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And then somebody makes a substitute UI that calls the api, then reddit tries to take it down, then someone builds an open source version, then github gets a C&

And then somebody makes a substitute UI that calls the api, then reddit tries to take it down, then someone builds an open source version, then github gets a C&D letter and the creator makes blog post about it that reaches the front page of HN. I'm looking forward to the journey.

scott_w 5y ago
The first part happened: https://teddit.net https://teddit.net ;-)
mdaniel 5y ago
> then someone builds an open source version Damn, I went to dig up the URL for reddit's source and it seems it is no longer open :-( https://github.com/reddit-archive/reddit https://github.com/reddit-archive/reddit
- r721 5y ago
  Saidit is an old reddit fork with small changes (the biggest one is no downvotes): https://github.com/libertysoft3/saidit https://github.com/libertysoft3/saidit