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Please don’t let HN become a support forum for reddit. It’s a dying and moulding corpse that you needn’t waste brain cycles worrying about, if I were you I woul

Please don’t let HN become a support forum for reddit. It’s a dying and moulding corpse that you needn’t waste brain cycles worrying about, if I were you I would consider your ejection a blessing.

charcircuit 3y ago
I see this less of support and more of a news update on how Reddit is countering the protest. It's possible this is just a coincidence, but it is something to be aware of at least.
IntelMiner 3y ago
Reddit is a large social media site and its demise is newsworthy, regardless of its association with HN
nubinetwork 3y ago
> Please don’t let HN become a support forum for reddit Or PayPal Or eBay Or Stripe (I could keep going but you get the point)
- HKH2 3y ago
  Why did you choose three services that actually matter if you lose access to them without warning?
  - nubinetwork 3y ago
    Because their (former) users come here to complain like we're their personal outrage army.
    - JohnFen 3y ago
      I like that people do this for important services, because it gives me a clue about what companies I should avoid or abandon.
    - HKH2 3y ago
      Sure, but we expect Reddit to treat people badly because that's how it's been for a long time. It seems quite different for a payment processor to lock you out of an account.
goplayoutside 3y ago
Oh, it's not a request for tech support ala the 'I'm locked out of gmail' posts that come up regularly here. But I would like for others to know about this, if for no other reason than to add one more bit of motivation for people to create competitor sites. Personally, I'd especially like to see a non-free but inexpensive offering with a reddit-style interface that caters to niche communities. Let reddit have the cat videos and memes that litter their front page; that's what they want anyway. There needs to be another place for hobbyist communities. It's easy enough to stand up a Discourse server, but there's something to be said for the network effects of a single site with a large user base.

charcircuit 3y ago

I see this less of support and more of a news update on how Reddit is countering the protest. It's possible this is just a coincidence, but it is something to be aware of at least.

IntelMiner 3y ago

Reddit is a large social media site and its demise is newsworthy, regardless of its association with HN

nubinetwork 3y ago

> Please don’t let HN become a support forum for reddit Or PayPal Or eBay Or Stripe (I could keep going but you get the point)

HKH2 3y ago
Why did you choose three services that actually matter if you lose access to them without warning?
- nubinetwork 3y ago
  Because their (former) users come here to complain like we're their personal outrage army.
  - JohnFen 3y ago
    I like that people do this for important services, because it gives me a clue about what companies I should avoid or abandon.
  - HKH2 3y ago
    Sure, but we expect Reddit to treat people badly because that's how it's been for a long time. It seems quite different for a payment processor to lock you out of an account.

goplayoutside 3y ago

Oh, it's not a request for tech support ala the 'I'm locked out of gmail' posts that come up regularly here. But I would like for others to know about this, if for no other reason than to add one more bit of motivation for people to create competitor sites. Personally, I'd especially like to see a non-free but inexpensive offering with a reddit-style interface that caters to niche communities. Let reddit have the cat videos and memes that litter their front page; that's what they want anyway. There needs to be another place for hobbyist communities. It's easy enough to stand up a Discourse server, but there's something to be said for the network effects of a single site with a large user base.