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This redesign really makes me think of digg v4. The usability of the site is completely different, the inline ads. The biggest difference is they have 10 year

by swalsh 8y ago

This redesign really makes me think of digg v4. The usability of the site is completely different, the inline ads. The biggest difference is they have 10 years of momentum. But if someone takes the old open source code base and starts "readit.com" i'll move.

LaikaF 8y ago
I was part of the digg to reddit user migration. The big difference this time around is there is no reddit to migrate too. I was affected by that recent wave of subreddit bans and started looking at alternatives. There's plenty but none are very good. The biggest move I've seen is people going to Discord servers. The two problems with that are: -Searching and history aren't really a thing on them -Discord does not really have a good way to make money other than nitro.
tarcon 8y ago
https://www.saidit.net https://www.saidit.net
jokoon 8y ago
I don't entirely agree. Reddit's success comes from how it has been moderated and tailored to attract new communities (other that geek and IT communities) in an open, accessible and non-anarchic way. It takes time and patience to build such an environment, and the most crucial capital of reddit right now, is its subreddits, and its army of moderators who are applying the reddit etiquette and keeping the site balanced, clean and interesting. If you look at voat, it's a cesspool. In short, you cannot easily create a community, it doesn't only require a website and some rules, it also requires community building, and tailoring rules that can make a good user experience. It's not easy. I think that reddit's founders have been sailing away from money making for a long time now, because they know well that their users can quickly discover they are being used to make money. They owe the success of reddit to not giving to money interests, and frankly that's why this website have been so successful. So I don't think you can "move" to another clone of reddit, it would still require community building and time. Also the expertise required to make load balancing work just fine on a new clone is not negligible.

by swalsh 8y ago

LaikaF 8y ago

I was part of the digg to reddit user migration. The big difference this time around is there is no reddit to migrate too. I was affected by that recent wave of subreddit bans and started looking at alternatives. There's plenty but none are very good. The biggest move I've seen is people going to Discord servers. The two problems with that are: -Searching and history aren't really a thing on them -Discord does not really have a good way to make money other than nitro.

tarcon 8y ago

https://www.saidit.net https://www.saidit.net

jokoon 8y ago

I don't entirely agree. Reddit's success comes from how it has been moderated and tailored to attract new communities (other that geek and IT communities) in an open, accessible and non-anarchic way. It takes time and patience to build such an environment, and the most crucial capital of reddit right now, is its subreddits, and its army of moderators who are applying the reddit etiquette and keeping the site balanced, clean and interesting. If you look at voat, it's a cesspool. In short, you cannot easily create a community, it doesn't only require a website and some rules, it also requires community building, and tailoring rules that can make a good user experience. It's not easy. I think that reddit's founders have been sailing away from money making for a long time now, because they know well that their users can quickly discover they are being used to make money. They owe the success of reddit to not giving to money interests, and frankly that's why this website have been so successful. So I don't think you can "move" to another clone of reddit, it would still require community building and time. Also the expertise required to make load balancing work just fine on a new clone is not negligible.