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> One can only hope there'll be a watershed moment like the one that killed Digg. I think a critical part of the Digg exodus was that most people already saw R

> One can only hope there'll be a watershed moment like the one that killed Digg. I think a critical part of the Digg exodus was that most people already saw Reddit as a clear #2 in the space. When Digg fucked up, there was an obvious place for everyone to migrate to. I don't see that right now. Facebook isn't cool anymore, Twitter has a large number of people who won't use it because of Elon, Mastodon isn't mature enough to gain casual users. Bascially, the problem I see is that if people leave reddit, there isn't an obvious place for them to go? TikTok maybe? I just don't see an Pepsi to Reddit's Coke.

Etrnl_President 3y ago
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elpool2 3y ago
The key thing reddit has is subreddits. Maybe they could be implemented using BlueSky's custom feeds?
ajmurmann 3y ago
Mh, it feels like there has been little to no innovation and competition between companies about social media that are primarily text-based. Mastodon is in essence a decentralized Twitter. All new social networks seem to be about media other than text. The only text-centric new entry that comes to mind is Substack, but that's not really a social network product. Maybe it's time for a new innovator?
- nkjnlknlk 3y ago
  seems that text-based social media are not profitable (enough).
tracker1 3y ago
Single interest web-bbs systems is a definite option. Can always self-host discourse open-source. There's also many other options, including the Lamernews (HN clone) app.
wilsonnb3 3y ago
Discord seems the most likely, it matches the subreddit model and a lot of Reddit communities already have a discord. Obviously Discord is chat focused so not a one-to-one replacement but I am not sure that the younger generations will care. Plus there is the possibility of discord adding a Reddit/forum like feature, since they already have the mindshare.
- Etrnl_President 3y ago
  Discord stopped being cool when it started censoring subs for wrongthink, about 4 years ago.
- Vexs 3y ago
  Please god no. So much info is already getting dumped to discord and nowhere else making searching or archiving impossible, we don't need more of that.
  - Nathanba 3y ago
    that's part of the appeal nowadays, it seems websites and apps don't see the point of making themselves freely searchable anymore
  - edandersen 3y ago
    This is a selling point of Discord. The ability to have a conversation without "researchers" being able to search for it for decades.
    - OrvalWintermute 3y ago
      For many of us, Discord’s model is an anti-pattern. Try searching for something when you don’t recall where you said it (dc server or DM)
      - None4U 3y ago
        Search the .CSVs yourself?
Euphorbium 3y ago
Reddit is just a backend to apolo, if they make their own backend, a lot of people would switch.
- superfrank 3y ago
  I actually brought up this same idea elsewhere in this thread. Apparently, Apollo is a single developer though, so the main problem I see with this is time. Reddit switches over to new pricing July 1st, so this one person would have a single month to build out a new backend that would need to support tens of thousands of users and I just don't see that happening even if we assume they can hire a team of contractors and scaled it down to just core features.
  - willis936 3y ago
    Judging from this thread: I bet the Apollo dev could easily secure enough VC to eat reddit's lunch in short order. There would be no shortage of talent willing to take down goliath.
    - tayo42 3y ago
      How many of us are unemployed or underemployed after getting laid off. I got nothing going on hah. Pick me, I'll build and scale your social media site. I already did it once too hah
  - fluidcruft 3y ago
    All the other mobile cliets could switch to a compatible backend API as well. Apollo is only an iOS client. There are a number of Android and ross-platform clients as well. Such as RedditIsFun or Baconreader or Infinity. What would be missing is a web frontend.
- npteljes 3y ago
  Now while that's nice, who's going to pay for that? Certainly not Apollo / other third party reddit users. And so, at most you'd get a honeymoon period out of this, while burning someone else's money, until they get fed up, and monetize or close the service. Similar to what happened to Imgur.
kkarakk 3y ago
honestly i've been on tiktok/instagram since the pandemic, text forums don't have the same appeal as instantly making a video reply and seeing people react to it. i don't visit reddit/other forums as much anymore - the bot replies and quality of user are super annoying now.
dogleash 3y ago
It’s already moving to discord. Discord blows for asynchronous conversations. But that doesn’t mean it’s not the replacement.

Etrnl_President 3y ago

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elpool2 3y ago

The key thing reddit has is subreddits. Maybe they could be implemented using BlueSky's custom feeds?

ajmurmann 3y ago

Mh, it feels like there has been little to no innovation and competition between companies about social media that are primarily text-based. Mastodon is in essence a decentralized Twitter. All new social networks seem to be about media other than text. The only text-centric new entry that comes to mind is Substack, but that's not really a social network product. Maybe it's time for a new innovator?

nkjnlknlk 3y ago
seems that text-based social media are not profitable (enough).

tracker1 3y ago

Single interest web-bbs systems is a definite option. Can always self-host discourse open-source. There's also many other options, including the Lamernews (HN clone) app.

wilsonnb3 3y ago

Discord seems the most likely, it matches the subreddit model and a lot of Reddit communities already have a discord. Obviously Discord is chat focused so not a one-to-one replacement but I am not sure that the younger generations will care. Plus there is the possibility of discord adding a Reddit/forum like feature, since they already have the mindshare.

Etrnl_President 3y ago
Discord stopped being cool when it started censoring subs for wrongthink, about 4 years ago.
Vexs 3y ago
Please god no. So much info is already getting dumped to discord and nowhere else making searching or archiving impossible, we don't need more of that.
- Nathanba 3y ago
  that's part of the appeal nowadays, it seems websites and apps don't see the point of making themselves freely searchable anymore
- edandersen 3y ago
  This is a selling point of Discord. The ability to have a conversation without "researchers" being able to search for it for decades.
  - OrvalWintermute 3y ago
    For many of us, Discord’s model is an anti-pattern. Try searching for something when you don’t recall where you said it (dc server or DM)
    - None4U 3y ago
      Search the .CSVs yourself?

Euphorbium 3y ago

Reddit is just a backend to apolo, if they make their own backend, a lot of people would switch.

superfrank 3y ago
I actually brought up this same idea elsewhere in this thread. Apparently, Apollo is a single developer though, so the main problem I see with this is time. Reddit switches over to new pricing July 1st, so this one person would have a single month to build out a new backend that would need to support tens of thousands of users and I just don't see that happening even if we assume they can hire a team of contractors and scaled it down to just core features.
- willis936 3y ago
  Judging from this thread: I bet the Apollo dev could easily secure enough VC to eat reddit's lunch in short order. There would be no shortage of talent willing to take down goliath.
  - tayo42 3y ago
    How many of us are unemployed or underemployed after getting laid off. I got nothing going on hah. Pick me, I'll build and scale your social media site. I already did it once too hah
- fluidcruft 3y ago
  All the other mobile cliets could switch to a compatible backend API as well. Apollo is only an iOS client. There are a number of Android and ross-platform clients as well. Such as RedditIsFun or Baconreader or Infinity. What would be missing is a web frontend.
npteljes 3y ago
Now while that's nice, who's going to pay for that? Certainly not Apollo / other third party reddit users. And so, at most you'd get a honeymoon period out of this, while burning someone else's money, until they get fed up, and monetize or close the service. Similar to what happened to Imgur.

kkarakk 3y ago

honestly i've been on tiktok/instagram since the pandemic, text forums don't have the same appeal as instantly making a video reply and seeing people react to it. i don't visit reddit/other forums as much anymore - the bot replies and quality of user are super annoying now.

dogleash 3y ago

It’s already moving to discord. Discord blows for asynchronous conversations. But that doesn’t mean it’s not the replacement.