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This is basically the setup I've been discussing in my articles about a decentralised Reddit alternative. A system where forums are all hosted independently, bu

by CM30 9y ago

This is basically the setup I've been discussing in my articles about a decentralised Reddit alternative. A system where forums are all hosted independently, but can share login data, reputation data, post history, etc. https://artplusmarketing.com/discussing-a-decentralised-reddit-alternative-e8a845e96fb2 https://artplusmarketing.com/discussing-a-decentralised-redd... It would hopefully avert the issue Reddit like sites have where different groups want to control what others can say on the platform, by taking control out of the hands of a large corporation.

KajMagnus 9y ago
I actually mostly appreciate the moderation/censorship Reddit does nowadays. E.g. banning subreddits like "beating cr-ppl-s" and "r-p-ng w-men". Isn't the world better of, when it's harder for people to give advice about, and encourage, those things? Anyway, you wrote (in the blog): "independently hosted forums" — I like that, for various reasons. Actually, I might slightly have built a Reddit alternative minus single-sign-on. Here's an a bit Reddit like discussion: https://www.talkyard.io/forum/-61859/forum-software-for-the-future https://www.talkyard.io/forum/-61859/forum-software-for-the-... And one can create per site sub communities, a bit like subreddits. Actually, there are improvements over Reddit: https://www.talkyard.io/-32/how-hacker-news-can-be-improved-3-things https://www.talkyard.io/-32/how-hacker-news-can-be-improved-... . Someone is actually emailing with me about migrating their subreddits from Reddit to a Talkyard community at their own domain. You wrote: "It would be a very complicated forum aggregator with a ton of features necessary to create the combined community side like on Reddit or its alternatives." — I agree. And it'd also be lovely with a mobile phone app, that could connect to all these disparate communities. So one didn't need to type the address in the mobile phone browser. Instead one just clicked in a list of recently visited communities. And it showed notifications too. ... A bit like mobile Facebook and Reddit, but connected to 999 decentralized communities. I've been thinking a bit about building this mobile app, and forum aggregator / search engine. And initially make it work with Discourse (https://www.discourse.org https://www.discourse.org), Flarum (http://flarum.org http://flarum.org) and Talkyard (https://www.talkyard.io https://www.talkyard.io).
icc97 9y ago
Excellent post, pretty much exactly what I was thinking of > Of course, it still raises questions about how it’d be financed or supported. No investor would back a service that couldn’t be controlled at all and could lose most of its userbase overnight. I think the WordPress/WooCommerce model works for this. So you handle forum set up for businesses, or have paid for plugins. You can also still have a centralised system like basically reddit/wordpress.com , but allow subdomains just to be redirected to someones own domain (all for a minor cost).

by CM30 9y ago

KajMagnus 9y ago

I actually mostly appreciate the moderation/censorship Reddit does nowadays. E.g. banning subreddits like "beating cr-ppl-s" and "r-p-ng w-men". Isn't the world better of, when it's harder for people to give advice about, and encourage, those things? Anyway, you wrote (in the blog): "independently hosted forums" — I like that, for various reasons. Actually, I might slightly have built a Reddit alternative minus single-sign-on. Here's an a bit Reddit like discussion: https://www.talkyard.io/forum/-61859/forum-software-for-the-future https://www.talkyard.io/forum/-61859/forum-software-for-the-... And one can create per site sub communities, a bit like subreddits. Actually, there are improvements over Reddit: https://www.talkyard.io/-32/how-hacker-news-can-be-improved-3-things https://www.talkyard.io/-32/how-hacker-news-can-be-improved-... . Someone is actually emailing with me about migrating their subreddits from Reddit to a Talkyard community at their own domain. You wrote: "It would be a very complicated forum aggregator with a ton of features necessary to create the combined community side like on Reddit or its alternatives." — I agree. And it'd also be lovely with a mobile phone app, that could connect to all these disparate communities. So one didn't need to type the address in the mobile phone browser. Instead one just clicked in a list of recently visited communities. And it showed notifications too. ... A bit like mobile Facebook and Reddit, but connected to 999 decentralized communities. I've been thinking a bit about building this mobile app, and forum aggregator / search engine. And initially make it work with Discourse (https://www.discourse.org https://www.discourse.org), Flarum (http://flarum.org http://flarum.org) and Talkyard (https://www.talkyard.io https://www.talkyard.io).

icc97 9y ago

Excellent post, pretty much exactly what I was thinking of > Of course, it still raises questions about how it’d be financed or supported. No investor would back a service that couldn’t be controlled at all and could lose most of its userbase overnight. I think the WordPress/WooCommerce model works for this. So you handle forum set up for businesses, or have paid for plugins. You can also still have a centralised system like basically reddit/wordpress.com , but allow subdomains just to be redirected to someones own domain (all for a minor cost).