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Twitter alternatives (mastodon), instagram alternative (pixelfed), reddit alternative (prismo.news)... Things are looking great!

by muvek 8y ago

codetrotter 8y ago
For now I am still on Reddit but another open source alternative to Reddit that I learned about earlier today is https://tildes.net/ https://tildes.net/. Judging from the amount of votes and comments they have very few users as of yet. Will be interesting to see how Tildes develops over time.
- AsyncAwait 8y ago
  https://tildes.net https://tildes.net doesn't seem to be federated. Is it?
  - codetrotter 8y ago
    I don’t think so, no. They probably would have said so if it was. I wonder if they are open to patches that would make it federated.
    - Deimorz 8y ago
      I've got a note about this in the FAQ (https://docs.tildes.net/faq#why-isnt-tildes-decentralizeddistributedfederated https://docs.tildes.net/faq#why-isnt-tildes-decentralizeddis...): > Why isn't Tildes decentralized/distributed/federated? > Decentralized communities are interesting and have a lot of potential, but that model also introduces its own problems and difficulties. Tildes is already attempting to do quite a few things differently to improve the quality of online communities, and I'm more interested in focusing on those goals without introducing the additional complexity of decentralization. > However, since Tildes is open-source, someone else could certainly use it as a base for their own decentralized version. I'm not interested in running a decentralized version myself, but I'd love to see someone else try to make it work.
      - codetrotter 8y ago
        Thanks for responding about that here, did not expect that :)
  - Quanttek 8y ago
    How do you get an account there?
    - deleted 8y ago
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    - Deimorz 8y ago
      Just send me an email - the address and more info about the site are in the announcement post (offer's open to anyone else that's interested too): https://blog.tildes.net/announcing-tildes https://blog.tildes.net/announcing-tildes I send out invites daily. It's not intended to be difficult to get an account, I just want to prevent it from getting out of control when it gets a huge burst of attention due to situations like a subreddit getting banned.
      - Quanttek 8y ago
        Thank you! I reached out
- chris_mc 8y ago
  I used Tildes during the first round of public closed alpha and it's pretty nice, everyone was polite, and they didn't put up with rude folks or bullshit trolls. I ended up quitting because there wasn't enough content at the time and I was wasting too much time there, like I did on Reddit. However, I would say it might be worth going back there to check it out again. The platform itself is open source, I believe, and it uses as little JS as possible to make the site simple.
dilap 8y ago
I love the spirit, but I feel like it's gunna be hard for a straight-clone decentralized site to gain traction. I think you need to combine fresh site ideas along w/ the decent to really gain traction.
holler 8y ago
check out sqwok, new & starting beta https://sqwok.im https://sqwok.im
- dawnerd 8y ago
  Gross, broke back navigation on my trackpad.
  - holler 8y ago
    Sorry to hear that! It shouldn't have any issue w/back button so if it did it's definitely a bug. It's a very new project and hasn't been tested on a track-pad yet but thanks for reporting!

Twitter alternatives (mastodon), instagram alternative (pixelfed), reddit alternative (prismo.news)... Things are looking great!

by muvek 8y ago

Twitter alternatives (mastodon), instagram alternative (pixelfed), reddit alternative (prismo.news)... Things are looking great!

codetrotter 8y ago

For now I am still on Reddit but another open source alternative to Reddit that I learned about earlier today is https://tildes.net/ https://tildes.net/. Judging from the amount of votes and comments they have very few users as of yet. Will be interesting to see how Tildes develops over time.

AsyncAwait 8y ago
https://tildes.net https://tildes.net doesn't seem to be federated. Is it?
- codetrotter 8y ago
  I don’t think so, no. They probably would have said so if it was. I wonder if they are open to patches that would make it federated.
  - Deimorz 8y ago
    I've got a note about this in the FAQ (https://docs.tildes.net/faq#why-isnt-tildes-decentralizeddistributedfederated https://docs.tildes.net/faq#why-isnt-tildes-decentralizeddis...): > Why isn't Tildes decentralized/distributed/federated? > Decentralized communities are interesting and have a lot of potential, but that model also introduces its own problems and difficulties. Tildes is already attempting to do quite a few things differently to improve the quality of online communities, and I'm more interested in focusing on those goals without introducing the additional complexity of decentralization. > However, since Tildes is open-source, someone else could certainly use it as a base for their own decentralized version. I'm not interested in running a decentralized version myself, but I'd love to see someone else try to make it work.
    - codetrotter 8y ago
      Thanks for responding about that here, did not expect that :)
- Quanttek 8y ago
  How do you get an account there?
  - deleted 8y ago
    [deleted]
  - Deimorz 8y ago
    Just send me an email - the address and more info about the site are in the announcement post (offer's open to anyone else that's interested too): https://blog.tildes.net/announcing-tildes https://blog.tildes.net/announcing-tildes I send out invites daily. It's not intended to be difficult to get an account, I just want to prevent it from getting out of control when it gets a huge burst of attention due to situations like a subreddit getting banned.
    - Quanttek 8y ago
      Thank you! I reached out
chris_mc 8y ago
I used Tildes during the first round of public closed alpha and it's pretty nice, everyone was polite, and they didn't put up with rude folks or bullshit trolls. I ended up quitting because there wasn't enough content at the time and I was wasting too much time there, like I did on Reddit. However, I would say it might be worth going back there to check it out again. The platform itself is open source, I believe, and it uses as little JS as possible to make the site simple.

dilap 8y ago

I love the spirit, but I feel like it's gunna be hard for a straight-clone decentralized site to gain traction. I think you need to combine fresh site ideas along w/ the decent to really gain traction.

holler 8y ago

check out sqwok, new & starting beta https://sqwok.im https://sqwok.im

dawnerd 8y ago
Gross, broke back navigation on my trackpad.
- holler 8y ago
  Sorry to hear that! It shouldn't have any issue w/back button so if it did it's definitely a bug. It's a very new project and hasn't been tested on a track-pad yet but thanks for reporting!