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I wish subreddits going dark would provide some alternative platform, already seeded with a sample of their content. I’m unfamiliar with most of these subreddi
by thih9 3y ago
I wish subreddits going dark would provide some alternative platform, already seeded with a sample of their content.
I’m unfamiliar with most of these subreddits and in some cases I’m curious what they’re about.
As a bonus, this could be an organic attempt at moving to a different place.
- Cthulhu_ 3y agoI mean in theory each subreddit could be a website of its own, but Reddit works for two reasons; one, it amalgates all of these various communities into one platform, look and feel, and two, they pay for it. Lemmy is pushed as an alternative, but it has two issues; one, it's decentralized, so users have to scout on the internet to find servers to find communities on, and two, there's no monetization so whoever hosts a server will have to pay out of pocket; that cannot scale to the scale of Reddit, neither in terms of server requirements or cost, unless the owner finds a source of income from the service. Reflected sounds of underground spirits, basically.