoHi, I'd be very interested to be a part of that... PM if you need more hands
- raldi 10y agoPeople have been saying reddit is turning into Digg since the very first comment thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/17913/reddit_now_supports_comments/c228/?limit=1 https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/17913/reddit_no...
- Mao_Zedang 10y agoI think when people say "digg" they mean failure not actually the website digg. And alienating your user base because of your feelings is definitely down the path to failure it definable doesn't endear success.
- crayon765 10y agohttps://voat.co https://voat.co is one such alternative.
- iso-8859-1 10y agoand https://lobste.rs/ https://lobste.rs/
- wtbob 10y agoThe problem with lobste.rs is getting an account.