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Are there other platforms you'd be willing to name that you see as being grassroots "for users by users"? I may want to look into some of them.

bombcar 4y ago
Patreon still has some of this feel somehow - it feels more connected when I support someone
- wkat4242 4y ago
  I think that's because not many people use their discovery. They usually end up from somewhere else. So they don't have that part to play with (eg charging money or using algorithms to recommend content that's profitable for them). Also, their monetisation is pretty seamless because you come there with the intent to pay. So requests for payment don't feel out of place. I guess for the people you patron it's less great now because I see many people moving to ko-fi.
wkat4242 4y ago
You're on one right now. If that wasn't clear from my post. Also, Reddit still manages ok on this front IMO. The only reason I stopped paying was that they doubled the price when they moved away from gold to whatever it is they call now. Another one is tweakers.net in Holland. Boards.ie in Ireland though I left that country years ago and I don't know how that site is fairing now. Those are the main ones I can think of right now.
- thepasswordis 4y ago
  Reddit is doing everything they can to kill it though. It's gone from habitually including site:reddit.com in every google search to actively avoiding it on mobile. I'm not going to install the app. Ever. I will never, ever, ever install reddit's app. No amount of nagging me will ever get me to install it ever.
  - paradox460 4y ago
    If you replace the reddit URL with i.reddit.com, you get the old mobile site, which was optimized for 533MHz devices. They sometimes put banners to redirect you to the newer design, but you can dismiss them
    - thepasswordis 4y ago
      That’s great info thanks!
  - TulliusCicero 4y ago
    I still use site:reddit.com for recommendations, I just use a third party app for viewing (rif is fun, aka "reddit is fun").
    - aqfamnzc 4y ago
      "reddit is fun is fun for reddit"
    - thepasswordis 4y ago
      How do you get weblinks to open in that app?
      - onlypositive 4y ago
        Three dots, open in app. You need something that is associated to those links for the menu option to show though. (Firefox)
    - berniedurfee 4y ago
      Is that Apollo for Reddit on the iOS app store?
  - inerte 4y ago
    I use https://apolloapp.io/ https://apolloapp.io/ - heck a few weeks ago I realized I used it SO much I paid for it, not because I wanted any of its premium features, just because it has delivered so much value to me I decided to give its author some money.
ptato 4y ago
I don't know if this fits what you were thinking of but I love rateyourmusic.com. Great community, great content, simple website.
aeyes 4y ago
Discogs.com
RScholar 4y ago
Trakt.tv

bombcar 4y ago

Patreon still has some of this feel somehow - it feels more connected when I support someone

wkat4242 4y ago
I think that's because not many people use their discovery. They usually end up from somewhere else. So they don't have that part to play with (eg charging money or using algorithms to recommend content that's profitable for them). Also, their monetisation is pretty seamless because you come there with the intent to pay. So requests for payment don't feel out of place. I guess for the people you patron it's less great now because I see many people moving to ko-fi.

wkat4242 4y ago

You're on one right now. If that wasn't clear from my post. Also, Reddit still manages ok on this front IMO. The only reason I stopped paying was that they doubled the price when they moved away from gold to whatever it is they call now. Another one is tweakers.net in Holland. Boards.ie in Ireland though I left that country years ago and I don't know how that site is fairing now. Those are the main ones I can think of right now.

thepasswordis 4y ago
Reddit is doing everything they can to kill it though. It's gone from habitually including site:reddit.com in every google search to actively avoiding it on mobile. I'm not going to install the app. Ever. I will never, ever, ever install reddit's app. No amount of nagging me will ever get me to install it ever.
- paradox460 4y ago
  If you replace the reddit URL with i.reddit.com, you get the old mobile site, which was optimized for 533MHz devices. They sometimes put banners to redirect you to the newer design, but you can dismiss them
  - thepasswordis 4y ago
    That’s great info thanks!
- TulliusCicero 4y ago
  I still use site:reddit.com for recommendations, I just use a third party app for viewing (rif is fun, aka "reddit is fun").
  - aqfamnzc 4y ago
    "reddit is fun is fun for reddit"
  - thepasswordis 4y ago
    How do you get weblinks to open in that app?
    - onlypositive 4y ago
      Three dots, open in app. You need something that is associated to those links for the menu option to show though. (Firefox)
  - berniedurfee 4y ago
    Is that Apollo for Reddit on the iOS app store?
- inerte 4y ago
  I use https://apolloapp.io/ https://apolloapp.io/ - heck a few weeks ago I realized I used it SO much I paid for it, not because I wanted any of its premium features, just because it has delivered so much value to me I decided to give its author some money.

ptato 4y ago

I don't know if this fits what you were thinking of but I love rateyourmusic.com. Great community, great content, simple website.

aeyes 4y ago

Discogs.com

RScholar 4y ago

Trakt.tv