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Ask HN: Reddit alternatives (that aren't Mastodon)
With the upcoming APIocalypse, where are reddit refugees to go?
Hard Requirements:
NOT Mastodon. That's simply a different paradigm.
NOT tech only. Wide spectrum discussion.
NOT an alt-right hive.
Soft Requirements:
A decent mobile interface, preferably a non-crappy iOS app.
Not overtly commercial/meme/crypto oriented
- jstx1 3y agoWe don't have one right now, reddit is still a unique place (in good and bad ways).
- brodouevencode 3y ago...assuming another reddit model is desired. Reddit turned into a cesspool long before it's API changes.
- hayst4ck 3y agoComputing history is one that swings between centralization and decentralization. Before reddit there were decentralized forums. Reddit took the idea of forums and centralized it so multiple forums are now hosted on one site. Desire for threaded discussion still exists, and I think centralization has more network effect benefits than drawbacks. I think there is definitely a market for threaded discussion with more heavy handed moderation against poorly educated/bad faith people.
- schwartzworld 3y agoLemmy is to Reddit what Mastadon is to Twitter
- tester457 3y ago> NOT an alt-right hive. Lemmy is the only alternative I have seen so far that has learned from the failures of Voat. But the userbase is tiny, and smaller than even niche subreddits.
- ranger_danger 3y agoLemmy is openly politically hostile: https://0x0.st/HbDc.jpg https://0x0.st/HbDc.jpg Also there are some people who detest it based on the fact that it is written in Rust.
- wwfredrogersdo 3y agoIf you think having slurs filtered is “politically hostile” you and I have a different idea of what political discourse is.
- 7jjjjjjj 3y agoBased.
- Daeraxa 3y agoOh no! Anyway...
- tomstockmail 3y agoThey removed that filter a long time ago, so "never" didn't quite stick. You took a screenshot of an issue from 2020.
- krapp 3y ago[flagged]
- Mezzie 3y agoOh no, not degeneracy. But seriously, that's a giant slippery slope and anyone claiming to be on the left should see that. (Unless you're an authoritarian leftist who's for economic centralization but socially conservative). Speaking as somebody who remembers when my existence was considered 'degenerate', I'm wary of any attempts to put degeneracy on the same level as hate speech.
- krapp 3y ago[flagged]
- 369548684892826 3y agohttps://tildes.net/ https://tildes.net/
- Semaphor 3y agoI liked the userbase, I did not like the (back then) single overlord/admin.
- dieselgate 3y agoNot familiar with it prior to your comment. A bit refreshing the post about Apple conference has less comments than multiple other items on the front page
- mkbkn 3y agoHow to get an invite? I am unable to sign up.
- 369548684892826 3y agoKeep an eye out for the next invite round at https://old.reddit.com/r/tildes/ https://old.reddit.com/r/tildes/ In the mean time you don't need an account for Tildes read-only access.
- ausbitbank 3y agoI've been using hive for 5 years now. Solid tech, good people, actually decentralized. Communities (like subreddits) for niche interests. Dozens of front-ends with different focus and style. I've only used the android mobile client but it's pretty slick. https://ecency.com/ https://ecency.com/ https://hive.io https://hive.io
- mkbkn 3y agoIt looks good. Will sign up and try. Thanks for sharing :) Update: The site won't allow me to sign up with Simplelogin aliases or Firefox Relay. It asks for a "real" email address which I personally won't provide. Also, clicking the premium option asks you to download their app. No thanks.
- esxhan 3y agoHey there, we've spent the past one year building an app that's essentially a reddit alternative with better cross language support. We're currently in beta and looking for more users. Please check it out on https://spyke.social https://spyke.social
- hayst4ck 3y agoI have been using social media for as long as the internet was generally accessible. This is feedback from that perspective, and I hope it is seen as feedback despite the terse critical tone. - That landing page is obnoxious. Show me content, not marketing. - I have 0 interest in installing an app. - If I installed an app, I would only use it to consume content, not write content. - It is incredibly hard to write well thought or researched content without a web browser/keyboard. - The colored thread lines are extremely distracting and obnoxious. - The default "hinglish" instead of my own language "en-US" is confusing for a platform that promises to be language agnostic. - The choice to write text that tells me to click the button, and not creating an interface where button clicking is natural is UI that could be improved. - Show that language is seamless, not that I can switch between them. - "Klan" is synonymous with Ku Klux Klan to Americans, an extremely racist American organization. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan - Putting "Klan" an organization that hates brown people of any type next to "brown people twitter" is confusing from an American cultural perspective. > don't let AI control what you see, get an unbiased look at content that everyone is voting on. Everyone claims no bias. If someone says unbiased, I do not trust them. I would prefer someone to show me they are self aware of their own bias and know what those bias are. If I watched news that told me only things I agree with, I would consider that unbiased news. In China, "Taiwan is part of China" is a statement Chinese would consider to have no bias. "unbias" has no practical meaning. Even if AI isn't optimizing for "engagement"/addiction, there are still bots impersonating users which use AI to influence conversations.