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I would LOVE to find a Reddit alternative, that is more in the vein of that early days spirit. Unfortunately, it seems like the only options out there are eith
by StevePerkins 6y ago
I would LOVE to find a Reddit alternative, that is more in the vein of that early days spirit.
Unfortunately, it seems like the only options out there are either:
1) Reddit clones, that attract people who are angry about the worst subreddits getting banned at one point or another. Pretty much nothing but non-witty hate speech, and meta discussion about how much Reddit sucks.
2) Random phpBB bulletin boards, that are too small to have the critical mass of early Reddit. Of course, today's Reddit is WAY too big, and suffers from the "Eternal September" problem. A smaller, lesser-known alternative would be great. But it has to be large ENOUGH, or else it's not much different from a private Slack or Discord.
- dannyw 6y agoI was on StumbleUpon and then Digg and then reddit. Looking for a new home just like you.
- Dirlewanger 6y agoThe monkey's out of the bottle regarding polarized Internet discussions. ~Pre-2014 Internet discussions are never coming back. There's too many bad actors everywhere that have too much to gain by injecting politics into every corner of the Internet.
- rob___m 6y agoMe too. I found reddit when somebody posted a link to it on Digg when Digg was getting bad. Reddit has gotten bad IMO a few times, but I haven't found a better alternative. Every time it does, I adjust my usage (using old., carefully curating my subs) and it's been ok. Today I'm out looking for alternatives again, which brings me to HN. There's something magical about early reddit, but I don't think it's unique, I think it existed on usenet and bulleting boards and other stuff before my time, I think it will exist again, but if it exists right now, it's a carefully guarded secret that I haven't stumbled upon yet.
- GioM 6y agoSlashdot, to digg, to reddit, and now... nothing. I hope a new one emerges.