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If their API is killed I think Reddit's done for. I wouldn't use it if I were forced to use the official app myself, sure many others wouldn't either. Folk wou

If their API is killed I think Reddit's done for. I wouldn't use it if I were forced to use the official app myself, sure many others wouldn't either. Folk would probably move over to something like voat.co

rootusrootus 8y ago
I expect people would mostly just use the mobile web site. And there would be a lot of noise. But I can't ever see myself going to somewhere like voat.
sneakernets 8y ago
You usually would move over to something better, not worse.
- AsyncAwait 8y ago
  Yeah, Voat's not an appealing alternative. There's an ActivityPub-powered, federated link aggregator in the works[1], that could work out really well as each community could have their own rules and if you don't want to federate with a particular one, just block them. 1 - https://gitlab.com/mbajur/prismo https://gitlab.com/mbajur/prismo
  - noir_lord 8y ago
    Off topic but man do I like gitlabs current UI on iPad, not seen it for a while.
deminature 8y ago
Voat is appalling and revels in its terribleness. There has to be something better to migrate to.
- rhizome 8y ago
  Reddit : Usenet :: Slack : IRC There will be other places for you to migrate to, as there have been for decades, if not an entire generation.
  - isostatic 8y ago
    Reddit has always been some new thing that the kids use. Slack will be dying soon enough too.
- ATsch 8y ago
  The most promising general reddit equivalent I've seen so far is tildes.net. It's the first time I've seen a fork of the reddit model with some actually fresh ideas. However, like all of the hundreds of alternatived, this site is far below the critical mass required to make browsing it regularly worthwhile.
  - illegalsmile 8y ago
    Would you have an invite to send to try the alpha?
  - vpmpaul 8y ago
    All that it needs is for reddit to commit suicide just like digg chose to.
- deleted 8y ago
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ndnxhs 8y ago
There is an alternative made by a previous reddit dev called tildes.net its invite only and quite enjoyable to use. Classic lightweight website and no trolls
code_duck 8y ago
Voat? Might as well believe that Facebook users are switching to Diaspora
zapzupnz 8y ago
I tried Voat, but it was just full of Pao-era ex-redditors engaging in two-dimensional-spherical masturbatory activities about how amazing Voat is compared to reddit. Pretty much all the Voat analogues to my favourite subreddits devolved into that in between occasional bursts of genuine activity and reposts of whatever's trending on reddit.

rootusrootus 8y ago

I expect people would mostly just use the mobile web site. And there would be a lot of noise. But I can't ever see myself going to somewhere like voat.

sneakernets 8y ago

You usually would move over to something better, not worse.

AsyncAwait 8y ago
Yeah, Voat's not an appealing alternative. There's an ActivityPub-powered, federated link aggregator in the works[1], that could work out really well as each community could have their own rules and if you don't want to federate with a particular one, just block them. 1 - https://gitlab.com/mbajur/prismo https://gitlab.com/mbajur/prismo
- noir_lord 8y ago
  Off topic but man do I like gitlabs current UI on iPad, not seen it for a while.

deminature 8y ago

Voat is appalling and revels in its terribleness. There has to be something better to migrate to.

rhizome 8y ago
Reddit : Usenet :: Slack : IRC There will be other places for you to migrate to, as there have been for decades, if not an entire generation.
- isostatic 8y ago
  Reddit has always been some new thing that the kids use. Slack will be dying soon enough too.
ATsch 8y ago
The most promising general reddit equivalent I've seen so far is tildes.net. It's the first time I've seen a fork of the reddit model with some actually fresh ideas. However, like all of the hundreds of alternatived, this site is far below the critical mass required to make browsing it regularly worthwhile.
- illegalsmile 8y ago
  Would you have an invite to send to try the alpha?
- vpmpaul 8y ago
  All that it needs is for reddit to commit suicide just like digg chose to.
deleted 8y ago
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ndnxhs 8y ago

There is an alternative made by a previous reddit dev called tildes.net its invite only and quite enjoyable to use. Classic lightweight website and no trolls

code_duck 8y ago

Voat? Might as well believe that Facebook users are switching to Diaspora

zapzupnz 8y ago

I tried Voat, but it was just full of Pao-era ex-redditors engaging in two-dimensional-spherical masturbatory activities about how amazing Voat is compared to reddit. Pretty much all the Voat analogues to my favourite subreddits devolved into that in between occasional bursts of genuine activity and reposts of whatever's trending on reddit.