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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 https://github.com/voat/voat I

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

StavrosK 8y ago
Isn't Voat infested with the_donald refugees?
- catach 8y ago
  Enough to say that if someone's looking for a reddit replacement because they don't want racism, voat is not the answer.
  - krapp 8y ago
    There is probably a niche for which a stripped down HN-like forum with moderation but for general discussion might be moderately successful.. moreso if it provides a robust API that allows for third party clients. Maybe self-hosted forums will make a comeback.
    - catach 8y ago
      I don't think self-hosted forums ever left, really. But it's like IRC versus modern messaging apps; there's been a huge amount of inflation in terms of what user base "success" is supposed to look like.
- FLUX-YOU 8y ago
  voat is also where all /r/fatpeoplehate posts went when reddit banned it
  - steaknsteak 8y ago
    Yup it's basically reddit for the alt-right and banned subs... not exactly the place most people want to be
- sebtoast 8y ago
  It kind of is, but like Reddit, you make you're own frontpage, you have to find the right communities for you!
- ethagnawl 8y ago
  It would seem so. Here's a selection of post titles currently on the front page of voat.co: - Syria chemical attack was false flag operation by US - Didn't some vegan, muslim, woman shoot up youtube a week ago? - A heavy redpill from a man who knows what he's talking about. - Congressional Dick Pics
rolfvandekrol 8y ago
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?
- ratsmack 8y ago
  It is still actively being worked on. It just recently converted from Microsoft based software to open source throughout. The work is fairly slow because there are only a couple of devs.
dgllghr 8y ago
I spent 5 minutes on voat before realizing that it is Fox News in reddit form
cheeze 8y ago
Voat is utter shit. The default greeting/nickname on that site for other users is nifa. How is that okay at all?
- rurounijones 8y ago
  > nifa What is nifa? I am guessing it isn't the National Institute of Food and Agriculture and other organisations that come up on google. nvm, found it apparently: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=nifa https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=nifa
lprd 8y ago
Yah that place is cancer. I just took a quick peek inside of /v/politics and noped out. I'm an advocate getting balanced news, but this place is clearly heavily biased. I'm not saying Reddit is balanced either, but a bit more so than Voat.
- txsh 8y ago
  /v/politics is just as obnoxious rightwing as /r/politics is obnoxiously leftwing. Belonging to a side desensitizes you to it.
  - spamizbad 8y ago
    /r/politics is definitely not leftwing in any real sense. It's more like distilled American centrism: socially permissive but ultimately capitalist.
    - txsh 8y ago
      > Belonging to a side desensitizes you to it.

StavrosK 8y ago

Isn't Voat infested with the_donald refugees?

catach 8y ago
Enough to say that if someone's looking for a reddit replacement because they don't want racism, voat is not the answer.
- krapp 8y ago
  There is probably a niche for which a stripped down HN-like forum with moderation but for general discussion might be moderately successful.. moreso if it provides a robust API that allows for third party clients. Maybe self-hosted forums will make a comeback.
  - catach 8y ago
    I don't think self-hosted forums ever left, really. But it's like IRC versus modern messaging apps; there's been a huge amount of inflation in terms of what user base "success" is supposed to look like.
FLUX-YOU 8y ago
voat is also where all /r/fatpeoplehate posts went when reddit banned it
- steaknsteak 8y ago
  Yup it's basically reddit for the alt-right and banned subs... not exactly the place most people want to be
sebtoast 8y ago
It kind of is, but like Reddit, you make you're own frontpage, you have to find the right communities for you!
ethagnawl 8y ago
It would seem so. Here's a selection of post titles currently on the front page of voat.co: - Syria chemical attack was false flag operation by US - Didn't some vegan, muslim, woman shoot up youtube a week ago? - A heavy redpill from a man who knows what he's talking about. - Congressional Dick Pics

rolfvandekrol 8y ago

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?

ratsmack 8y ago
It is still actively being worked on. It just recently converted from Microsoft based software to open source throughout. The work is fairly slow because there are only a couple of devs.

dgllghr 8y ago

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

cheeze 8y ago

Voat is utter shit. The default greeting/nickname on that site for other users is nifa. How is that okay at all?

rurounijones 8y ago
> nifa What is nifa? I am guessing it isn't the National Institute of Food and Agriculture and other organisations that come up on google. nvm, found it apparently: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=nifa https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=nifa

lprd 8y ago

Yah that place is cancer. I just took a quick peek inside of /v/politics and noped out. I'm an advocate getting balanced news, but this place is clearly heavily biased. I'm not saying Reddit is balanced either, but a bit more so than Voat.

txsh 8y ago
/v/politics is just as obnoxious rightwing as /r/politics is obnoxiously leftwing. Belonging to a side desensitizes you to it.
- spamizbad 8y ago
  /r/politics is definitely not leftwing in any real sense. It's more like distilled American centrism: socially permissive but ultimately capitalist.
  - txsh 8y ago
    > Belonging to a side desensitizes you to it.