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This is why I started developing an alternative to Reddit a few years ago. It was clear from their leadership that they would continue to move towards satisfyin
by viklove 7y ago
This is why I started developing an alternative to Reddit a few years ago. It was clear from their leadership that they would continue to move towards satisfying their newly acquired VCs (for example Tencent), and do so by selling out their users in every way possible. Platforms like Reddit do not care about giving their users the best possible experience, and that is no longer the basis of the decisions they make.
The only way for a discussion platform to stay true to its users is if it does not rely on revenue from other sources.
I wrote a blog post about this a few days back (shameless plug): https://www.plebia.io/blogs/site/uDIkCFPp2b8+Online-Discussion-Platforms-Have-Changed https://www.plebia.io/blogs/site/uDIkCFPp2b8+Online-Discussi...
- pferde 7y agoLooks good so far. A suggestion, though - if you really can't make the site work at least a little bit with javascript disabled, at least have a basic landing/about page display for js-less browsers. Simply put - give me a reason to consider unblocking your site, dangle the carrot in front of me.
- viklove 7y agoYeah that's a fair point, thanks for the feedback!
- dvh 7y agoI just made gamedev "sub" there, let's see where it gets. - consider shorter url, instead of /forum/gamedev /p/gamedev or something so it can be referenced in text like on Reddit - I never liked any dark theme so I hope It can be made light - in submit form allow me to prefil link from url parameter and title too so that I can easily post from rss reader - add rss feeds
- viklove 7y agoI know the dark theme can be a bit alienating to some -- thanks for the feedback!